Mistake:

Example:

Inadequate knowledge of sound names.

Eg. Can’t write the sound symbol,
eg. at / mat.

Confuse vowels, diagrams.

Eg. Writes e / I ; ee /ea ; pies / pise.

Confuse consonants.

Eg. Write c/k ; sigarette /cigarette.

Reversal of vowels diagrams.

Eg. Writes ae , a

Reversal of consonants.

Eg. Writes t/ f ; p/ b

Position of sounds in words.

Eg. Writes no/on ; was/saw.

Omitting sounds / letters

Eg. Writes rin/ ring ;

Insertion of letters

Eg. Writes numeber/ number.

Incorrect sequence.

Eg. Writes plam, palm.

Phonetic spelling.

Eg. Writes becos / because ;, valyou,/ value.

Mistakes homophones.

Eg. Writes blew/ blue ;  for/ four.

Consonants blends, diagram.

Eg. Writes back/ black ;  sing/ sting
       pik/ pick.

Mistakes: initial / final sounds.

Eg. Writes trink/ drink  ;   dri / dry.

Problems with suffixes / prefixes.

Eg. Writes bain/ bebin  ;  candel /  candle.

Incorrect pronunciation.

Eg. Writes hanbag/ handbag.

Spelling rules:
1. Consonant rule.

Eg. Writes buter/ butter.

Spelling rules:
2. Fairy “e”

Eg. Writes hop/ hope.

Spelling rules:
3. Silent letters.

Eg. Writes  nee/ knee    ;    lam/ lamb.