Level O
O01 Additional long /o/ : long /e/ : 'a' as /ar/
moment hotel secret beyond become
rather mast mask basket
blast
O02 Additional 'ea'
breast leather feather wealth steady
health death dreamt breakfast
O03 Introduce suffixes 'ful'' : 'less' : 'ness'
ful (full of)
careful
less (without)
careless
ness (a state of being) thickness
O04 Introduce prefix 're'
redo repaint revisit return
rearrange reread rebuild
O05 Additional ''air' : 'oi'
repair dairy flair
spoilt
hopeful
hopeless
coldness
remake
point
toil
thankful
thankless
kindness
relight
moist
helpful
helpless
slowness
rejoin
joint
coil
hoist
O06 Additional 'o' : 'ou' as /u/
Introduce 'oo' as /u/
cover glove won sponge month front touch
couple cousin country blood flood
O07 Additional 'c' as /s/
city recent fancy
accept advice
O08 Introduce long 'u' : 'oe'
tutor music during
concert
emu
peace
toe
piece
field
shield
since
parcel
foe
O09 Additional 's' as /z/ : 'ou' as /oo/
advise whose lose prison wound
O10 Introduce 'ie'
chief thief
except
group
tour
tourist
niece
O11 Additional 'ur' : 'ar'
further purple nurse purse burnt
awkward lizard collar popular sugar
O12 Introduce 'ui' Additional single sounds
suit fruit juice milk golf district
O13 Adding suffixes
steadily countries thieves
healthy wealthy recently
nurses
melt
losing
insist
bulb
sugarless
pest
self
peaceful
Some appropriate rules have been listed at the end of each strip list.
For more details please refer to SMART WORDS SIGNPOSTS TO CORRECT SPELLING
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O 01
O 01
O 01
O 01
moment
moment
moment
moment
hotel
hotel
hotel
hotel
secret
secret
secret
secret
beyond
beyond
beyond
beyond
become
become
become
become
rather
rather
rather
rather
mast
mast
mast
mast
mask
mask
mask
mask
basket
basket
basket
basket
blast
blast
blast
blast
* ‘a’ says /ar/ before ‘st’, ‘sk’,
‘th’.
* ‘a’ says /ar/ before ‘st’, ‘sk’,
‘th’.
* ‘a’ says /ar/ before ‘st’, ‘sk’,
‘th’.
* ‘a’ says /ar/ before ‘st’, ‘sk’,
‘th’.
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O 02
O 02
O 02
O 02
breast
breast
breast
breast
leather
leather
leather
leather
feather
feather
feather
feather
wealth
wealth
wealth
wealth
steady
steady
steady
steady
health
health
health
health
death
death
death
death
dreamt
dreamt
dreamt
dreamt
breakfast
breakfast
breakfast
breakfast
* The ‘er’ on the ends of these
words is sounded as the
"schwa" (grunt) sound.
* Change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ when
adding ‘es’, ‘ed’, ‘er’, ‘est’ to
base words that end in
‘consonant / y’.
* The ‘er’ on the ends of these
words is sounded as the
"schwa" (grunt) sound.
* Change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ when
adding ‘es’, ‘ed’, ‘er’, ‘est’ to
base words that end in
‘consonant / y’.
* The ‘er’ on the ends of these
words is sounded as the
"schwa" (grunt) sound.
* Change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ when
adding ‘es’, ‘ed’, ‘er’, ‘est’ to
base words that end in
‘consonant / y’.
* The ‘er’ on the ends of these
words is sounded as the
"schwa" (grunt) sound.
* Change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ when
adding ‘es’, ‘ed’, ‘er’, ‘est’ to
base words that end in
‘consonant / y’.
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O 03
O 03
O 03
O 03
careful
careful
careful
careful
hopeful
hopeful
hopeful
hopeful
thankful
thankful
thankful
thankful
careless
careless
careless
careless
hopeless
hopeless
hopeless
hopeless
helpless
helpless
helpless
helpless
thickness
thickness
thickness
thickness
coldness
coldness
coldness
coldness
kindness
kindness
kindness
kindness
slowness
slowness
slowness
slowness
* The suffix ‘ful’ means “full
of” and has only one ‘l’.
* The suffix 'less' means
"without". The suffix 'ness'
means "a state of"
* The suffixes ‘ness’ and ‘less’
have double ‘ss’.
* The suffix ‘ful’ means “full
of” and has only one ‘l’.
* The suffix 'less' means
"without". The suffix 'ness'
means "a state of"
* The suffixes ‘ness’ and ‘less’
have double ‘ss’.
* The suffix ‘ful’ means “full
of” and has only one ‘l’.
* The suffix 'less' means
"without". The suffix 'ness'
means "a state of"
* The suffixes ‘ness’ and ‘less’
have double ‘ss’.
* The suffix ‘ful’ means “full
of” and has only one ‘l’.
* The suffix 'less' means
"without". The suffix 'ness'
means "a state of"
* The suffixes ‘ness’ and
‘less’ have double ‘ss’.
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O 04
O 04
O 04
O 04
redo
redo
redo
redo
repaint
repaint
repaint
repaint
revisit
revisit
revisit
revisit
return
return
return
return
remake
remake
remake
remake
relight
relight
relight
relight
rejoin
rejoin
rejoin
rejoin
rearrange
rearrange
rearrange
rearrange
reread
reread
reread
reread
rebuild
rebuild
rebuild
rebuild
* The prefix “re” means ‘to do
again’.
* The prefix “re” means ‘to do * The prefix “re” means ‘to do
again’.
again’.
* The prefix “re” means ‘to
do again’.
* Keep the base word intact
when adding prefixes.
* Keep the base word intact
when adding prefixes.
* Keep the base word intact
when adding prefixes.
* Keep the base word intact
when adding prefixes.
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O 05
O 05
O 05
repair
repair
repair
dairy
dairy
dairy
flair
flair
flair
spoilt
spoilt
spoilt
point
point
point
toil
toil
toil
moist
moist
moist
joint
joint
joint
coil
coil
coil
hoist
hoist
hoist
* ‘oi’ never appears at the end of a word.
The /oi/ sound on the end of a word is
represented by ‘oy’.
* ‘oi’ never appears at the end of a word. * ‘oi’ never appears at the end of a word.
The /oi/ sound on the end of a word is
The /oi/ sound on the end of a word is
represented by ‘oy’.
represented by ‘oy’.
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O 06
O 06
O 06
cover
cover
cover
glove
glove
glove
won
won
won
sponge
sponge
sponge
month
month
month
front
front
front
touch
touch
touch
couple
couple
couple
cousin
cousin
cousin
country
country
country
blood
blood
blood
flood
flood
flood
* Change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ when adding ‘es’
to form a plural of a base word ending
in ‘consonant / y’.
* Change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ when adding ‘es’
to form a plural of a base word ending
in ‘consonant / y’.
* Change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ when adding ‘es’ to
form a plural of a base word ending
in ‘consonant / y’.
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O 07
O 07
O 07
city
city
city
recent
recent
recent
fancy
fancy
fancy
concert
concert
concert
peace
peace
peace
except
except
except
since
since
since
parcel
parcel
parcel
accept
accept
accept
advice
advice
advice
* ‘c’ takes the /s/ sound when it appears
before ‘e’, ‘i’ or ‘y’.
* Change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ when forming
extensions of base words ending in
‘consonant / y’.
* ‘c’ takes the /s/ sound when it appears
before ‘e’, ‘i’ or ‘y’.
* Change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ when forming
extensions of base words ending in
‘consonant / y’.
* ‘c’ takes the /s/ sound when it appears
before ‘e’, ‘i’ or ‘y’.
* Change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ when forming
extensions of base words ending in
‘consonant / y’.
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O 08
O 08
O 08
tutor
tutor
tutor
music
music
music
during
during
during
emu
emu
emu
toe
toe
toe
foe
foe
foe
* Use 'c' for the /ck/ sound on the end of
words that have two or more syllables and
where the previous vowel is 'i'. sick, music
* Use 'c' for the /ck/ sound on the end of
words that have two or more syllables and
where the previous vowel is 'i'. sick,
music
* Use 'c' for the /ck/ sound on the end of
words that have two or more syllables
and where the previous vowel is 'i'. sick,
music
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O 09
O 09
O 09
advise
advise
advise
whose
whose
whose
lose
lose
lose
prison
prison
prison
wound
wound
wound
group
group
group
tour
tour
tour
tourist
tourist
tourist
* Remove the 'e' when adding 'ing' to words
that end in 'e'.
* Remove the 'e' when adding 'ing' to
words that end in 'e'.
* Remove the 'e' when adding 'ing' to
words that end in 'e'.
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O 10
O 10
O 10
chief
chief
chief
thief
thief
thief
piece
piece
piece
field
field
field
shield
shield
shield
niece
niece
niece
* ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ when the
sound they represent is /ee/. Exceptions:
weir, weird, seize, protein, caffeine
* Change the ‘f’ to ‘v’ , add ‘es’ when
making plurals of words ending in ‘f’.
Exception: chief.
* ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ when the
sound they represent is /ee/. Exceptions:
weir, weird, seize, protein, caffeine
* Change the ‘f’ to ‘v’ , add ‘es’ when
making plurals of words ending in ‘f’.
Exception: chief.
* ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ when the
sound they represent is /ee/. Exceptions:
weir, weird, seize, protein, caffeine
* Change the ‘f’ to ‘v’ , add ‘es’ when
making plurals of words ending in ‘f’.
Exception: chief.
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O 11
O 11
O 11
further
further
further
purple
purple
purple
nurse
nurse
nurse
purse
purse
purse
burnt
burnt
burnt
awkward
awkward
awkward
lizard
lizard
lizard
collar
collar
collar
popular
popular
popular
sugar
sugar
sugar
* The ‘ar’ in these words is sounded as the
schwa (ə) or grunt sound.
* The ‘ar’ in these words is sounded as
the schwa (ə) or grunt sound.
* The ‘ar’ in these words is sounded as
the schwa (ə) or grunt sound.
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O 12
O 12
O 12
suit
suit
suit
fruit
fruit
fruit
juice
juice
juice
milk
milk
milk
golf
golf
golf
district
district
district
melt
melt
melt
insist
insist
insist
bulb
bulb
bulb
pest
pest
pest
self
self
self
* Change the ‘f’ to ‘v’ , add ‘es’ when
making plurals of words ending in ‘f’.
Exception: chief.
* Change the ‘f’ to ‘v’ , add ‘es’ when
making plurals of words ending in ‘f’.
Exception: chief.
* Change the ‘f’ to ‘v’ , add ‘es’ when
making plurals of words ending in ‘f’.
Exception: chief.
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O 13
O 13
O 13
steadily
steadily
steadily
countries
countries
countries
thieves
thieves
thieves
nurses
nurses
nurses
losing
losing
losing
sugarless
sugarless
sugarless
peaceful
peaceful
peaceful
healthy
healthy
healthy
wealthy
wealthy
wealthy
recently
recently
recently
* Always identify the base word before
adding prefixes and suffixes.
* Always identify the base word before
adding prefixes and suffixes.
* Always identify the base word before
adding prefixes and suffixes.
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