Introduction xv
Part I Homophones and Phonics Lessons 1
Lesson 1: be vs. bee 3
Lesson 2: by vs. bye vs. buy 4
Lesson 3: fair vs. fare 5
Lesson 4: no vs. know 6
Lesson 5: to vs. too vs. two 7
Lesson 6: loan vs. lone 8
Lesson 7: tail vs. tale 9
Lesson 8: sea vs. see 10
Lesson 9: lie vs. lye 11
Lesson 10: meat vs. meet 12
Lesson 11: maid vs. made 13
Lesson 12: son vs. sun 14
Lesson 13: dear vs. deer 15
Lesson 14: do vs. due vs. dew 16
Lesson 15: wood vs. would 17
Lesson 16: write vs. right 18
Lesson 17: pole vs. poll 19
Lesson 18: bear vs. bare 20
Lesson 19: tax vs. tacks 21
Lesson 20: bite vs. byte 22
Lesson 21: brake vs. break 23
Lesson 22: mail vs. male 24
Lesson 23: flea vs. flee 25
Lesson 24: shoe vs. shoo 26
Lesson 25: cheap vs. cheep 27
Lesson 26: hall vs. haul 28
Lesson 27: leak vs. leek 29
Lesson 28: roll vs. role 30
Lesson 29: die vs. dye 31
Lesson 30: led vs. lead 32
Lesson 31: eight vs. ate 33
Lesson 32: I vs. eye 34
Lesson 33: ball vs. bawl 35
Lesson 34: base vs. bass 36
Lesson 35: week vs. weak 37
Lesson 36: not vs. knot 38
Lesson 37: rain vs. reign 39
Lesson 38: plain vs. plane 40
Lesson 39: past vs. passed 41
Lesson 40: or vs. oar 42
Lesson 41: beach vs. beech 43
Lesson 42: row vs. roe 44
Lesson 43: pause vs. paws 45
Lesson 44: oh vs. owe 46
Lesson 45: beat vs. beet 47
Lesson 46: pier vs. peer 48
Lesson 47: hole vs. whole 49
Lesson 48: which vs. witch 50
Lesson 49: hail vs. hale 51
Lesson 50: guest vs. guessed 52
Lesson 51: sell vs. cell 53
Lesson 52: cents vs. sense 54
Lesson 53: bread vs. bred 55
Lesson 54: band vs. banned 56
Lesson 55: root vs. route 57
Lesson 56: peak vs. peek 58
Lesson 57: one vs. won 59
Lesson 58: night vs. knight 60
Lesson 59: rose vs. rows 61
Lesson 60: pail vs. pale 62
Lesson 61: in vs. inn 63
Lesson 62: road vs. rode 64
Lesson 63: pair vs. pear 65
Lesson 64: him vs. hymn 66
Lesson 65: fur vs. fir 67
Lesson 66: hair vs. hare 68
Lesson 67: new vs. knew 69
Lesson 68: higher vs. hire 70
Lesson 69: flu vs. flew 71
Lesson 70: great vs. grate 72
Lesson 71: hi vs. high 73
Lesson 72: find vs. fined 74
Lesson 73: so vs. sew 75
Lesson 74: raise vs. rays 76
Lesson 75: way vs. weigh 77
Lesson 76: ant vs. aunt 78
Lesson 77: berry vs. bury 79
Lesson 78: blue vs. blew 80
Lesson 79: our vs. hour 81
Lesson 80: plum vs. plumb 82
Lesson 81: read vs. reed 83
Lesson 82: ring vs. wring 84
Lesson 83: toe vs. tow 85
Lesson 84: rap vs. wrap 86
Lesson 85: warn vs. worn 87
Lesson 86: least vs. leased 88
Lesson 87: red vs. read 89
Lesson 88: bale vs. bail 90
Lesson 89: been vs. bin 91
Lesson 90: flower vs. flour 92
Part II Contractions, Capitalization, Common Misspellings, and More 93
Contractions 95
Lesson 91: Contractions: Not 97
Lesson 92: Contractions: Will or Shall 98
Lesson 93: Contractions: Have 99
Lesson 94: Contractions: Would or Had 100
Lesson 95: Contractions: Is or Has 101
Lesson 96: Contractions: Various 102
Capitalization 103
Lesson 97: Capitalization: First Word 105
Lesson 98: Capitalization: Names 106
Lesson 99: Capitalization: Places 107
Lesson 100: Capitalization: Pets 108
Lesson 101: Capitalization: Holidays 109
Lesson 102: Capitalization: Books, Plays, and Movies 110
Lesson 103: Capitalization: Periodicals 111
Lesson 104: Capitalization: People's Titles 112
Lesson 105: Capitalization: Companies 113
Lesson 106: Capitalization: Quotations 114
Lesson 107: Capitalization: Review 115
Common Misspellings 117
Lesson 108: Common Misspellings 119
Lesson 109: Common Misspellings 120
Lesson 110: Common Misspellings 121
Lesson 111: Common Misspellings 122
Lesson 112: Common Misspellings 123
Lesson 113: Common Misspellings 124
Lesson 114: Common Misspellings 125
Lesson 115: Common Misspellings 126
Lesson 116: Common Misspellings 127
Lesson 117: Common Misspellings 128
Plurals 129
Lesson 118: Plurals: For Most Words 131
Lesson 119: Plurals: For Words Ending in ''S'' or ''SS'' 132
Lesson 120: Plurals: For Words Ending in ''CH'' 133
Lesson 121: Plurals: For Words Ending in ''SH'' 134
Lesson 122: Plurals: For Words Ending in ''X'' 135
Lesson 123: Plurals: For Words Ending in ''Y'' 136
Lesson 124: Plurals: For Words Ending in ''O'' 137
Lesson 125: Plurals: Irregular Plurals 138
Lesson 126: Plurals: Invariable Nouns 139
Abbreviations 141
Lesson 127: Abbreviations: First Two Letters 143
Lesson 128: Abbreviations: First and Last Letters 144
Lesson 129: Abbreviations: First and Middle Letters 145
Lesson 130: Abbreviations: Two-Word State Names 146
Lesson 131: Abbreviations: Initializations 147
Lesson 132: Abbreviations: Days of the Week 148
Lesson 133: Abbreviations: Months of the Year 149
Lesson 134: Abbreviations: Streets 150
Lesson 135: Abbreviations: Titles 151
Lesson 136: Abbreviations: Time 152
Lesson 137: Abbreviations: Various Fields 153
Homophone Contractions 155
Lesson 138: Homophone Contractions: ''They're'' 157
Lesson 139: Homophone Contractions: ''You're'' 158
Lesson 140: Homophone Contractions: ''It's'' 159
Lesson 141: Homophone Contractions: ''Who's'' 160
Silent Letters 161
Lesson 142: Silent Letters: WR 165
Lesson 143: Silent Letters: GN 166
Lesson 144: Silent Letters: KN 167
Lesson 145: Silent Letters: Silent Blend GH 168
Lesson 146: Silent Letters: Silent B and d 169
Lesson 147: Silent Letters: Silent H and P 170
Lesson 148: Silent Letters: Silent PH and QU 171
Lesson 149: Silent Letters: Silent T and U 172
Double Letters 173
Lesson 150: Double Letters: FF 175
Lesson 151: Double Letters: LL 176
Lesson 152: Double Letters: SS 177
Lesson 153: Double Letters: ZZ 178
Suffixes 179
Lesson 154: Suffixes: Doubling Final Consonant 181
Lesson 155: Suffixes: Doubling Two-Vowel Words 182
Lesson 156: Suffixes: Doubling Two Consonants at End 183
Lesson 157: Suffixes: Words Ending in E 184
Compound Words 185
Lesson 158: Compound Words 187
Prefixes 189
Lesson 159: Prefixes: Letter Doubling A- 191
Lesson 160: Prefixes: Letter Doubling O- and CO- 192
Ending Sounds 193
Lesson 161: Ending Sounds: LE = EL 195
Lesson 162: Ending Sounds: ER = AR = OR 196
Lesson 163: Ending Sounds: ER = AR = OR 197
Lesson 164: Ending Sounds: K and CK 198
Lesson 165: Ending Sounds: KE and NK 199
Spelling Problems 201
Lesson 166: Spelling Problems: Letter c 203
Lesson 167: Spelling Problems: IE or EI? 204
Lesson 168: Spelling Problems: -TION vs. -SION 205
Lesson 169: Spelling Problems: -AIR vs. -ARE 206
Homophone Look-Up Drills 207
Lesson 170: Homophone Look-Up Drill 209
Lesson 171: Homophone Look-Up Drill 210
Lesson 172: Homophone Look-Up Drill 211
Lesson 173: Homophone Look-Up Drill 212
Lesson 174: Homophone Look-Up Drill 213
Lesson 175: Homophone Look-Up Drill 214
Lesson 176: Homophone Look-Up Drill 215
Lesson 177: Homophone Look-Up Drill 216
Lesson 178: Homophone Look-Up Drill 217
Lesson 179: Homophone Look-Up Drill 218
Lesson 180: Homophone Look-Up Drill 219
Appendix: Homophone Master List 221