This book is part of a book series called English Guides .

This book is aimed at the following children: primary school, secondary school .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1983 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Carol Watson is the author of A Day in the Life of series. Carol is an ex-teacher and is an experienced author for this Key Stage 1 level.

This book has the following chapters: Why English spelling is difficult; how we spell; using a dictionary; pronunciation and spelling; consonant sounds; vowel sounds; words which sound alike; plurals; adding to the beginning of words - prefixes; adding to the end of words - suffixes; final "e" words - suffixes; final "y" words - suffixes; double or single "l" - suffixes; tricky endings - suffixes; more tricky endings -suffixes; other useful rules and tips; spelling games and puzzles; answers.