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Unit 3: Spelling the consonant sounds, part 2

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Unit 3: Spelling the consonant sounds, Part 2

Unit StartPage 1: IntroductionCourse Test: The /v/ sound: v or vePage 3: The /v/ sound: v or vePage 4: Spelling the qu wordsCourse Test: Homophones for qu wordsPage 6: Homophones for qu wordsCourse Test: Words ending with quePage 8: Words ending with queCourse Test: Homophones for que wordsPage 10: Homophones for que wordsUnit End

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Spelling the qu words

You skipped the test.

Rule breakers break the spelling rule 1. qwerty - see page 16 of this unit.

2. choir - a group of singers. This comes from the Greek word chorus
(quire is a seldom used word meaning an amount of paper).

3. Also, beware the words awkward and backward.
It's true you can hear the sound /kw/, but the sounds /k/ and /w/ come in separate syllables:

awk + ward
back + ward

The suffix 'ward' means 'in the direction of'. 'Awk' is an old Norse word meaning 'turned the wrong way'.
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