Sort into groups
Different spellings of the same sound — sort words into the right bucket.
K or CK endings
back / sock vs. speak / milk — which spelling of the /k/ sound?
Year 2–6CH or TCH endings
catch / watch vs. each / teach — which spelling of the /ch/ sound?
Year 2–6tion, sion, ssion, cian endings
station / television / discussion / musician — the /shun/ sound has four spellings
Year 3–6le, el, al, il endings
table / travel / animal / pencil — which spelling of the /l/ sound?
Year 2–6Build the word
See a root word and an instruction — pick the correctly-spelled result.
Doubling the consonant
hop + -ing = hopping, not hoping — doubling before a vowel suffix
Year 2–6Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -ly to words ending in Y
happy + -er = happier, but carry + -ing = carrying — when does y change to i?
Year 2–6Plurals
cats, buses, babies, leaves, children — more than one, spelled the right way
Year 2–6Hear it, spell it
The real test — hear the word read aloud, not shown, then type what you heard. Any of the seven patterns above, dictation-style.