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-el -al -le 
endings
travel, local, example 
ļ®All three endings sound the same ā€“ so 
how do you know which one to use? 
ļ® There are no rulesā€¦ 
ā€¦ but hereā€™s some help
And the answers are: 
-le 
-al 
-el
So if you donā€™t 
know which ending 
(and thereā€™s no dictionary about) 
use the ā€“le ending 
(for a 70% chance of being right!)
Now look at 
this ā€¦
What do the letters in 
each of these two groups 
of have in common? 
b d f h k l t 
g j p q y
These 
b d f h k l t 
all have ā€˜sticksā€™ 
(parts of the letter that are tall)
And these 
g j p q y 
all have tails 
(parts that drop below the line)
Do you notice anything about 
these words? 
table, apple, candle, single, rifle, cattle 
They all end with _____ . 
The letter before this ending has a 
_______ or a _______ .
And these? 
towel, travel, tunnel, camel, local, usual 
They all end with ___ or ___ . 
The letter before this ending 
has/hasnā€™t got a stick or tail.
See? 
table, apple, candle, single, rifle, cattle 
towel, travel, tunnel, camel, local, usual 
table, apple, candle, single, rifle, cattle, 
towel travel, tunnel, camel, local, usual
Itā€™s not always true, but often 
-le words have a letter with a stick or 
tail before the ending 
-al and ā€“el words have a letter without 
a stick or tail before the ending.
For much more on spelling 
visit 
The English Language 
Garden 
and 
The Spelling Blog ā€¦
English Language 
Garden 
www.elgweb.net 
and 
The Spelling Blog 
http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com

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Le el-al-presentation-1234564950175094-1

  • 1. Spelling -el -al -le endings
  • 2. travel, local, example ļ®All three endings sound the same ā€“ so how do you know which one to use? ļ® There are no rulesā€¦ ā€¦ but hereā€™s some help
  • 3.
  • 4. And the answers are: -le -al -el
  • 5. So if you donā€™t know which ending (and thereā€™s no dictionary about) use the ā€“le ending (for a 70% chance of being right!)
  • 6. Now look at this ā€¦
  • 7. What do the letters in each of these two groups of have in common? b d f h k l t g j p q y
  • 8. These b d f h k l t all have ā€˜sticksā€™ (parts of the letter that are tall)
  • 9. And these g j p q y all have tails (parts that drop below the line)
  • 10. Do you notice anything about these words? table, apple, candle, single, rifle, cattle They all end with _____ . The letter before this ending has a _______ or a _______ .
  • 11. And these? towel, travel, tunnel, camel, local, usual They all end with ___ or ___ . The letter before this ending has/hasnā€™t got a stick or tail.
  • 12. See? table, apple, candle, single, rifle, cattle towel, travel, tunnel, camel, local, usual table, apple, candle, single, rifle, cattle, towel travel, tunnel, camel, local, usual
  • 13. Itā€™s not always true, but often -le words have a letter with a stick or tail before the ending -al and ā€“el words have a letter without a stick or tail before the ending.
  • 14. For much more on spelling visit The English Language Garden and The Spelling Blog ā€¦
  • 15. English Language Garden www.elgweb.net and The Spelling Blog http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com