Sometimes we spell these words with a single letter or double letters before the -le: title / little, idle / middle, trifle / shuffle, stable/ stubble.

Notice the double letters. These occur when there’s a short vowel sound. But we don’t double up when there are 2 consonants: candle, single.

Listen to the difference between apple and maple, little and title. Both have single vowels but one is a long vowel sound and the other short.

And a c is added to the k when it’s a short vowel + “k” sound -ckle: tickle, chuckle, prickle

Watch the video below

 

Press the player and listen to the word lists below:

Do a word search – click here
Do a spelling test – click here
Do a quiz – click here

 

 

 

Thanks to Lyn Stone’s  Spelling for Life (for teachers) book