WAF8 – use correct spelling
3 – In most writing, correct spelling of
- some common grammatical function words
- common content/lexical words with more than one morpheme, including compound words
- likely errors
- some inflected endings, e.g. past tense, comparatives, adverbs
- some phonetically plausible attempts at content/lexical words
4 – Across a range of writing, correct spelling of
- most common grammatical function words, including adverbs with -ly formation
- regularly formed content/lexical words, including those with multiple morphemes
- most past and present tense inflections, plurals
- likely error
- homophones of some common grammatical function words occasional phonetically plausible spelling in content/lexical words
5 – Across a range of writing, correct spelling of
- grammatical function words
- almost all inflected words
- most derivational suffixes and prefixes
- most content/lexical words
- likely errors
- occasional phonetically plausible spelling of unstressed syllables in content words
- double consonants in prefixes
6 – Across a range of writing
- generally correct spelling throughout, including some ambitious, uncommon words
- words with complex sound/symbol relationships
- words with unstressed syllables
- multi-letter vowel and consonant symbols
- likely errors occasionally in complex words such as outrageous, exaggerated, announcing, parallel
7 – Across a range of writing
- correct spelling throughout
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