Words with tricky vowel combinations:
* Queue: The "ue" makes a "oo" sound.
* Aerie: The "ie" makes an "ee" sound.
* Pneumonia: This one is just plain hard!
* Squirrel: The "ir" makes an "ur" sound.
* Rhythm: The "yh" makes a "th" sound.
* Gauge: The "au" makes a "ay" sound.
Words with silent letters:
* Island: The "s" is silent.
* Wrestle: The "w" is silent.
* Knight: The "k" is silent.
* Debt: The "b" is silent.
* Gnat: The "g" is silent.
Words with tricky double letters:
* Occurrence: Note the double "c" and "r".
* Accommodate: Two "c"s and two "m"s.
* Embarrass: Double "r" and "s".
* Misspell: Double "s".
* Millennium: Double "l" and "n".
Words with homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently):
* Their, there, they're
* Your, you're
* To, too, two
* Its, it's
* Affect, effect
Bonus:
* Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: This one is just long!
Remember, practice makes perfect! The more you encounter these words in your reading and writing, the easier they'll become.
Do you have any specific words you're struggling with?