This document discusses the spelling rules for the /k/ sound in English words. It states that the /k/ sound is generally spelled with c at the beginning or middle of words. At the end of words, /k/ is spelled with ke after long vowels, ck after short vowels, and k after short vowels followed by a consonant. It provides examples that illustrate each spelling rule.

1. /k/ Spelling
Generalization

2. Beginning or Middle
• In general when you hear the /k/ sound
in the beginning or in the middle of a
word it is spelled with c.
cat

3. At the End
When you hear the /k/ sound
immediately after a long vowel sound
it is spelled with ke.
bake

4. At the End
When you hear the /k/ sound
immediately after a short vowel
sound it is spelled with ck.
back

5. At the End
When you hear the /k/ sound
after a short vowel that is followed by
a consonant, the /k/ sound is spelled
with k.
bask

6. clock snuck cask whisk
shake brick
drake tusk eke joke
quark ilk cornflake
stake crack risk
mock speck quake