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WEEK 5

WEEK 4: SPELLING AND PUNCTUATIONS

DIFFICULT SPELLINGS

These words are some of the most difficult to spell in English so we sometimes use memory
tricks to help with the spelling. Go to my page on spelling strategies and memory tricks for
more information.

1. Which one is correct?


 neccessary
 necessary
 necesary
2. Which one is correct?
 acomodation
 accammadation
 accommodation
3. Which one is correct?
 bussiness
 buseness
 business
4. Which is used for pens, papers, envelopes etc?
 stationery
 stationary
 stationerry
5. Which is correct?
 asistant
 assistant
 assisstant
Difficult Spellings 2

Choose the correct spelling

1. Which one is correct?


 embarassed
 embarrassed
 embarased
2. Which one is correct?
 difinately
 definately
 definitely
3. Which one is correct?
 seperate
 sepparate
 separate
4. Which is correct?
 address
 adress
 adres
5. Which is correct?
 begining
 beginning
 beggining
Common Spelling Mistakes

Choose the correct spelling and check your answers carefully at the end.

1. Which one is correct?

 writting
 writeing
 writing
2. Which one is correct?

 because
 becuase
 becuse
3. Which one is correct?

 haveing
 having
 havving
4. Which is right?

 tomorrow
 tommorow
 tommorrow
5. Which is correct?

 studing
 studieing
 studying
6. Which is correct for a place of study?

 college
 collage
 colege

Check the spelling carefully letter by letter. This helps develop your visual memory.

1: advantage advantege adventage


2: dispite despite desspite


3: further more furthermore farthermore


4: according to acording to accordding to


5: in my opinien in my opinnion in my opinion



6: never the less neverless nevertheless

7: to concludde to cunclude to conclude


Homophones
Homophones are words that have the same sound but different meaning and spelling.
For more information on homophones click here.

1. Which is short for 'it is'?


 it's
 its
2. Which can you eat?
 meat
 meet
3. Which is a greeting?
 high
 hi
4. Which is part of a shoe?
 heel
 heal
5. Which is fruit?
 pair
 pear
6. Which is short for 'they are'?
 they're
 there
7. Which is to do with making clothes?
 so
 sew
8. Which is metal?
 steel
 steal
9. Which is another word for expensive?
 dear
 deer
10. Which is used to make bread and cakes'?
 flower
 flour
11. Which is on your head?
 hair
 hare
12. Which is half of four?
 too
 two

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