Lesson 15
Commonly Misspelled Words
Contents
Test Yourself (pre) 1
A. Spell the Word 1
B. Correct the Spelling. 1
C. Find and Correct. 2
D.Find the Misspellings. 2
Silent Letters 3
Silent a, b, c, d e 3
A. Silent a…e Practice 4
Silent g, h, i, k, l, m 5
B. Silent g…m Practice 6
Silent n, o, p, r, s, t, th, u, w 7
C. Silent n…w Practice 8
D. Practice All 9
Consonant and Vowel Blends 10
Blends for /tʃ/ /f/ /g/ /dʒ/ 10
E. Blend Practice ch, tch, ph, gh, gu, du, dge 11
Blends for /k/ /ŋ/s/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/ 12
F. Blend Practice ck, ng, sc x, ss, ci, si, ti, ch, ss, ge 13
Blends /θ/ /ð/ /v/ /w/ /y/ /z/ 14
Blend Practice th, th, ve f, wh, u, ou, o, y, i, z, x, s 15
G. Practice All Blends 16
Double Letters 17
Double cc, dd, ff, gg, ll, mm 17
Double nn, pp, rr, ss, tt, zz 18
H. Double Letter Practice 18
Unexpected Letters 19
Unusual Spellings 19
Commonly Confused Word Pairs 19
I. Commonly Confused Pairs Practice 20-22
Test Yourself (post) 23
Word Lists & Answer Key 24-34
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Pre-test Yourself Find out what you know already.
A. Spell the Word. Write the correct spelling for these commonly confused pairs. (6 pts.)
B. Correct the Spelling. Write the spelling for these commonly misspelled words. (24 pts.)
/déz-ert/
__________
/bæθ/
__________
/hohl/
__________
/hohl/
__________
/dih-zúrt/
__________
/beIδ/
__________
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gest
guest
chiken
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cofe
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cresent
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eit
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spagetti
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anser
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rasberry
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garaj
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oshun
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matres
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grajuate
_______
haf
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musition
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iland
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Wensdy
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nalege
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vacum
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bisicle
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kichen
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sisors
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buty
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byuro
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laf
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C. Find and Correct. Mark ✔ if all the words in the sentence are correct. Mark ✗ if one is
incorrect and write the correct spelling on the blank. (8pts)
D. Find the Misspelling. Underline the word that is spelled incorrectly. (12pts.)
When we hear the expresion "gourmet food", we think of high-
priced, exotic food that requires a lot of preparation. But these
descriptions are not neccessarily true or acurate. Foods from
foriegn places may make resipes more speshal, but exotic origins do
not qualify food as "gourmet". Hi qwality ingredents are most important. That is
to say, if the food is fresh, in-season and checked for flavor, only then can you
garantee that the food will ad better flavor to the recipe. Next, if the food is
cleaned and stored well, prepared and cooked properly, and served at the right
temperture, it will be at its best. Finally, an unusual but complimentary blending
of flavors will cause the food to be worthy of the title "gourmet".
Score /30 90% or higher (≥ 27/30) is good but less than 90% (≤ 26) needs work.
The Word List on page 24 can be used to s and collect difficult-to-spell words
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You wouldn't egzactly refer to fast-food as a cuisine.
2.
But when it is done well, it is especially delisious to eat.
3.
An experiensed chef can serve up crispy fries
4.
and turn out a juicy hamburger grilled to perfection.
5.
Along with a little manaize and mustard, it's excellent.
6.
A cold, creamy, choclet milkshake is hard to beat.
7.
As long as the ingredents are fresh and flavorful,
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the result will be a plezure to eat.
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Commonly Misspelled Words
. Silent Letters
1.1 Silent a
a may occur shortened /ə/ or silent.
a occurs in vowel blends ea, oa, ia
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aisle /aɪl/ (silent i)
2
temperature /ˈtɛm pər ə tʃər/ (reduced)
1.2 Silent b
b after m at the end of a word is silent.
b before t is silent in a few words.
1.3 Silent c
sc is a consonant blend that is
pronounced /s/.
Dictionaries may divide these letters into
different syllables, but it does not affect the
pronunciaiton /s/. crescent /ˈkrɛs ənt/.
1.4 Silent d
d is silent in a few words.
d before ge /dʒ/ at the end of a word is silent.
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Wednesday /ˈwɛnz deɪ, -di/
1.5 Silent e ea
ae /eɪ/ (from Greek) with silent e.
eu /yu/ (from Greek) with silent e
eau /yu/ (French) is more commonly
pronounced /oʊ/ bureau, château.
e /ə/-/ɪ/ (or silent) mid-word, unstressed
e (silent) affects pronunciation of the
preceding vowel (aCe, eCe, oCe, uCe)
e (silent) affects pronunciation of the final
consonant ce /s/, ge /dʒ/, se /s/ or /z/, ve /v/.
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aisle
1
tem·per·a·ture
2
lit·er·a·ture
sep·a·rate
min·ia·ture
di·a·mond
meat /i/ head /ɛ/ coat /oʊ/ dia·per /ɑɪ/
bomb climb comb dumb
lamb plumb·er thumb tomb
debt doubt sub·tle doubt
scene scent sci·ence scis·sors
con·science con·scious cres·cent
a·scend des·cend dis·ci·ple
fas·ci·nate flu·o·res·cent mus·cles
hand·ker·chief hand·some Wed·nes·day
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judge fudge hedge pledge
Ae·ge·an aer·i·al ae·rob·ic aes·thet·ic
Eu·rope neu·tron neu·ron ma·neu·ver
beau-ti-ful beau-ty beau-ti·cian
vege·ta·bles em·e·rald math·e·ma·tics
cake these time home tune
sun-dae tree tie toe blue
peace huge house poise leave
Lesson 15
Commonly Misspelled Words
A. Spell the word. (Add silent a, b, c, d, e or ea.)
1. thro__t 2. le__f 3. di__mond 4. __isle
5. thum__ 6. com__ 7. lam__ 8. plum__er
9. mus__le 10. s__ience 11. s__issors 12. cres__ent
13. We__nesday 14. han__some 15. fu__ge 16. han__kerchief
17. b__uty 18. n__utral 19. __urope 20. to__s
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1.6 Silent g gh
gn is a consonant blend with silent g
(French and Italian origin).
ng is a consonant blend pronounced /ŋ/
(but not in finger).
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gh is usually silent, but may also be /f/
as in laugh /læf/, rough, tough, cough.
1.7 Silent h
h is silent in a few words;
ch /k/ is a consonant blend (< Greek);
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/urb/ US-Eng but /hurb/ in Br-Eng
3
wh in what, when where, whether is
pronounced /hw/ by some speakers.
1.8 Silent i
i is diminished or silent in these words;
ai /aɪ/, ie and ei /i/ and ui /u/ are vowel
blends, in which two vowels form one
sound.
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/raɪn/,
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/frɛnd/,
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/si lɪŋ/,
7
/frut/.
1.9 Silent k
kn /n/ has a silent k.
ck /k/ occurs at the end of a word.
Either sound alone is pronounced /k/;
therefore, either one could be regarded
as silent.
1.10 Silent l
l is silent after vowels a, o, and u, but
not in bulk, sulk, hold, sold or fold.
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ould /ʊd/ as in wood.
1.11 Silent m
m is silent in this word.
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assistive or relating to memory.
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cham·pagne co·logne la·sa·gne
gnaw gnu sing·er hang·er
sign reign sight bright
high laugh
1
though through
herb
2
heir hon·or hour
ghost John oh Thomas
rhyme rhythm rhi·no·ce·ros ec·ho
school mon·arch choir chem·is·try
what
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whe·ther
3
wheel whale
busi·ness me·di·e·val min·i·a·ture
rain
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friend
5
ceil·ing
6
fruit
7
knee knight knit knock
knot know knead knuck·le
duck dock lock neck
pick sick lick snack
calf half sal·mon yolk
chalk talk walk stalk
could
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should
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would
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mne·mon·ic
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Commonly Misspelled Words
B. Spell the word. (Add silent g, gh, h, i, k, or m.)
1. nec__lace 2. si__n 3. yo__k 4. fi_ _t
5. sc__ool 6. cha__k 7. snac__ 8. r__inoceros
9. sa__mon 10. __erbs 11. __nu 12. champa__ne
13. wa__k 14. __our 15. __nit 16. bus__ness
17. colo__ne 18. ex__aust 19. ei__t 20. monarc__y
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1.12 Silent n
n after m is silent in these words
1.13 Silent o
eo /i/ is a vowel blend;
o is silent in these words.
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/ˈkɜr nl/
1.14 Silent p
p is silent in a few words, especially
in words of Greek origin, ψ (ps) / πν (pn).
1.15 Silent r & s
r is silent for some speakers in February.
s is silent in a few words.
1.16 Silent t & th
t is silent before le in a few words.
t is silent before en in a few words.
t is silent with final et (French).
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th is often silent in asthma /azma/ and
clothes /cloz/.
1.17 Silent u & ue
u is silent in ui and uy vowel blends;
u is silent in gu, and ue is silent in gue at
the end of a word.
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laugh /læf/
1.18 Silent w
w is silent in a few words.
w is silent before r.
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knowledge /ˈnɒl ɪdʒ/
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au·tumn col·umn con·demn
damn hymn sol·emn
peo-ple leop-ard jeop-ard-y
soph-o-more colo-nel
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rasp·ber·ry corps cup·board
psy·chol·o·gy re·ceipt pneu·mon·ia
Feb·ru·ar·y aisle is·land de·bris
whis·tle bris·tle cas·tle mis·tle·toe
lis·ten of·ten soft·en
bal·let gour·met bou·quet sor·bet
Christ·mas mustn't as·thma
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clothes
1
b uy build guest guard gui·tar
be·cause di·a·logue tongue laugh
2
ans·wer sword two
who whole whom whose
write writ·ing wring wrist
writhe wrought knowl·edge
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Commonly Misspelled Words
C. Spell the word. (Add silent n, o, pm r, s, t, th, u, or w.)
1. ras__berry 2. pe__ple 3. __rist 4. bouque__
5. b__ild 6. __rite 7. cas__le 8. lifeg__ards
9. debri__ 10. lis__en 11. cu__board 12. __sychiatrist
13. as__ma 14. whis__le 15 . g__itar 16. __neumonia
17. ans__er 18. i__land 19. autum__ 20. s__ord
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D. All Patterns.
1. clim__er 2. colum__ 3. w__eel 4. __hole (wheat)
5. dou__ 6. t__o 7. __no__ledge 8. __nuckles
9. w__ale 10. plum__er 11. sunda__ 12. __rench
13. __nee 14. des__end 15 . r__ythm 16. floures__ent
17. clo___s 18. veg__tables 19. Feb_uary 20. dam__!
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Consonant and Vowel Blends
2.1 /tʃ/ ch tch tu ti
ch is the usual spelling for the sound /tʃ/.
tch is also pronounced /tʃ/.
tu in -tual and -ture are pronounced /tʃ/.
-tion is pronounced /tʃ/ in a few words.
ce is /tʃɛ/ in cello and concerto (< Italian).
2.2 /f/ ff ph gh
f is the usual spelling for /f/.
ph is also pronounced /f/.
gh is pronounced /f/ at the end of a few
words.
2.3 /g/ gu gh x
g before u is often pronounced /g/,
but /gyu/ in figure and legume. See Long U.
gh is also pronounced /g/.
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x is pronounced /gz/ in a few words.
2.4 /dʒ/ ge gi gy dg du -dge
j is the usual spelling for /dʒ/.
g before i, e, or y is pronounced /dʒ/.
dg is pronounced /dʒ/.
dge occurs at the end of word.
du is pronounced /dʒ/ in a few words,
but usually as /
y
u/ duel. See /u/ blue.
2
di is /dʒ/ in this rare spelling sol-dier,
but not in brig-a-dier /dɪr/ or stu-di-er /
dɪ-ər/.
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check achieve church beach
kitch·en match watch witch
nat·u·ral ac·tu·al fac·tu·al cen·tu·ry
pic·ture lit·er·a·ture fu·ture mix·ture
ques·tion sug·ges·tion cel·lo con·cer·to
film cof·fee waf·fle phar·ma·cy
hy·phen dol·phin al·pha Jo·seph
tri·umph at·mos·phere pho·to·graph
laugh tough rough cough
guest gui·tar guide di·a·logue
ghost ghet·to spa·ghet·ti Pitts·burgh
ex·it
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ex·act·ly
1
ex·am·ple
1
ex·ist
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gen·er·al gi·ant gy·ro·scope
gym a·gen·cy sug·gest
en·gine pass·en·ger en·er·gy
vil·lage orange priv·i·lege
judg·ment judge bridge knowl·edge
ed·u·cate gra·d·ual in·di·vid·u·al
pro·ce·dure sol·dier
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Commonly Misspelled Words
E. Spell the words with /tʃ/ ch tch tu ti, /f/ ph gh, /g/ gu gh x, /dʒ/ g dg du.
1. ma___ /tʃ/ 2. ki__en /tʃ/ 3. ques__on /tʃ/ 4. __ur__ /tʃ/
5. co__ee /f/ 6. lau__ /f/ 7. ele__ant /f/ 8. cou__ /f/
9. __ost /g/ 10. spa__etti /g/ 11. __est /g/ 12. e__it /gz/
13. bri___ /dʒ/ 14. ju__ /dʒ/ 15 . gra__uate /dʒ/ 16. en__ine /dʒ/
17. oran__ /dʒ/ 18. __eans / dʒ / 19. sol__er /dʒ/ 20. spon__ /dʒ/
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2.5 /k/ ck ch x qu que
ck , a blend, is pronounced /k/.
ch in words of Greek origin is /k/.
x in a few words is /k/ or /ks/.
qu mostly occur together as /kw/but
que occurs at the end of a word as /k/.
2.6 /ŋ/ n nk ng
ng is pronounced /gz/ in a few words.
n before c or k is pronounced /ŋk/.
n before g is pronounced /ŋg/.
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onion /ˈʌn yən /, union /ˈyʌn yən /
2.7 /s/ ss ce sc x
s is the usual spelling for /s/.
c often before i, e, or y is pronounced /s/
and occurs at the end of a word as ce.
sc is pronounced /s/.
x is pronounced /ks/ in a few words.
2.8 /ʃ/ sh s ss ci si ti ch
sh is the usual spelling for /ʃ/.
s and ss before u, ure and i, ion are /ʃ/.
ci, si and ti are often pronounced /ʃ/.
ch/che in words of French origin is /ʃ/.
ce, sci, xi are pronounced /ʃ/ sometimes.
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mus tache or mus tache
2.9 /ʒ/ s z ge ti
s is pronounced /ʒ/ in a few words.
ge is pronounced /ʒ/ in a few words
(Also see /dʒ/ as in age or orange.)
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/ˈli ʒər, ˈlɛʒ ər/
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school pock·et chick·en pick
chem·is·try sto·mach tech·nique ache
ex·cept ex·cit·ing ex·cel·lent ta·xi
ques·tion mos·qui·to square bou·tique
s i ng song wrong be·long
an·kle un·cle mon·key sink
sing·er lan·guage sin·gle on·ion
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sent syl·la·bus boss pro·cess
cent bi·cy·cle li·cense dance
scent scene sci·ence de·scend
six ta·xi next ex·pen·sive
share sug·ar sure pres·sure is·sue
dis·cus·sion per·mis·sion di·men·sion
so·cial spe·cial de·li·cious ef·fi·cient
sta·tion pa·tient in·i·tial va·ca·tion
Chi·ca·go chic pa·nache mus·tache
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o·cean con·scious con·science an·xious
u·su·al·ly A·sia tel·e·vi·sion de·ci·sion
plea·sure lei·sure
2
sei·zure oc·ca·sion
beige pres·tige ga·rage e·qua·tion
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Commonly Misspelled Words
F. Spell the words. ck, ch, x, qu, n, nk, ng, c, ce, sc, sc, x, sh, s, ss, ci, si, ti, ch, che, s, z, ge.
1. po__et /k/ 2. mi__er /ks/ 3. __emistry /k/ 4. mos__ito /k/
5. swi__ /ŋ/ 6. ha__er /ŋ/ 7. mo__key /ŋ/ 8. fi__gers /ŋ/
9. bi__ycle /s/ 10. li__en__ /s/ 11. __ien__ /s/ 12. ta__i /ks/
13. ___ugar /ʃ/ 14. pre___ure /ʃ/ 15 . musta__ /ʃ/ 16. pa__ent /ʃ/
17. lei__ure /ʒ/ 18. gara__ /ʒ/ 19. mea__ure /ʒ/ 20. A__ia /ʒ/
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2.10 /θ/ th
initial th is sometimes pronounced /θ/.
final th is pronounced /θ/.
2.11 /ð/ th, the
initial th is sometimes pronounced /ð/.
final the is pronounced /ð/.
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verbs
2.12 /v/ v ve f
v is the usual spelling for /v/.
ve occurs at the end of a word.
f in of is pronounced /v/.
2.13 /w/ w wh qu u ou o
w is the usual spelling for /w/.
wh is pronounced /w/ or /
h
w/.
u is pronounced /w/ in a few words and
in ou in the /aʊ/ diphthong.
2
o in one, once is /wʌ/. (/ʌ/ sun)
2.14 /y/ y i
y is the usual spelling for /y/
i is pronounced /y/ in a few suffixes
peculiar, brilliant, convenient, opinion.
2.15 /z/ z x s ss
z is the usual spelling for /z/
x is /z/ in words of Greek origin.
s occurs at the end of a word as se /z/.
3
s between two "long vowels" is /z/ in
some southern US dialects.
ss is pronounced /z/ in a few words.
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x /gz/
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x /gz/ or /ks/ (dialectal variation).
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thing thought thanks throw
bath cloth mouth breath
ve·ry fa·vor lov·er have
leave love twelve of
want whe·ther where when what
quick qui·et square squir·rel
hour proud blouse pro·nounce
lan·guage per·suade one
2
once
2
this these those the there
bathe
1
clothe
1
mouthe
1
breathe
1
dry fa·mil·iar o·pin·ion con·ven·ient
zoo ze·bra xy·lo·phone xen·o·pho·bia
be·cause please may·on·naise use
des·ert greas·y
3
blous·y
3
eas·y
des·sert pos·sess scis·sors fis·sion
ex·am
4
ex·act
4
ex·ist
4
ex·it
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Commonly Misspelled Words
G. Spell the words. /θ/ th /ð/ th, the /v/ v, ve, f /w/ w, wh, qu,
u, ou,
o, /y/ y, i /z/ z, x, s.
1. mou__ /θ/ 2. clo__ /θ/ 3. __row /θ/ 4. __ing /θ/
5. wea__er /ð/ 6. clo___ s /ð/ 7. brea___ /ð/ 8. fa__er /ð/
9. _acuum /v/ 10. ha__ /v/ 11. en_elope /v/ 12. queen o__ hearts
13. __atch /w/ 14. sq__irrel /w/ 15 . __ne /w/ 16. __eel /w/
17. o__on / ŋy/ 18. fu__y /z/ 19. __ipper /z/ 20. eye e__am /gz/
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Double Letters
3.1 cc
cc occurs in these and other words and is
pronounced:
/k/ as in occasion /əˈkeɪ ʒən/
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/ks/ as in accept, succeed /ækˈsɛpt/.
3.2 dd
dd occurs in these and other words and is
pronounced /d/ as in middle /ˈmɪd l/.
3.3 ff
ff occurs in these and other words and is
pronounced /f/ as in coffee /ˈkɔ fi/.
3.4 gg
gg occurs in these and other words and
is pronounced /g/ as in eggs /ɛgz/.
3.5 ll
ll occurs in these and other words and
is pronounced /l/ as in all /ɔl/ or
village /ˈvɪl ɪdʒ/.
3.6 mm
w
mm occurs in these and other words
and is pronounced /m/ as in command /
kəˈmænd/.
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a·mon·ia or a·mo·ni·a.
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ac·cept
1
ac·ci·dent
1
ac·com·mo·date
ac·cu·rate oc·ca·sion oc·cur·rence
re·oc·cur suc·cess
1
vac·cine
1
ad·ded ad·di·tion ad·dic·ted mid·dle
od·dly sad·dened sud·den·ly tod·dler
af·fect·ed caf·feine cof·fee dif·fi·cult
ef·fect ef·fi·cient of·fi·cial suf·fix
bag·gage big·ger eggs blog·ger
lug·gage strug·gle sug·gest wig·gle
ac·ci·den·tal·ly ac·tu·al·ly al·ler·gy
an·nu·al·ly aw·ful·ly all col·lege
el·lip·sis in·tel·li·gence mil·len·ni·um
mis·spell pol·lute va·nil·la vil·lage
am·mo·ni·a
2
com·mand com·ments
com·mit·ted com·mu·ni·ty di·lem·ma
gram·mar im·me·di·ate rec·om·mend
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Commonly Misspelled Words
3.7 nn
nn occurs in these and other words and is
pronounced /k/ as in cannot /ˈkæn ɒt/.
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annual /ˈæn yu əl/
3.8 pp
pp occurs in these and other words and is
pronounced /p/ as in apparel /əˈpær əl/.
3.9 rr
rr occurs in these and other words and is
pronounced /r/ as in arrange /əˈreɪndʒ/.
3.10 ss
ss occurs in these words and is
pronounced /s/ as in assist /əˈsɪst/ or
2
/ʃ/ as in assure /əˈʃʊər, əˈʃɜr/
3
/z/ as in possession /pəˈzɛʃ ən/
4
/həˈræs mənt, ˈhær əs mənt/
3.11 tt
tt occurs in these and other words and is
pronounced /t/ as in attempt /əˈtɛmpt/.
3.12 zz
zz occurs in these and other words and
is pronounced /z/ as in puzzle /ˈpʌz əl/.
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an·nual
1
an·ten·nae can·na·bis can·not
cay·enne cin·na·mon con·nect in·nate
in·no·cent in·no·va·tion ques·tion·naire
ap·par·el ap·par·ent ap·pe·tite
ap·prov·al e·quip·ped sup·port
op·po·nent op·posite op·por·tu·ni·ty
ar·range bor·row cor·rect
cur·rent ear·rings ir·ri·tate
in·fer·red in·cur·red oc·cur·rence
re·fer·ral to·mor·row o·ver·rule
war·ran·tee ter·ri·ble nar·rate
as·sist as·sure
2
des·sert
3
mis·spell
em·bar·rass·ment
har·ass
4
ne·ces·sary
ex·pres·sion
2
pos·ses·sion
3
pro·cess
at·tempt ba·guette cas·sette o·mit·ted
pal·ette re·but·tal tat·too toi·lette
bliz·zard em·bez·zle fiz·zle griz·zly
jazz puz·zle siz·zle whizzed
Lesson 15
Commonly Misspelled Words
H. Correct the spelling. Edit the spelling if needed.
1. personal neccesity
2. lugage selection
3. jaz musician
4. special ocasion
5. upper-arm
tatoo
6. recomended
aparel
7. industrial
polution
8. inovative
thinking
9. directional
arow
10. oficial seal
of aproval
11. conecting
cable
12. dental
apointment
13. vilage
comitee
14. decafeinated
cofee
15. unexpected
ocurence
16. efective
solution
17. accidentaly
broken
18. sucesful
atempt
19. ilegal
posesion
20. embarasing
gosip
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Commonly Misspelled Words
Unexpected Letters
4.1 Dropped Letter
In a few words, a final vowel or
consonant is dropped when adding a
suffix or forming a compound word.
2 Unexpected Vowel
In a few words, the sound of a vowel is
diminished or dropped, yet it remains
part of the spelling.
In other cases, the origin of the word
causes the spelling to differ.
4.4 Consonant Doubling with Suffixes
1
Consonant doubling occurs in a stressed
syllable [CVC] when adding a suffix.
2
An unstressed final syllable is not
doubled when adding a suffix. (Br. Eng.
differs.)
4.5 Others
Other words are misspelled for various
(miscellaneous) reasons.
3
eau /yu/ and
4
eau /oʊ/are vowel blends
with silent e. (French origin)
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argue—argument judge—judgment
pass time—pastime
re-bél
1
—rebelled re-fér
1
—referred
trá-vel
2
—traveled cán-cel
2
—canceled
cal·en·dar change·able ce·me·tery
col·lec·ti·ble con·duc·tor def·i·nite·ly
ig·no·rance in·de·pen·dent gram·mar
in·di·spen·sa·ble jewel·ry sep·a·rate
me·men·to noticeable main·te·nance
priv·i·lege rel·e·vant res·tau·rant
aux·il·ia·ry beau·ty
3
bu·reau
4
com·for·ta·ble con·sen·sus ex·ceed
ex·hil·a·rate for·eign gauge
guar·an·tee hier·ar·chy in·gre·di·ents
li·brar·y nec·es·sar·y mas·sa·cre
mis·cel·lan·e·ous li·cense pub·lic·ly
pro·ducts pro·nun·ci·a·tion ref·er·ence
rec·om·mend res·tau·rant sched·ule
ser·geant sub·tle twelfth weird
Lesson 15
Commonly Misspelled Words
I. Commonly Confused Word Pairs. Write the spelling for the word in the picture.
1. air /ɛər/
2. ___ir /ɛər/
3. fil___d /fɪld/
4. fil___d /faɪld/
5. ___sle /aɪl/
6. __sle /aɪl/
7. capit__l /təl/
8. capit__l /təl/
9. ___n__ /wʌn/
10. ___n /wʌn/
11. w___ther
12. w___ther
13. w___ch /wɪtʃ/
14. w___ch /wɪtʃ/
15. __n__ /noʊ/
16. n__ /noʊ/
17. h___! /heɪ/
18. h___ /heɪ/
19. hi___ /haɪ/
20. hi___ /haɪ/
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Commonly Misspelled Words
I. Commonly Confused Word Pairs (continued). Fill in the spelling.
21. __our /aʊər/
22. __our
23. w___t /wɛIt/
24. w___t
25. mus_l /mʌs əl/
26. mus__l_
27. bor__d /bɔrd/
28. bo__rd
29. __ent /sɛnt/
30. __ent
31. th_r_ /ðɛər/
32. th__r ball
33. w___d you?
34. w___d /wʊd/
35. _rit_ /raɪt/
36. ri__t
37. l__s_ /lus/
38. l__s_ /luz/
39. les__n /lɛsn/
40. les__n
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Commonly Misspelled Words
I. Confusing Pairs (continued). Write the spelling for the word in the picture.
41. p___r /pɛər/
42. p___r
43. b__ar /bɛər/
44. bar__
45. ni__t /naɪt/
46. _ni__t
47. w__r_ /wɛər/
48. w__r
49. s__n /sʌn/
50. s__n
51. t__ /tuw/
52. t__ (direction)
53. ra__n /reɪn/
54. re___n
55. proc___ds
56. prec_d_s
57. compl__-
mentary
57. compl__-
mentary
59. person__l
/'pɜr sə nəl/
60. person__l
/pɜr sə 'nɛl/
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Post-test Yourself. Find out what you learned.
A. Find the misspellings. Underline each misspelled word and correct its spelling. (30)
Marketing is the sciense of geting peple to by what they may not necesarily
know they need. Fully asessing the customer's situasion will help the
marketer to be sucessfull at making a sale. (8)
First, the job of a marketer
1
is to become personaly familar with the
customer and to make him/her feel comfitable. The marketer is ussually
complementary and encurages the customer to talk. Then, the marketer can
suggess one or more producks to fill the emotionnal desires or practical
needs of the customer. (9). (
1
marketer – a person who sells a product or service)
Secon, the job of a marketer is to find out were the "price line" is. That is to
say, if the marketer is seling a computer, the cost of the computer has to be
under the amount that reqires the customer to have to ask permision from a
spous, partner or busness manager. (7)
Nex, the marketer procceeds to present items for the customer's
consideration. As soon as the customer makes a choise, the marketer praises
the customer's desision and comments on his/her good sens or good taste. In
this way, the marketer succeeds, and both salesman and customer walk away
happy. (6)
Score /30 90% or higher (≥ 27/30) is good but less than 90% (≤ 26) needs work.
The Word List on the next page can be used to mark and collect difficult-to-spell words.
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Commonly Misspelled Words
Word List—Silent Letters
Silent A
aisle
diamond
literature
miniature
temperature
separate
Silent B
bomb
climb
comb
debt
doubt
lamb
subtle
thumb
Silent C
conscience
conscious
crescent
descend
discipline
disciple
fascinate
fluorescent
muscles
scene
scent
science
scissors
duck
lock
peck
pick
snack
Silent D
handkerchief handsome Wednesday
Silent E
Aegean
amateur
beauty
emerald
Europe
mathematics
neutral
neutron
pneumonia
steak
vegetables
Silent G
champagne
cologne
gnaw
gnu
lasagna
reign
sign
Silent GH
height
high
light
might
might
right
sight
though
through
cough
Silent H
chaos
exhaust
ghost
heir
herb (US-Eng)
honest
hour
John
oh
orchid
rhyme
rhythm
Thomas
whale
what
1
whether
1
when
1
where
1
1
/w/ or /hw/
Silent I
business medieval miniature
Silent K
knead
knee
knife
knit
knight
knock
knot
know
knuckle
Silent L
calf
chalk
could
half
salmon
should
talk
walk
would
yolk
Silent M / N / O
mnemonic
autumn
column
condemn
damn
hymn
solemn
colonel
jeopardy
leopard
people
sophomore
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Silent P
corps
coup
cupboard
pneumonia
psychiatrist
psychology
raspberry
receipt
Silent S
aisle island debris
Silent T & TH
listen
whistle
castle
Christmas
often
mustn't
ballet
gourmet
bouquet
mortgage
soften
asthma
clothes
depths
lengths
months
Silent U
build
guest
guard
guild
guilt
guide
laugh
tongue
vacuum
Silent W
answer
sword
two
who
whole
whom
whose
wrist
write
writing
Word List—Consonant and Vowel Blends
CH /ʈʃ/
achieve
actual
beach
butcher
catch
cello
century
chair
check
chief
chew
chimpanzee
concerto
future
kitchen
literature
match
mixture
natural
picture
question
suggestion
watch
witch
F /f/
atmosphere
coffee
cough
dolphin
elephant
emphasis
enough
fluffy
hyphen
Joseph
laugh
paragraph
pharmacy
philosophy
phone
photograph
rough
tough
triumph
waffle
G /g/
dialogue
exactly /gz/
exam /gz/
example /gz/
exist /gz/
exit /gz/ /ks/
ghetto
ghost
guarantee
guess
guest
guide
guild
guitar
Pittsburgh
spaghetti
J /dʒ/
adjective
adjust
age
agency
average
biology
bridge
college
dangerous
edge
educate
energy
engine
general
giant
gradual
graduate
gym
gyroscope
individual
judge
knowledge
language
large
orange
original
passenger
procedure
soldier
suggest
village
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K /k/
ache
anarchy
anchor
anxious /ks/
archaic
archeology
architect
boutique
chameleon
chaos
character
charisma
chemical
chemistry
choir
choral
chord
choreograph
Christ
Christian
Christina
Christopher
chrome
chronic
chrysanthemum
cuisine /kw/
echo
epoch
equipment /kw/
exactly
excellent
except
exciting
experience /ks/
headache
hierarchy
jacket
lichen
mechanic
Michael
monarchy
mosquito
Munich
oligarch
orchestra
orchid
pack
patriarch
pocket
psychedelic
psychiatrist
psychiatry
psychologist
qualify
quality
question
rack
sack
schedule
scheme
schizophrenic
scholar
school
square
stomach
synchronize
tack
taxi /ks/
technician
technique
technology
zucchini
N/n/
autumn
column
knife
know
knee
knock
foreign
sign
design
campaign
Z /z/
because
dessert
cuisine
exact /gz/
exam /gz/
example /gz/
exercise
exist /gz/
fission
fuse
lose
noise
please
pleasure
possess
scissors
surprise
these
those
use
xenia
xenophobia
xylophone
NG /ŋ/
anger /ŋg/
ankle /ŋk/
bank /ŋk/
drank /ŋk/
English /ŋg/
finger /ŋg/
handkerchief /
ŋgk/
hunger /ŋg/
language /ŋg/
longer /ŋg/
monkey /ŋk/
single /ŋg/
sink /ŋk/
stronger /ŋg/
think /ŋk/
uncle /ŋk/
younger /ŋg/
R /r/
wrong write wrist rhyme rhythm
S /s/
aisle
answer
bicycle
box /ks/
ceiling
cent
city
corps
dance
exercise
expensive /ks/
face
island
next /ks/
nice
office
once
pencil
piece
place
police
recipe
six /ks/
sword
taxi /ks/
SH /ʃ/
anxious /kʃ/
Chicago
conscious
conversation
delicious
dimension
discussion
education
especially
information
initial
insurance
issue
machine
musician
mustache
ocean
official
patient
pension
permission
pressure
profession
social
special
station
sugar
sure
tissue
vacation
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th /θ/
bath
birthday
catheter
ethical
ethnic
healthy
lengthen
menthol
method
nothing
strengthen
sympathy
tether
thigh
thing
thorough
thought
thousand
threshold
throw
th /ð/
another
bathe
bother
breathe
clothes
gather
leather
rhythmic
smoothen
teething
there
this
those
weather
whether
ZH /ʒ/
Asia
beige
decision
equation
garage
illusion
leisure
lesion
measure
occasion
Persian
pleasure
prestige
precision
seizure
television
treasure
unusual
usually
version
V /v/
drive
give*
have
I've
live
love
move
of
twelve
W /w/
language
once
one
persuade
question
quickly
quiet
square
squirrel
what†
when†
where†
whether†
which†
while†
whisper†
white†
why†
†also pronounced
/hw/
Y /yu/
annual
beautiful
continue
cute
excuse
few
huge
interview
January
menu
review
tube
value
view
volume
Y /y/
familiar /yər/ opinion /yən/ brilliant /yənt/ peculiar /yər/ convenient /yənt/
Z /z/
because
exercise
lose
noise
please
surprise
these
those
use
dessert
mayonnaise
scissors
possess exam /gz/
example /gz/
exact /gz/
exist /gz/
Word List—Double Letters
Double C
accent
accept
acceptable
accident
accommodate
accord
accurate
accuse
broccoli
hiccup
Morocco
occasion
occasionally
occult
occupant
occurred
occurrence
raccoon
reoccur
soccer
succeed
success
tobacco
vaccine
Yucca
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Commonly Misspelled Words
Double D
added
addicted
addition
address
bladder
Cheddar
cuddle
daddy
fiddle
griddle
huddle
middle
odd
padded
paddock
riddle
sadden
straddle
sudden
toddler
Double F
affected
affluent
buffer
caffeine
chiffon
cliff
coffee
coffin
cuff
dandruff
differ
difficult
effect
efficient
fluffy
graffiti
handcuff
jiffy
kickoff
muffle
muffler
office
officer
official
raffle
ruffian
ruffle
scuff
showoff
shuffle
sniffle
soufflé
staff
stiff
stuff
suffix
toffee
truffle
waffle
Double G
baggage
baggy
beggar
blogger
boggle
egg
goggle
jogger
luggage
smuggler
snuggle
struggle
suggest
wriggle
Double L
accidentally
actually
allege
allegro
allergy
alliance
allot
allusion
annually
awfully
ballet
balloons
baseball
bell
Bill
billiard
billion
call
caller
cell
cellar
cello
chilly
college
collide
drill
dull
ellipsis
fall
fellow
fill
gorilla
guerilla
hello
intelligence
jolly
miller
millennium
misspell
palette
payroll
pollute
roll
seagull
sell
shall
smell
speller
spill
thriller
trillion
trolley
vanilla
village
wall
well
well
willow
yell
yellow
zillion
Double M
ammonia
commands
commence
commend
comments
commerce
committed
community
dilemma
dummy
gimmick
grammar
hammer
hammock
immature
immediate
immerged
imminent
immodest
immortal
immune
mammoth
mummy
recommend
roommate
spammer
swimmers
yummy
Double N
annex
annoy
annual
antennae
banner
cannabis
canned
dinner
bonnet
cannot
funnel
granny
kennel
cannon
cayenne
cinnamon
connect
connive
cranny
cunning
ennoble
finicky
flannel
innate
innocent
innovate
manners
millennium
pennant
pinnacle
planner
questionnaire
sinners
skinny
stunning
tennis
tunnel
tyranny
winners
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Commonly Misspelled Words
Double P
appalling
apparel
apparent
appear
appease
appetite
applet
apply
apprize
approval
chapped
choppers
clappers
clippers
copper
dipper
dropping
equipped
happy
hippie
opponent
opposite
papoose
pepper
puppy
shippers
snapper
support
wrapping
zipped
zipper
Double R
arrange
array
arrest
arrive
arrogant
arrow
barracks
barrier
berry
blurred
borrow
burrito
burrow
carriage
carrier
carry
correct
corridor
corrupt
current
derriere
diarrhea
earrings
embarrass
err
erratic
farrow
ferret
ferry
furrowed
furry
Harry
horrible
horrid
incurred
inferred
irritate
marriage
marrow
mirror
narrate
narrow
occurred
override
overrule
purr
quarry
referred
serrated
Sierra
sorrow
sorry
sparrow
starring
terrace
terrific
tomorrow
warrant
warrantee
warrior
whirring
worrisome
worry
Double S
accessed
assail
assault
assay
assemble
assert
assess
asset
assist
assorted
assure
basset
bassinet
bassoon
bliss
blissful
bossy
bussing
buttress
chassis
chess
classic
classy
colossus
compress
costless
countess
cross
cuss
dessert
dissolve
dissuade
dresser
dressing
embarrassment
emboss
engross
essay
essence
expression
eyeglasses
faceless
fission
floss
fortress
fossil
fussy
glossy
gossip
grass
gross
harass
helpless
homeless
huntress
issue
kiss
kissable
lessen
loss
massacre
massage
mattress
messages
missiles
mission
missive
misspell
misspend
misstep
necessarily
necessary
noblesse
obese
omission
pass
passage
passport
piss
permission
possession
possible
press
pressure
process
progress
reassess
renaissance
sassy
scissors
session
stress
tassel
tissue
toss
trespass
tresses
vessel
waitress
wussy
Double T
attach
attack
attain
attempt
attend
attest
attic
baguette
barrette
batter
befitting
better
bitter
blotter
brunette
butt
butter
buttocks
button
cassette
chatter
clutter
coattail
confetti
Corvette
dinette
ditto
fattening
fatty
fetter
flatten
flatter
glitter
jettison
jetty
kitty
knitting
latticed
libretto
littlest
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Commonly Misspelled Words
matte
matter
mitten
nutty
nutty
omitted
otter
palette
pattern
pipette
pitted
platter
pretty
putt
rebuttal
scatter
settings
settlers
shuttle
skittle
slotted
spotty
tattle
tattoos
toilette
twitter
utter
watt
witty
Double Z
blizzard
buzz
dazzle
embezzle
fizzle
frazzle
frizzy
fuzz
grizzly
guzzle
jazz
muzzle
nuzzle
pizazz
puzzle
scuzzy
sizzler
whizzed
Word List—Miscellaneous
amateur
argument
auxiliary
because
buying
calendar
canceled (US-Eng)
cause
cemetery
changeable
collectible
colonel
comfortable
complementary
complimentary
consensus
conscious
conscientious
conscious
definitely
discipline
emotional
equipment
exceed
exhilarate
existence
experience
familiar
fiery
foreign
gauge
grammar
grateful
guarantee
harass
height
hierarchy
humorous
ignorance
independent
indispensable
ingredients
inoculate
jewelry
judgment
leisure
liaison
library
license
maintenance
maneuver
medieval
memento
miniature
minuscule
neighbor
noticeable
pastime
pastime
perseverance
personnel
privilege
playwright
practical
precede
products
pronunciation
publicly
rebelled
receipt
receive
recommend
reference
referred
relevant
renaissance
restaurant
rhyme
rhythm
schedule
separate
sergeant
special
temperature
threshold
traveled (US-Eng)
twelfth
tyranny
weird
Confusing Pairs
air / heir
aisle / I'll
bare / bear
bath / bathe
bored / board
capital / capitol
cloth / clothe
complimentary/
complimentary
core / corps
copyright /
playwright
desert / dessert
filed / filled
gnu / new
great / grateful
guarantee /
warrantee
hay / hey
high / hi
hour / our
its / it's
kernel / colonel
know / no
knight / night
lessen / lesson
lose / loose
mussels / muscles
palate / palette /
pallet
pair / pear
personnel /
personal
precede/proceed
principal /
principle
reign / rain
scene / seen
scent / cent
secede/succeed
stationery/
stationary
there / their /
they're
two / too / to
wait / weight
where / ware
whether / weather
which / witch
would / wood
write / right
Also available
Alphabetic listing: Commonly Misspelled Word List:
www.grammar-quizzes.com/spelling/commispellist.pdf
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Lesson 15
Commonly Misspelled Words
Answer Key
Pretest 1–2
Pre A. Write the spelling for these pairs.
1. desert / dessert 2. bath / bathe 3. hole/whole
Pre B. Correct the spelling.
1. guest 2. raspberry 3. island 4. scissors 5. coffee 6. ocean
7. graduate 8. vacuum 9. laugh 10. spaghetti 11. half 12. bicycle
13. beauty 14. crescent 15. mattress 16.knowledge 17. bureau 18. eight
19. answer 20. musician 21. kitchen 22. chicken 23. garage
24. Wednesday
Pre C. Find the misspelling.
Pre D. Underline a misspelled word and write the correct spelling below it. (12pts.) 2
When we hear the expression "gourmet food", we think of high-priced, exotic food that requires a lot of
preparation. But these descriptions are not necessarily true or accurate. Foods from foreign places may
make recipes more special, but exotic origins do not qualify food as "gourmet". Hi quality ingredients are
most important. That is to say, if the food is fresh, in-season and checked for flavor, only then can you
guarantee that the food will ad better flavor to the recipe. Next, if the food is cleaned and stored well,
prepared and cooked properly, and served at the right temperature, it will be at its best. Finally, an unusual
but complimentary blending of flavors will cause the food to be worthy of the title "gourmet".
Silent Letters 4
A. Spell the word. 4
B. Spell the word. 6
1.
✗
exactly
You wouldn't egzactly refer to fast-food as a cuisine.
2.
✗
delicious
But when it is done well, it is especially delisious to eat.
3.
✗
experienced
An experiensed chef can serve up crispy fries
4.
✔
and turn out a juicy hamburger grilled to perfection.
5.
✗
mayonnaise
Along with a little manaize and mustard, it's excellent.
6.
✗
chocolate
A cold, creamy, choclet milkshake is hard to beat.
7.
✗
ingredients
As long as the ingredents are fresh and flavorful,
8.
✗
pleasure
the result will be a plezure to eat.
1.
necklace
2.
sign
3.
yolk
4.
fight
5.
school
6.
chalk
7.
snack
8.
rhinoceros
9.
salmon
10.
herbs
11.
gnu
12.
champagne
13.
walk
14.
hour
15.
knit
16.
business
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Commonly Misspelled Words
C. Spell the word. 8
Blends 9
D. Spell the word. 9
E. Spell the word. 11
F. Spell the word. 13
G. Spell the word. 15
17.
cologne
18.
exhaust
19.
eight
20.
monarchy
1.
raspberry
2.
people
3.
wrist
4.
bouquet
5.
build
6.
write
7.
castle
8.
lifeguards
9.
debris
10.
listen
11.
cupboard
12.
psychiatrist
13.
asthma
14.
whistle
15.
guitar
16.
pneumonia
17.
answer
18.
island
19.
autumn
20.
sword
1.
climber
2.
column
3.
wheel
4.
whole
5.
dough
6.
two
7.
knowledge
8.
knuckles
9.
whale
10.
plumber
11.
sundae
12.
wrench
13.
knee
14.
descend
15.
rhythm
16.
fluorescent
17.
clothes
18.
vegetables
19.
February
20.
damn
1.
match
2.
kitchen
3.
question
4.
church
5.
coffee
6.
laugh
7.
elephant
8.
cough
9.
ghost
10.
spaghetti
11.
guest
12.
exit
13.
bridge
14.
judge
15.
graduate
16.
engine
17.
orange
18.
jeans
19.
soldier
20.
sponge
1.
pocket
2.
mixer
3.
chemistry
4.
mosquito
5.
swing
6.
hanger
7.
monkey
8.
fingers
9.
bicycle
10.
license
11.
science
12.
taxi
13.
sugar
14.
pressure
15.
mustache
16.
patient
17.
leisure
18.
garage
19.
measure
20.
Asia
1.
mouth
2.
cloth
3.
throw
4.
thing
5.
weather
6.
clothes
7.
breathe
8.
father
9.
vacuum
10.
have
11.
envelope
12.
of
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H. Edit and correct the spelling. 18
I. Confusing Pairs. 20–22
13.
watch
14.
squirrel
15.
one
16.
wheel
17.
onion
18.
fuzzy
19.
zipper
20.
exam
1.
personal
necessity
2.
luggage
selection
3.
jazz musician
4.
special occasion
5.
upper-arm
tattoo
6.
recommended
apparel
7.
industrial
pollution
8.
innovative
thinking
9.
directional
arrow
10.
official seal of
approval
11.
connecting
cable
12.
dental
appointment
13.
village
committee
14.
decaffeinated
coffee
15.
unexpected
occurrence
16.
effective solution
17.
accidentally
broken
18.
successful
attempt
19.
illegal
possession
20.
embarrassing
gossip
1.
air
2.
heir
3.
filled
4.
filed
5.
isle
6.
aisle
7.
capitol
8.
capital
9.
one
10.
won
11.
weather
12.
whether
13.
witch
14.
which
15.
know
16.
no
17.
hey
18.
hay
19.
hi
20.
high
21.
hour
22.
our
23.
weight
24.
wait
25.
mussel
26.
muscle
27.
bored
28.
board
29.
cent
30.
scent
31.
there
32.
their
33.
would
34.
wood
35.
write
36.
right
37.
loose
38.
lose
39.
lesson
40.
lessen
41.
pear
42.
pair
43.
bear
44.
bare
45.
night
46.
knight
47.
where
48.
wear
49.
sun
50
son
51.
two
52.
to
53.
rain
54.
reign
55.
proceed
56.
precede
57.
complementary
58.
complimentary
59.
personal
60.
personnel
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Post Test 23
A. Find and Correct. (30)
Marketing is the science of getting people to buy what they may not necessarily know they need.
Fully assessing the customer's situation will help the marketer be successful at making a sale. (8)
First, the job of a marketer is to become personally familiar with the customer and to make him/
her feel comfortable. The marketer is usually complimentary and encourages the customer to
talk. Then, the marketer can suggest one or more products to fill the emotional desires or
practical needs of the customer. (9)
Second, the job of a marketer is to find out where the "price line" is. That is to say, if the marketer
is selling a computer, the cost of the computer has to be under the amount that requires the
customer to have to ask permission from a spouse, partner or business manager. (7)
Next, the marketer proceeds to present items for the customer's consideration. As soon as the
customer makes a choice, the marketer praises the customer's decision and comments on his/her
good sense or good taste. In this way, the marketer succeeds, and both salesman and customer
walk away happy. (6)
Illustrations
Martinez, Chelsea. "laugh", "lingerie", "pen", "say", "whale". digital images. 22 July 2016.
Clipart
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Online Dictionaries (with audio)
Dictionary: www. dictionary.com
Longman Dictionary Online: www.ldoceonline.com
Merriam-Webster: www.merriam-webster.com
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