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Spelling Tutorial. By: Britany & Katlin. Commonly misused and misspelled words. Accept- verb meaning to receive or to agree. Except- preposition meaning all but, other than.
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Spelling Tutorial By: Britany & Katlin
Commonly misused and misspelled words • Accept- verb meaning to receive or to agree. Except- preposition meaning all but, other than. • Affect- verb meaning to influence. Effect- noun meaning result or consequence. Effect- verb meaning to bring about, to accomplish. • Its- possessive adjective. It’s-contraction for it has or it is. • Their- possessive pronoun. There- that place. They’re- contraction for they are.
To- preposition, or first part of the infinitive form of a verb. Too- very, also. Two- the number 2. • We’re- contraction for we are. Where- location. Were- a past tense form of the word be. • Your- possessive pronoun. You’re- contraction for you are. • To prevent misusing or misspelling words make sure you use them in the correct tense and also use spell check on your computer.
The I before e rule Write I before E Except after C. Or when it sounds like an A As in “neighbor” or “weigh”. I before E examples:relief, believe, niece, chief, field, shield, yield. E before I examples: receive, deceive, ceiling, conceit, vein, sleigh, eight.
Ible, -able rule • Ible- if the word is not a root word add -ible. Examples: visible, horrible, terrible, possible, edible, eligible, incredible, permissible. • Able- if the root is a complete word add -able. Examples: fashionable, laughable, suitable, dependable, comfortable. (If the root ends with an –e drop the final –e and add -able.)
The silent e • Silent E helps vowels to say their names is another common adage. This means that the words which have a long vowel sound, followed by a consonant, usually end with a silent E. This helps children remember word endings. Examples: rate and rat, as well as hate and hat.
Sources • Ballard, Nikki. "Commonly Misspelled Words." Commonly Misspelled Words. 2009. Web. 19 Jan. 2011. <http://www.commonlymisspelledwords.org/>. • Purdue OWL. "Purdue OWL: Spelling." Welcome to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL). Nov.-Dec. 2010. Web. 19 Jan. 2011. <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/660/01>. • ALA Corporate Member. "Spelling Tips for Children and Adults." Www.math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org. 2007. Web. 19 Jan. 2011. <http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org/articles/Spelling_tips_for_children_and_parents.html>.