This is lesson 6 in the Commonly Misspelled words series and we're revising the words you've learnt so far.
Over the last 5 lessons, you've studied and hopefully learnt some commonly misspelled words.
You might have forgotten them - that's natural. Our brain is basically a forgetting machine. We've got so much going on if we don't use something all the time we forget it.
Jim Kwik: "Your brain is ultimately programmed for deletion. Otherwise they'll be so much info and overwhelm."
That's why we forget spellings that we don't use and we get stressed about it. It happens! We forget. That's natural. And that's why we have to keep going over stuff. Revise, review, repeat to remember.
Using spelling strategies such as knowing spelling rules and exceptions, understanding why we spell the word the way it is, and using memory tricks to recall spellings is important.
Take notes about the ways you can remember a spelling. Writing notes (online or in notebooks) helps boost your learning by 50%.
Which is correct? The trouble with multiple choice exercises is that they show you a word that is so similar to the correct word that it gets confusing. So using your knowledge of rules, patterns, and memory tricks can help.
a. I'm truly sorry. b. I'm truely sorry.
a. I'm so greatful for all your help. b. I'm so grateful for all your help.
a. Let me check my calendar. b. Let me check my calender.
a. She has two businesses. b. She has two buisnesses.
a. I'll see you tommorow. b. I'll see you tomorrow.
These are the correct spellings. Don't worry about mistakes. Go over the lessons again (click on the links below) if you need to refresh your memory. Use your own memory tricks to help you remember these.
(a) truly is an exception the keep the 'e' rule. We usually keep the ‘e’ when adding -ly but we drop the e in this word. See the -uly pattern like in July. I truly love July.
(b) grateful is such a useful word and often misspelled it's from Latin for gratus - gratitude that's why it's spelt like this.
We spell grateful like this and not like its sound alike greatful because it comes from Latin 'gratus" meaning pleasing or thankful: grateful, and there's only one l in the suffix ending -ful
An easy way to remember the spelling is to remember it's related to gratitude can you see the grat in there. Or see the word within grate - rate It's hard to rate how grateful I am. calendar - the end -dar is the tricky bit. remember the memory trick -calendar has dates
(a) calendar - the end -da is the tricky bit. Remember the memory trick: A calendar has days and dates
(a) business singular and businesses plural (we add -es to words ending in -s and doule -ss) see the bus in business it's good busines to go by bus.
(b) tomorrow = to + morrow one m. tomorrow morning is rreally right??? Come up with your own memory tricks if this word is difficult for you. Let me know if you do.
Revise, Review, Repeat to Remember.
Misspelled Words Course Lesson 6