Posted on 7th August 2012

Spelling

Something that seems to get dramatically worse over the summer holidays is students’ ability to spell. Over the long vacation parts of the brain appear to go dormant, and it can be rather a wrench to start school again in September and pick up where you left off in July. So that the new term doesn’t cause such a shock to the system, make sure you do a little bit of work over the holidays now and then, just to keep things ticking over.

Below is a list of some of the most commonly misspelled words. Why not try testing yourself on just a few every day, then by September you will be in excellent form.

I’ve also included a few questions at the bottom, which you should also try in order to keep your brain in gear.

ABSENCE
ACCESS
ACCOMMODATION
ADDRESS
ADVANTAGEOUS
ANALYSE
ANXIOS
APOSTROPHE
ARGUMENT
ASSISTANT
ASSESSMENT
ASSOCIATION
AWKWARD
BEGINNING
BENEFITED
BISCUIT
BUSINESS
CARIBBEAN
CEILING
COMMIT
COMMITTED
COMMITTEE
CONCEIT
CONSCIENCE
CONSCIENTIOUS
DECEIVE
DEFINITELY
DESIRABLE
DEVELOPMENT
DISAPPEAR
DISSATISFIED
EXAGGERATE
EXCEPT
EXCESSIVE
EXERCISE
FULFIL
GRAMMATICAL
HEIGHT
HUMOROUS
IMMEDIATE
INDEPENDENT
INSTALL
INSTALMENT
KNOWLEDGABLE
LEISURE
LIBRARY
LIKEABLE
MAINTENANCE
MANAGEABLE
MEDITERRANEAN
MISCELLANEOUS
MICHIEF
MISCHIEVOUS
NECESSARY
NECESSARILY
NOTICEABLE
OCCUR
OCCURRING
POSSESSION
PRIVELEGE
PROFESSION
PURSUE
QUEUE
RECEIPT
RECEIVE
RECOMMEND
RESTAURANT
RHYME
RHYTHM
SEPARATE
SINCERELY
SOLEMN
SUCCESS
SUCCESSFUL
THOROUGH
THOROUGHLY
VICIOUS
WEIRD
YIELD

 

What are the different types of nouns?
What is an adjective?
What is an adverb?
What is a conjunction?
What is a preposition?
When do you use apostrophes?
When do you use parentheses?
When do you use a colon?
When do you use a semicolon?
What is a pronoun?
What is a clause?