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Checking Your Spelling

Juggling Letters
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  • Check your spelling by using a dictionary or a list of commonly misspelled words (like the one that follows).
  • Check a dictionary for the correct pronunciation of each word you are trying to spell. Knowing how to pronounce a word will help you remember how to spell it.
  • Look up the meaning of each word. Knowing how to spell a word is of little use if you don’t know what it means.
  • Practice seeing the word in your mind’s eye. Look away from the dictionary page and write the word on a piece of paper. Check the spelling in the dictionary. Repeat this process until you can spell the word correctly.
  • Make a spelling dictionary. Keep a notebook or computer file with the correct spellings of words you tend to misspell. (See page 360.)
  • Practice. Learning to become a good speller takes time.

A

about

above

absent

accept

accident

accompany

accurate

ache

achieve

across

actual

address

adventure

advertisement

advise

afraid

after

against

agreement

allowance

all right

almost

alone

along

a lot

already

although

always

American

among

amount

ancient

angel

angle

animal

anniversary

anonymous

another

answer

anybody

apartment

apologize

application

appreciate

April

aren’t

argument

arithmetic

around

arrival

article

artificial

athlete

athletic

attention

attitude

attractive

audience

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August

aunt

author

automobile

autumn

avenue

awful

awhile

B

baggage

balloon

banana

bargain

basement

beautiful

because

become

been

before

beginning

behind

believe

belong

between

bicycle

birthday

biscuit

blanket

blizzard

bought

breakfast

brilliant

brother

brought

bruise

buckle

building

built

burglar

business

busy

button

buy

C

cafeteria

calendar

called

campaign

candidate

canoe

canyon

captain

careful

careless

casserole

caterpillar

caught

celebration

cemetery

century

certain

certificate

change

character

chief

children

chimney

chocolate

choir

choose

Christmas

church

city

civilization

classmates

classroom

climate

closet

cocoa

cocoon

color

come

coming

committee

community

company

complete

concert

congratulate

cooperate

cough

could

couldn’t

country

courage

courteous

courtesy

cousin

criticize

cupboard

curious

customer

D

dairy

dangerous

daughter

day

dear

December

decorate

definition

delicious

describe

desert

dessert

developed

didn’t

different

difficulty

disappear

disastrous

discover

discussion

distance

divide

division

doctor

does

done

doubt

E

early

earth

Easter

easy

edge

either

electricity

elephant

emergency

encourage

enormous

enough

entertain

environment

every

everybody

exactly

excellent

exercise

exhausted

expensive

experience

explain

expression

eyes

F

face

familiar

family

famous

fashion

faucet

favorite

February

fierce

fifty

finally

first

football

foreign

forty

forward

found

fountain

fourth

fragile

Friday

friend

from

front

fuel

full

G

gadget

generally

generous

genius

gentle

geography

getting

goes

gone

government

grade

graduation

grammar

grateful

great

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grocery

group

guarantee

guard

guardian

guess

gymnasium

H

half

handkerchief

handsome

happened

happiness

haven’t

having

hazardous

heard

heavy

height

history

holiday

honor

horrible

hospital

hour

humorous

hundreds

I

icicle

ideal

identical

imagine

immediately

immigrant

impatient

important

impossible

incredible

independent

individual

influence

innocent

instead

intelligent

interested

island

J

January

jewelry

journal

journey

judgment

juicy

July

June

K

kitchen

knew

knife

knives

know

knowledge

L

language

laughed

league

leave

length

lesson

letter

light

lightning

likely

listen

literature

little

loose

lovable

M

magazine

making

manufacture

many

March

marriage

material

mathematics

May

maybe

mayor

might

millions

minute

mirror

Monday

money

morning

mountain

music

musician

mysterious

N

natural

necessary

neighborhood

neither

never

nice

noisy

none

no one

nothing

November

nuclear

number

O

obey

occasion

o’clock

October

office

often

once

operate

opposite

other

outside

P

package

paragraph

parallel

party

pasture

patience

peace

people

picture

piece

played

pleasant

please

pleasure

point

poison

practice

prejudice

preparation

present

president

pretty

principal

privilege

problem

products

psychology

pumpkin

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Q

quarter

quickly

quiet

quit

quite

quotient

R

raise

ready

really

reason

receive

recognize

remember

restaurant

right

rough

route

S

safety

said

salad

salary

sandwich

Santa Claus

Saturday

says

scared

scene

school

sentence

September

several

shoes

should

since

skiing

something

sometimes

soon

special

started

store

straight

studying

suddenly

Sunday

suppose

sure

surprise

surround

swimming

system

T

table

teacher

tear

temperature

terrible

Thanksgiving

their

there

they’re

though

thought

thousands

through

Thursday

tired

together

tomorrow

tonight

traveling

trouble

truly

Tuesday

turn

U

unconscious

unfortunately

until

unusual

upon

use

usually

V

vacation

vacuum

vegetable

vehicle

very

violence

visitor

voice

volume

W

wasn’t

weather

Wednesday

weight

weird

welcome

welfare

were

we’re

when

where

whether

which

while

whole

whose

women

world

wouldn’t

write

writing

wrote

Y

yesterday

young

your

you’re

yourself

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