Spelling pitfalls in IELTS

Common spelling errors need to avoid while having preparation for IELTS. Many students commit common mistakes in spelling often. Most of the words are little confusing which require special attention for preparation. Spelling errors can cost you in IELTS examination. So, while writing you have  to be careful towards your spelling. 

Practice with careful attention on errors.

1:Single or Double letters related words creates a  little confusing when writing. Embarassment: incorrect. Embarrassment: correct 

Double Letter correct words: millennium, possession, dumbbell, occasionally, difference, generally, incidentally, magically, embarrass, referred, disappear, disappoint, fulfill, necessary, colosseum, labelled, parallel, personnel, harass, success, occurrence. asleep, bamboo, breeze, assume, affect, accept, juggle, granny, heeler, groove, gallop, gloomy, esteem, creepy, degree, doodle, arranged, appealing, baggies, bookkeeper, blossom, glitter, greetings, illness, grasshopper, missionary, mission, passenger, rubbish, procession, tresses, shuffles, witness, assess, amass, cuckoo, glee, payee, puree, tariff, tattoo, thrill, truss, aggression, cappuccino, commissioner, fuzzball, fricassee, misspell, buffoon, suffragette, settee, toffee, committee, cheerlessness, addressee, whippoorwill, suddenness, heedlessness, stubbornness. 

2: Silent letters in English is to be given attention. It may create mispronunciation and spelling errors. If it is not well known how to pronounce or write correctly then sometime, you may face writing errors. 

Receipt, thumb, handkerchief, pea, thread, beat, bone, pike, ride, anchor, honest, white, wrist, wrap, wrong, edge, judged, Wednesday, comb, climb, lamb, young, trouble, cousin, island, aisle, debris, tomb, doubt, debt, subtle, scissors, ascent, fascinate, muscle, pledge, grudge, handsome, sandwich, hide, design, foreign, high, light, thought, alight, why, what, when, whether, where, know, knife, knight, calf, half, palm, folk, yolk, damn, autumn, column, psalm, psephology, pterodactyl, pneumonia, pneumatic, castle, Christmas, fasten, listen, whistle, bustle, soften.

3: Most of English words that sound similar. It may bring confusion to understand but accuracy of learning is important. Words that having similar sounds are called homonyms. It is in two categories. 1: Homographs ( words that are may have the same spelling, but different meaning ) 2: Homophones ( words that sound the same, but have different meaning and different spelling ) 

Accept and except , their, there, They're. here and hear, two, to, and too, allowed and aloud, band and banned, coarse and course, soar and sore, sight and site, sole and soul, hole and whole, higher and hire, flew and flu, fair and fare, feat and feet, alms and arms, alter and altar, axel and axle, bail and bale

brake/ break, cent/scent, die/dye, for/four, heal / heel, idle/idol, know/not, poor/pour, son/sun, steal/steel, tail/tale, weather/whether, right/write, sea / see, cell/ sell, effect/affect, lose/loss/loose, specially/especially, stationary/stationery, principle/principal, pear/pair, piece/peace, practice/practise, stair/stare. 

4: Position of 'i' and 'e' . It is apparently seen that many of words come across with the letter 'i' can be together. In some words, 'i' is followed by 'e' while in others it is just the reverse.

                     Recieve: incorrect                              Receive: correct

The word list: 'i-e' words:

hide, bride, crime, rise, wise, shine, time, pile, quite, dive, fire, wire, kite, file, tribe, stripe, ripe, spine. tie, die, like, guide, pie, lie, 

5: MTI. Mother tongue influence can also make you write in correct spelling. Writing how you speak can really bring confusion in spelling. Some non native English speakers often commit mistakes in there spelling because of Miss pronunciation of the words.

Modern: incorrect. Modern: Correct 

6: Confusing suffix with 'or'  'er'  and '-ar'. The words ends with the sound of 'or' and 'er'  always bring confusions. You need to pay your careful attention about these words.

Traveller: incorrect

Traveler: correct

batter, canvasser, eater, caterer, looter, fibber, rapper, sitter, shredder, formatter, barterer, grabber. delimiter, profiter, recruiter, divider, baker, giver, changer.

conqueror, councilor, counselor, auditor, creditor, editor, solicitor, visitor, exhibitor, incisor, provisor, supervisor, survivor, calculator, educator, elevator, generator, spectator, terminator, ventilator, refrigerator, instigator, 

beggar, liar, bursar, registrar, scholar, vicar, altar, avatar, calendar, dollar, grammar, guitar, hangar, mortar, nectar, pillar, radar, vinegar, cheddar, angular, cellular, circular, linear, polar, popular, titular, nuclear, muscular. 

How you can avoid spelling errors:

There are beautiful techniques of English pronunciations with syllable which will initially help you understand English word structures. It will increase your understanding on spelling. 

# Habit of reading articles and paying attention on most of writing specially on the spelling  can help you do better in  correct form of words.

# Improve your writing and find out the common mistakes of your spelling. Look up words and correct your spelling with regular inputs.

# There are beautiful games also available on most of mobile applications and internet that may help you a lot  have a beautiful brain exercise for spelling.

# Boost your confidence level and remember the correct spelling of the words by giving careful attention and understanding upon pronunciation.

# Have a beautiful collections from internet or different books for misspelt words in English. Do your practice on suggested words and write down those words to remember forever.

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