Suggestions for Improving your Spelling:
Sound out syllables carefully and individually.
ac-ci-dent-al-ly
gov-ern-ment
ath-let-ics
lab-o-ra-to-ry
cal-en-dar
li-bra-ry
en-vi-ron-ment
math-e-mat-ics
Feb-ru-a-ry
mus-cle
pre-tend
soph-o-more
Pronounce words carefully:
affect – effect
elicit – illicit
Calvary – cavalry
finally – finely
carton – cartoon
marrying – marring
celery – salary
shoulder – soldier
diary – dairy
shudder – shutter
Fix each letter of a word in your mind’s eye.
In each of the following pairs of words, notice the way the second word is different from the first.
Accept – except
lose – loose
Advice – advise
past – passed
Already – all ready
personal – personnel
Altogether – all together
precede – proceed
Beach – beech
principal – principle
Breath – breathe
quiet – quite
Council – counsel
stationery – stationary
Desert – dessert
than – then
Envelop – envelope
there – their – they’re
Formally – formerly
to – two – too
Its – it’s want – wont – won’t
ALSO:
• Use the dictionary whenever in doubt.
• List and study words you most frequently misspell.
• Learn five basic spelling rules.
Subject: Suggestions for Improving your Spelling 
Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:22 pm
