Spelling errors are among the most common surface errors as well as the most easily corrected. To correct spelling errors, use a spell-checker, regardless of your spelling skill, along with a dictionary to help you find the right alternative for a misspelled word. Remember that the spell-checker won’t help with homonyms, words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings. Some words that can cause trouble are listed below.
Dictation:
Our team is going to the state tournament today.
1It's2 their first time in five years3, and now that they've 4passed
the quarter-final round, they'll move on,
and 5then they'll be in the finals if they 6don't 7lose.
Hopefully the 8weather won't be 9too bad so that
everyone will be in 10good spirits.
Dictation:
Our team is going to the state tournament today.
1It's2 their first time in five years3, and now that they've 4passed
the quarter-final round, they'll move on,
and 5then they'll be in the finals if they 6don't 7lose.
Hopefully the 8weather won't be 9too bad so that
everyone will be in 10good spirits.
- a lot (expression of great quantity)
- allot (verb: to hand out or give)All right(not alright)Lead/Led
- Loose/lose
- Past/passed
- to (indicating direction)
- too (also)
- their (possessive. "Their dog is a poodle.")
- there ("Put it over there")
- they’re (contraction of they are)
- Than (comparison. "James is cooler than Thomas")
- Then (deals with time relationships. "And then we . . .)
- weather (it's sunny out)
- whether (indicates uncertainty; despite)
- accept (a verb, meaning to receive or to admit to a group "I was accepted into medical school")
- except ("I like everything Mom serves for Thanksgiving dinner except cranberry sauce")
- who’s (contraction of who is or who has. "Who's on first?")
- whose (possessive form of who. "Whose bike is this?")
- its (The dog wagged its tail)
- it’s (It's obvious that the butler committed the crime)
- your (possessive form of you)
- you’re (contraction of you are)
- affect (usually a verb, meaning to influence)
- effect (usually a noun, meaning result)
- than (used in comparison)
- then (refers to a time in the past)
- were (form of the verb to be)
- we’re (contraction of we are)
- where (related to location or place)
- Wrong: My brother and his friend commutes a lot from the coast.Dictation:Our team is going to the state tournament today.It's their first time in five years, and now that they've passedthe quarter-final round, they'll move on,and then they'll be in the finals if they don't lose.Hopefully the weather won't be too bad so thateveryone will be in good spirits.2. Write questions of your own for the test on Night.
3. Journal: Free write. Write as much as you can about anything at all for 5 minutes
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