UNIT 7 Worksheet 8: Spelling practice

Work with a partner. You will need a copy of the Unit 7 handout: Spelling review.

1 Try to find another word to add to each of the categories in the spelling review
handout.
1 7
2 8
3 9
4 10
5 11
6 12

2 Choose one word from each category of the handout to make a wordsearch grid to
swap with another pair.

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3 Work out what is special about:

a the sentence: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
b the words ‘facetious’ and ‘abstemious’ (and then look up their meanings)
c the words ‘seize’ and ‘rhythm’
a

4 Think of mnemonics (ways of remembering) for these commonly misspelt words.

liaison

accommodation

excellent

reminiscence

privilege

5 Write the following phonetically spelt words in ordinary letters.

a ˈdɔːtər h niː
b eɪk i kɒf
c juːˈniːk j ˈkʌmɪŋ
d ˈwiːl̩ k hɪˈrəʊɪkl̩i
e ˈkwaɪə l ˈbɔːt
f naɪvz m ˈpɪnɪŋ
g ˈspiːʃiːz n ˈpaɪnɪŋ

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6 You and your partner can now give each other spelling tests of ten words used in the
handout. Remember when you do your corrections to use the Look, Cover, Write,
Check method.

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