English Learning: Practice Spelling Test Part 1

www.sekolahbahasainggris.com– Remember that in adding the prefix mis- or dis- (which usually give a word its opposite meaning) you never get a double “s” unless the word to which you are adding already begins with an “s”;

e.g: fire- misfire; please- displease; but spell- misspell; satisfy- dissatisfy.

Can you spell these words?

Misprint
Disrespect
Dissatisfy
Disqualify
Misinform
Misbelieve
Miscalculate
Misstatement
Disrelish
Misgovernment
Displacement
Mispronunciation
Disservice
Misshapen
Dissimilar

Form new words from these by using the prefix dis- or mis. Check your answer with a dictionary.

Doing (mis)
Arm (dis)
Direct (mis)
Courage (dis)
Connect
Believe
Deed
Fortune
Continue
Place
Comfort
Spell
Understand
Arrange
Demeanour
State

“c” and “g” are usually pronounced as hard sounds beore “a”, “o” and “u”;

e.g. : cat, cousin,custard, gander, gondola,gush. But before “I”.:e: and “y” they are usually pronounced as soft sounds: e.g. cine,a, certain,cycle, giant, gentle, gymnast.

Consequently if a word ends in a hard “c” (mimic) and we wish to add “ing”, we insert a ‘k” first, to keep the “c” hard; e.g. mimic-mimicking; but mimic-mimicry.

Similarly, we insert a “u” to keep a “g” hard; e.g. Portugal-portuguese.

On the other hand if we wish to keep a “c” or “g” soft, we insert an “I” or “e”; e.g. courage-courageous; malice-malicious.

Exams:

Can you spell these?

Musical
Picnic
Picknicking
Frolic
Frolicking
Frolicsome
Guest
Guilty
Guard
Guinea
League
Vengeance
Catalogue
Dialogue
Fatigue
Tongue
Rogue
Roguish
Religious
Outrageous
Gracious
Arctic
Portuguese
Guarantee

English Learning: Practice Spelling Test Part 1