SAT Spelling Tips 10-11

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SAT Spelling Tips 10-11

• The Spelling Rules

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What We Will Be Covering 8/4

• Spelling rules, esp. the most common errors.
• Almost right words (or commonly confused words).

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Spelling Rules

• There is no getting around it, there are just
  some rules that you need to know

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Spelling Rules 10/11

1. I before E except after C or when said as
   Ä as in neighbor and weigh. I believe I
   will receive a blanket from my neighbor.

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Spelling Rules 10/12

• 2. There are many exceptions to the I before
  E rule and here they are weird, height, seize,
  leisure, either, neither, and protein.

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Spelling Rules 10/15

• 3. The only English word ending in sede is
  supersede. The only English words ending in
  ceed are exceed, proceed, and succeed. All
  other words that end in this sound will be
  spelled with cede.

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Spelling Rules 10/16

• When adding the suffix ness or ly to a word, do
  not change the spelling of the word itself
• sudden ness suddenness
• truthful ly truthfully.

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Spelling Rules 10/17

• 5. When adding a prefix to a word, do not change
  the spelling of the word itself
• il logical illogical
• mis spell misspell
• un natural unnatural.

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Spelling Rules 10/18

• Drop the final silent e before adding a suffix
  beginning with a vowel
• nice est nicest
• love ing loving

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Spelling Rules 10/19

• You do not drop the silent e in words ending in
  ce and ge before a suffix beginning with a
  or o
• notice able noticeable
• courage ous courageous

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Spelling Rules 10/22

• You need to keep the final silent e adding a
  suffix that begins with a consonant
• care less careless
• false hood falsehood

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Spelling Rules 10/23

• When words end in y that is preceded by a
  consonant, change the y to i when adding a
  suffix unless the suffix begins with an i
• beauty ful beautiful
• carry ing carrying
• envy able enviable

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• 10. Please remember if the word ends in y
  preceding a vowel does not change when you add a
  suffix
• pay ment payment
• buy er buyer

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• 11. Always remember to double the final consonant
  before adding the suffixes
• -ing, -ed, -er, or est to a one syllable
  word that ends in a single consonant preceded by
  a single vowel
• hit er hitter
• quiz es quizzes

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• 12. The exception to the double consonant rule is
  when words end with w or x
• mow ed mowed
• wax ing waxing

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• 13. Remember when forming plural nouns ending in
  o that precedes a vowel, just add -s video
  s videos and ratio s ratios. For musical
  terms just add an -s if the word ends in o
  piano pianos, alto altos, and trio trios

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• 14. Remember when forming plural nouns ending in
  o that precedes a consonant, you need to add an
  -es
• hero heroes
• tomato tomatoes
• potato potatoes
• The only exception is silo silos

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• 15. Some words that end in o can be spelled
  with either -es or s
• banjos/banjoes
• flamingos/flamingoes

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Spelling Rules 11/1

• 16. Some nouns change their spelling completely
  to form the plural version
• ox oxen
• mouse mice
• octopus octopi

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Spelling Rules 11/2

• 17. Some nouns have the same spelling for both
  the singular form and plural form
• fish fish
• tuna tuna
• salmon salmon
• Chinese Chinese
• moose moose

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Spelling Rules 11/5

• 18. This is also true for irregular verbs. They
  have the same spelling for both the present and
  past tense
• Hit
• Burst
• Hurt
• Put
• Let

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Almost Right Words

• You need to know the differences between these
  commonly confused words

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Almost Right Words 11/5

• Affect Effect
• Affect influence (verb). What affect does that
  medicine have?
• Effect result (noun) or to bring about (verb).
  You need to write a cause and effect essay.

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Almost Right Words 11/6

• Continuous Continual
• Continuous something that never stops (adj.).
  His talking was continuous.
• Continual something that starts and stops over
  and over (adj.). We will begin our continual
  coverage of the election in ½ hr.

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Almost Right Words 11/7

• Except Accept
• Except to exclude or leave out (verb). I will
  allow everyone to turn in late work, except
  Kalani.
• Accept to receive (verb). I will gladly accept
  this award.

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Almost Right Words - 11/8

• Farther Further
• Farther means distance. How much farther do we
  have to go?
• Further talks about time and intensity.
  Without further hesitation, Harry leapt onto the
  dragons scaly back.

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Almost Right Words 11/9

• Fewer Less
• Fewer describes items that you can count (i.e.
  books, flowers, and boats). You need to make
  fewer mistakes.
• Less describes items that you measure (i.e.
  ability, intensity, and headaches). I want less
  talking, please.

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Almost Right Words 11/14

• Good Well
• Good describes nouns and pronouns (adj.).
  Thats a good job.
• Well describes how you are doing or how you did
  on something (adv.). I did well on my test.
• Well also describes how you are physically
  feeling. I feel well today.

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Almost Right Words 11/15

• Lie Lay
• Lie means to recline. I like to lie down and
  take a nap.
• Lay means to place something down. Please lay
  the book on the table.
• Lay can also be past tense for lie. I had to
  lay down for awhile.

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Almost Right Words 11/16

• May Can
• May asking for permission. May I go to the
  bathroom?
• Can you have the physical ability to do
  something. I can give my impromptu speech now.

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Almost Right Words 11/19

• Bad Badly
• Bad adjective and modifies either a noun or
  pronoun. The bad kitty tore up the sofa.
• Badly adverb and will explain how something is
  doing. I did badly on my test today.

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Almost Right Words 11/20

• Earth earth
• Earth capitalized, it is referring to the
  planet. The planet Earth is third from the sun.
  
• When earth is in lower case, it is referring to
  the ground. The earth was parched from a lack of
  rain water.

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Sounds Alike 11/21

• Stationary Stationery
• Stationary adjective and means to be in a fixed
  position. Is that a stationary bike?
• Stationery noun and is a piece of writing
  paper. That is beautiful stationery.

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Sounds Alike 11/26

• Formally Formerly
• Formally dignity or following strict rules and
  procedures. As beneficiaries of Ke Alii
  Pauahis legacy, you must always carry yourself
  formally when representing the school.
• Formerly something that occurred at an earlier
  date previously. Formerly, people thought the
  sun revolved around the Earth.

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Sounds Alike 11/27

• Council Counsel
• Council group called together to accomplish a
  job. The council advised the virtuoso to go to
  Julliard.
• Counsel noun means advice. He needs legal
  counsel in the matter. As a verb, counsel means
  to give advice. He was counseled not to make
  glib remarks to the teacher.

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Sounds Alike 11/28

• Capital Capitol
• Capital city or the location of government.
  The capital of Hawaii is on Oahu.
• Capitol building or statehouse. The capitol
  has a golden dome on the top.

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Sounds Alike 11/29

• Already All ready
• Already previously and is a prep. We have
  already digressed from the topic.
• All ready adjective and means all prepared or
  in readiness. The muse is all ready to go on
  stage.

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Almost Right (but not quite) 11/30

• No such thing as irregardless its regardless.
• Never say, The reason is because instead say,
  The reason is that
• Could of/Should of/Would of is wrong replace
  of with have.

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Sounds Alike 12/3

• Eminent Imminent
• Eminent distinguished or lofty
• Imminent will happen in any minute

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Sounds Alike 12/4

• Reign Rein
• Rein something worn by an animal (i.e. horse)
• Reign this means to rule

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Sounds Alike 12/5

• All right Alright
• All right as an adj. it means safe sound as
  an adv. it means yes very well
• Alright is actually incorrect and shouldnt be
  used in formal writing

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Sounds Alike 12/6

• All right Alright
• All right as an adj. it means safe sound as
  an adv. it means yes very well
• Alright is actually incorrect and shouldnt be
  used in formal writing

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Sounds Alike 12/7

• Whole Hole
• Whole is the total of something
• Hole something you did in the ground.

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