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.
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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
Good Luck SBI’s Friends!!!
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