Last month I wrote about the spelling of words with long and short vowels.
I think that the best way to improve your spelling is to read, observe the spelling of new or difficult words, copy them down and learn them. Keep doing a ’spell-check,’ which my recommendation for the week should help you with.
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Rules can be very difficult to follow unless you have got the concept itself in your head. So today, I’m going to keep it short and sweet.
I want you to think about how reading and observing the spelling of a word can help you with grammar.
I’m going to give you 8 words. Look at the letters at the END of each word to tell me whether it is a noun, a verb, an adjective or an adverb.
The first one has been done for you:
1. advertise – VERB
2. musical
3. dangerous
4. nursery
5. already
6. recommendation
7. recommend
8. audible
Do look them up in a dictionary to find out what they are and/or what they mean. The answers are below.
Now, when you see words ending in ‘ise,’ ‘al,’ ‘ous, ‘ery,’ ‘y,’ ‘ion,’ ‘end’ or ‘ible’ you’ll know what they are.
Answers:
1.verb 2.adjective 3.adjective 4.noun 5.adverb 6.noun 7.verb 8.adjective
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