Basic Concepts of Spelling Mistakes Questions:

1. When ‘ei’ is pronounced ‘i:’ as in ‘bee’, ‘ei’ comes after the ‘c’.

eg: Preconceived ,Receive.

2. When adding ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ endings to verbs that end with a single vowel plus a consonant, do not double the final consonant if the stress doesn’t fall at the end of the word.

eg: Inheriting, Inherited.

3. When adding ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ endings to verbs that end with a single vowel plus a consonant, double the final consonant if the stress falls at the end of the word.

eg: Admitting, Admitted.

4. Drop the final “l” from words that end with a double “l” before adding endings which begin with a consonant. (Such as ‘ment‘, ‘ful‘ and ‘li‘).

eg: will-wilful, skill-skilful.

5. when there are two vowels in a row, the first one usually has a long sound, and the second is silent. “That’s why it’s ‘lean’, not ‘laen’; ‘team’, not ‘taem’; ‘coat’, not ‘caot’ etc.

6. Here is the list of some misspelled / confused words: Referred, Compelled, Accommodation, Manoeuvre / Maneuver, Bungalow, Indispensable etc. Make sure to avoid such spelling mistakes in these words.