Spelling

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Spelling

English has quite a few spelling rules.

Let's check how good up to date you are.

She ........................ a thin layer of make-up.

1. applyed
2. applied

The ....................... entered the courtroom.

1. attorneys
2. attornies

The .......................... for speeding depend on your income.

1. penalties
2. penaltys

Forger produced fake .................... for thousands of ...........................

1. visa's - refugee's
2. visas - refugees

Most company fraud is ........................... by ...................................

1. commited - employees
2. commited - employee's
3. committed - employee's
4. committed - employees

It was ..................... to enter that room.

1. prohibitted
2. prohibited

The perpetrator ............................. guilty.

1. pleaded
2. pleadded

Lucy .............................. going to Venice instead of Milan.

1. prefered
2. preferred

Many .................... think it's unacceptable that there is a huge shortage of ........... in the country.

1. MP's - it's - GP's
2. MPs - it's - GPs
3. MPs - its - GPs
4. MP's - its - GP's

Spot the spelling errors and write them correctly:

Every sunday Eileen visit's her grandparents. They used to live in south africa but they now live in Great-Britain. On 21 august she will take them to the beautifull countryside of Sussex and they will stay there untill 25 august.

British spelling

labour / behaviour / colour

centre / kilometre

travelled / cancelled

programme

defence / licence / offence

American spelling

labor / behavior / color

center / kilometer

traveled / canceled

program

defense / license / offense

Now it's time for some more practise/practice ...

Give the plural of ...

1. trainee                      7. mix

2. bankruptcy            8. tattoo

3. CEO                            9. duty

4. video                        10. process

5. burka                        11. alibi

6. vacancy                   12. bailiff

Give the past tense of the following verbs ...

1. refer                             7. plead

2. develop                     8. employ

3. reply                            9. carry

4. succeed                  10. offer

5. cohabit                    11. inherit

6. complain                 12. obey

Dictation ...

Dicteer een deel van de volgende dia.

Verbreek connectie met bord of bevries deze dia. Tekst staat op volgende dia en is ook te vinden op p. 14 van Basic Legal English

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