If you can automatically, quickly and correctly spell the NTF words you have studied up until now, you also will be able to spell many related words that are composed of parts of the NTF.  Here are some:
 
 

September Words	October Words	November Words	December Words
compose pose dispose hope hopeless hopelessly possible impossible cover discovery discover uncover music musician rich enrich enrichment richly richest encourage encouragement courage discourage unfriendly friendly friend encouragement encouraged composer	govern governed governor government press pressed impress impression express expressed expression impressed depend depended marine submarine transportation transport port export exported exportation transported import imported importation finish finished unfinished expensive inexpensive  expose exposed composed posed transpose transposed discovered covered uncovered hoped hoped compress compression independence dependence	beautiful beauty beautify beautician classify class classy classiness classified unclassified classification electricity electric electrify electrician happiness happy happier unhappy unhappier unhappiest unhappily unhappiness prettier pretty prettiest communities community communication unity unify hopeful	continuous continue nonliving living live livable unlivable conversation converse conversing swimming swim valuable value valuing forgotten forgot unpleasant pleasant please impressionable unimpressionable classifiable unclassifiable governable ungovernable transportable portable classification electrification communication depressant important classifying hoping encouraging discovering composing finishing transporting depending

 
 
 
 

Composer (one who…)--teacher, reporter, writer

Encourage/encouragement--argue/argument, replace/replacement

Hopeless  (without)--homeless, painless

Impossible (not)--immature, impatient

Musician  (one who)--beautician, magician, electrician

Unfriendly (not)--unnecessary, unhappy, unfinished

Expend/expense/expensive--defend/defense/defensive, offend, offense, offensive

Governor (one who)--donor, actor

Impress/impression--depress/depression, compress/compression

Independence (not)--inactive, inconvenient

Depend/dependent/dependence--differ/different/difference, innocent/innocence, violent/violence

Submarine (below)--subfreezing, submerge, subway

Transportation (carry)--export, import, report, transport

Transportation (across)--transmit, transfusion, transatlantic

Beautiful (full of)--painful, fearful, merciful, plentiful

Class/classify--glory/glorify, note/notify, sign/signify

Community (with)--combat, compose, compress

Community/communities--country/countries, county/counties, city/cities

Electric/electricity--acid/acidity, public/publicity, toxic/toxicity

Continue/continuous--nerve/nervous, danger/dangerous, humour/humourous

Converse/conversation--reserve/reservation; invite/invitation, conserve/conservation

Forgot/forgotten--rot/rotten, hid/hidden, forbid/forbidden

Nonliving (not)--nonfattening, nonsense, nonprofit, nonfiction

Swimming--jogging, rapping, drumming, running

Please/pleasant/unpleasant

Value/valuable (able to)-- rely/reliable, like/likable, flame/flammable
 

For your information...
 
 

    Most spelling errors made by senior students and adults result from mistaken thinking.  The only way to correct mistaken thinking is to identify it (What?), to analyze the source of the error (Why?) and to plan a strategy for helping to remember the proper spelling in the future (How?).  Correcting misspelled words requires THINKING and PRACTICE.

    Here are some common types of spelling errors.  Most of you will find that most of your errors fall into two or three of these categories.

1)  Insertions—adding an extra letter

2)  Omissions—leaving out a letter or syllable

3)  Transpositions—mixing up the order of certain letters

4)  Letter Substitutions—using an incorrect letter instead of the correct one

5)  Doubling—doubling where unnecessary or forgetting to double

6)  Homonyms/Homophones—confusing words that sound the same

7)  Transformations—making an error when adding or removing a prefix or suffix

8)  Mispronunciations—hearing and/or saying a word incorrectly

9)  Handwriting—forming letters inaccurately

10)   Unclassified—any other types of errors, including carelessness
 

•     Note that there is some overlap between categories.

•     Look for patterns in the types of errors you make.  It will make your studying much more efficient.

 
 

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