again are about another almost already although also a lot always answer anyone because beautiful before beginning between bought brought buy by caught cough could can’t does don’t didn’t doesn’t during either excited

again are about another almost already although also a lot always answer anyone because beautiful before beginning between bought brought buy by caught cough could can’t does don’t didn’t doesn’t during either excited

off often our one people perhaps pretty probably quiet quite really right said school several should something sometimes suddenly they to too two their themselves there they’re then they that’s there though

thought through terrible thought tomorrow trouble until usually very want was went when won’t write what who won with we’re wear where while would wouldn’t were weather whether whole work your you’re

    These words are often used and often misspelled.  Practice them until you know them perfectly.
 
 

    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.