How to Solve Spelling Mistakes in English Basic English Tips
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improving your English spelling this is
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about some ideas that hopefully can help
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spelling I’m going to talk about a few
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improving your English spelling that uh
actually I’m going to talk about this
rule I before E except after C I will
talk about this later this is this is
okay I’ll talk about it later I’ll talk
about later anyway let’s get started
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begin with tip number one I laid
everything out here the first tip is the
most basic thing but I think it’s the
most important thing you can do to
improve your spelling and that is read
read so it’s it’s really important
because the words are written on the
page you can see the spelling it can
help you better understand grammar so
it’s like it’s like a full package
really it’s like spelling and grammar
and you get to find like writers you
enjoy and stories you enjoy I would say
this is something you should probably
expect to do every day constantly like
it’s something that you need to do all
the time so not just reading like you
know one hour a month or something but
just reading a little bit every day so
another point about this though is be
maybe careful I don’t want a careful but
please choose carefully the things that
you read so if you want to improve your
spelling make sure you choose things
that are edited so
that means someone checked the text to
make sure it’s correct so make sure
you’re reading things that are correct
if you read only like Twitter or
Facebook or other social media posts
there’s a chance that the English is not
correct also like we’re human we make
mistakes typing mistakes typing mistakes
are called typos so there’s that kind of
danger also sometimes people
intentionally that means they
purposefully use incorrect grammar or
incorrect spelling for a variety of
different reasons so I would recommend
when you read choose books or choose
magazines or choose like online
newspaper resources this is a great
thing to do if you’re not sure where to
start a good I think tip is to think
about your hobbies or your job so what
is it that you need to know or you want
to know how to do you want to know more
about that
and look for online a resource in
English that you can read about so like
a blog you follow like if I wanted to
find information about editing or
English teaching I could find and I do
check blogs and articles regularly about
that topic so this is a great and
important step for your spelling and for
a grammar as well and for just language
learning in general so this is our first
tip reading please read please read
everything’s for you okay let’s go on
then to the next tip next tip is very
different from from the first one the
next tip is actually a game maybe some
of you know these these are called
crossword puzzles crossword puzzles so
we can break this down cross you can see
this is one example I made a very simple
example here cross is this motion so if
they’re moving across these are words
that cross each other this is a very
simple example of a crossword puzzle
so puzzle it means like kind of a game a
thinking game a crossword puzzle is a
word game essentially so when you make
or when
you do a crossword puzzle each of these
each of these like rows of boxes this
should become one word each of these
should become one word and your job in
doing the puzzle you have to decide the
correct word that fits into each box and
they have to connect so this means you
have to spell things perfectly you
cannot make a mistake because if you
make a mistake the puzzle you can’t
complete the puzzle so let’s try one I
made a really really simple crossword
puzzle here so let’s imagine let’s look
at this one as number one across so if
the tip here every every crossword
puzzle
has a set of clues for each line so if I
say for number one it’s a sour yellow
fruit that’s our yellow fruit I have to
think okay what’s one word that means a
sour yellow fruit if you think you know
the answer you can send it in the chat
you know if the timings right but you
think you know the answer and it but it
is lemon so you can see each letter fits
into one box that’s kind of the idea
that is the idea of a crossword puzzle
here so we need to think about what goes
this way and what goes that way so you
have to kind of think about all the
different things that will fit into each
of these boxes so maybe like down here I
could say let’s see something that costs
no money something that costs no money
so here it’d be like f REE free and then
some word needs to like connect these
two so you have to think of all these
like different words that might fit and
try different words so some people when
they feel really confident in these
crossword puzzles they will write
crossword puzzles in pen so that’s kind
of like a confidence move for sure
yeah nice one and nice thanks for
sending your ideas there for sure
so these are really fun to do you can
find very difficult ones so these aren’t
just about words and vocabulary also
when you get to advanced levels of
crossword puzzles you need to know about
science about history about literature
you have to think of lots of different
things to get the word correct so I
would recommend if these are new to you
start with some easy ones you can just
google do a quick google search for like
free and easy crossword puzzles to
practice so this is an example of a
really basic one these are much much
larger actually I just chose a couple of
easy words to begin with but this is the
idea the words need to fit together in a
puzzle like this this is really really
fun okay so please check this out it’s
great to practice your spelling and it’s
fun to do you can do it alone or with
friends so give this a try
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as always we have free stuff for you
guys yay I was thinking for today a nice
one you might check out a nice free
thing you might check is this a business
English PDF so this is for free you can
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this this is just one example but this
is a free PDF you can download so when
you’re writing business emails spelling
is extremely important like if you don’t
use the correct spelling it might look
really bad it probably will look really
bad so these are probably some good
phrases to know if you’re using English
at work maybe take a look at this just
to get a couple of
useful expressions like Oh like back
here is job titles this is another thing
it’s important to spell correctly so
maybe take a look at this and try to
review the spelling for the words you’re
going to use at work very important I
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next spelling tip the next spelling tip
is number three number three okay number
three number three here is spelling
contests it’s spelling contest so I
mentioned this at the very beginning of
today’s lesson we have in the United
States a spelling contest for I think
elementary school and mainly for junior
high school students I’m not sure the
age limit on it but we have a spelling
contest it’s called the spelling bee the
spelling bee this is a national contest
for kids to improve their spelling and
like to compete against each other to be
the best speller in the country actually
so why did I include this here because
the spelling contest has some rules that
I think are really helpful for people
who are studying English and who are
studying spelling so I’ll tell you like
the basics of this contest the basics of
this contest in the contest I
participated in this in like fourth
grade I won my school’s contest and
fourth
yeah anyway the the the contestant will
stand on the stage and an announcer what
they call a pronounced er someone will
say a word to the contestant the
contestant has to spell the word
correctly if the contestant makes a
mistake
they’re out of the competition so this
is a spelling contest a spelling contest
for kids but kids can ask questions to
help them guess the correct spelling of
the word so those are the things I
wanted to mention for spelling contests
some things kids think about when they
participate in this contest and that you
can think about are one they can ask
about the definition the definition of
the word so definition means what does
the word mean definition sorry it’s hard
to see that’s des i n i t io and
definition so the definition of the word
they can ask what’s the definition of
the word to guess how to spell it they
can also ask about the part of speech
part of speech how is the word used in a
sentence is it an adjective is it a noun
so they have to ask about or they can
ask about how the word is used in a
sentence the part of speech of a word
how is it used they can also ask for an
example an example of the word in a
sentence so when you’re looking at a
word that you don’t know as well you can
think about the way the word is used in
the sentence to that might help you a
little bit another thing they can ask
about the language of origin the
language of origin of the word so
language of origin foraging means like
the original place the original place
the word came from so maybe the word
originally originally came from the
Greek language or originally came from
German or originally came from Spanish
so the language of origin is something
else you can think about finally
they can ask about alternate
pronunciations alternate means different
alternate pronunciations alternate
pronunciations of the word so this means
is there a different way to pronounce
the word you might think mmm I know a
word that sounds kind of similar but I’m
not sure so there might be alternate
pronunciation so these are all things
that you can think about when you’re
reading a word and when you’re trying to
spell a word like thinking about all
these little things over time after like
you’ve studied for a while you will
start to find some patterns in speech so
these are all things that I think can
help learners and anyone interested in
studying spelling so check out the rules
for the spelling contest I know this is
a lot and it’s hard to see if you want
more details google the spelling bee the
spelling bee contest the spelling bee
competition all the rules are on their
website so check that out okay then this
then this part this goes into my fourth
tip for today my fourth tip for today
please read some comments
oh no I’m missing comments probably this
class is not live it is live Adriano ah
hello from Vietnam and hello to
everybody in the comments okay all right
hi um if you have questions let us know
someone says they have participated in a
spelling bee that’s nice that’s cool
yeah it’s good it’s fun it’s positive I
think okay um let’s go into the fourth
tip is it okay I’ll go into fourth tip
now yes okay alright so fourth tip this
continues into the fourth tip which is
to learn some basic spelling rules and
by this I mean some very common ways for
example to end words or common
exceptions or things that are a little
different some examples of this are
words that end so this this - means like
before the end of a word in plus T
Oh N so like shun that shun sound like
celebration invitation for example so
tion makes that shun sound so that’s a
rule that you can remember tion mix-up
shun sound another one is this a BL e
ending Abel Abel so what’s a good
example is one so it has that sort of
sound but think about words that end in
these kinds of sent a letter patterns so
these are a couple examples of rules
another one I put ad here Edie it’s hard
to see sorry easy because Edie has a few
different pronunciations there’s the it
there’s the end and then there’s the the
soft D ending so just remember your past
tense regular past tense spellings as
well another one to remember is words
that end in gh like enough for example
so enough makes an F sound when we
pronounce the word enough it sounds like
an F at the end of the word but the
spelling is g' HGH so these are a few
things to remember a few kind of
exceptions differences to remember other
things depending on your language you
might have trouble or it might be
difficult to remember certain like
differences between letters some very
common examples I’ve seen with students
are first the th sound versus the S
sound so a great example is think versus
sync like how do I remember like like I
need to make sure to always use the
correct spelling th like I’m thinking
about and sync like the place where you
wash your hands
s so think about those words that are
always difficult for you and try to
focus on those practice those a lot
until you can remember them yeah think
and let it sink in nice one
okay another great example of this is
our vs.
our versus Elle this one is difficult
for some people to remember especially
where like the the American English our
sound is not common in your language but
it’s really important to remember these
this is one where like choosing the
wrong spell can cause miscommunication
so for example like fry and fly if you
spell that wrong if you choose the wrong
one you could miss communicate or like
lice and rice is another classic example
so these are words that have totally
different meanings it’s important to
remember the correct spelling so to
remember that practice it will take some
practice okay oh also yeah I wanted to
introduce one more thing actually
control this can we see today’s
thumbnail sorry like over here thank you
okay this is another example of a rule
so remember that not all rules are 100%
like usable all the time they’re not
perfect all the time this is a very
famous example of a common rule I was
taught this rule when I was like an
elementary school student I remember
this rule but this rule is not always
true so I’ll read it it’s hard to see
maybe the rule is I before E except
after C I before E except after C so one
common problem is even for native
speaker children is remembering is it I
first is it I first when you’re trying
to spell something so for example a word
like science let’s let’s keep that there
I’ll put a word here here’s a great
example here’s a word that kids have
problems with the word science so we use
this rule this I before E except after C
here we have a C in the word and then I
and E come after that so this is an
example where we
have a seat therefore I should come
before II I should come before II I
before E except after C but it’s not
always true so you have to think about
like there are some general rules that
you have to kind of keep in your head as
a good guideline but then you have to
remember there are cases where it
doesn’t always apply so like an
exception to this is the word weird
weird so there’s no C here but he
becomes or II comes before I so it’s
like these are some kind of exceptions
yeah cheese
chief works though chief works though so
C chef so keep in mind that there are
some of these rules yes there are some
of these rules but they’re not always
like perfect guidelines so keep that in
mind and if you can remember these
little patterns if you can like invent
your own pattern it might be good for
you yeah there is another example to so
ii and i are commonly confused alrighty
so let’s stick one more break da da
okay thank you so let’s take another
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today’s lesson if you are just joining
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spelling i showed you guys this business
english PDF before but maybe another
important situation i know many of you
are students i know a lot of you are
students so when you’re at school it’s
also important to have good spelling so
this means of course these are phrases
you can use in class but maybe just a
couple of expressions to think about for
your school experience in general these
like your school subjects are a good
example of some things where you know
spelling might be difficult so like in
chemistry for example there are some
difficult to spell words i think so you
can consider something like
this-this-this is free by the way you
can download this on the website this
could be something good to review to
review your spelling or just to think
about for your studies to couple
vocabulary words there anyway those are
all of the ones all of the free PDFs
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please go to English class 101.com and
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can download these are all free pdf so
if you don’t have internet access when
you want to study that’s okay you can
download these to your computer or like
to your smartphone so you can check them
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last couple things yeah the last couple
things for today’s lesson our last tips
for today tada let’s go to number five
number five is watch English media with
subtitles watch English media with
subtitles subtitles so this is like the
words that appear at the bottom of the
screen I know many of you watch our
videos with subtitles that is perfect I
think that’s a great idea
so one it’s great because maybe you can
catch all the words that the people are
saying on whatever you’re watching
that’s one but two if your subtitles
have been properly prepared your
subtitles will have the correct spelling
of the words that the people are using
so this is a great way to practice
spelling and it can help you when you
find a new word you have properly
prepared I mean if the subtitles have
been spelled properly that’s what I mean
that’s what I mean
so watch English media with subtitles so
you can see like on our YouTube channel
our a lot of our videos have subtitles
on them it does take time to prepare
subtitles but there are also automatic
subtitles you can check as well so but
we do try to put subtitles on our video
so if you have not seen that on the
YouTube channel there is a little I
think it’s a CC button you can click
that button and turn on subtitles if the
video has some subtitles prepared so
please check that out
that is a good resource a good way to
practice your spelling and to like be
able to understand more of a
conversation to you okay so that’s
another one you can do that with TV with
movies YouTube videos all kinds of stuff
alright
so that’s another big tip really good
one I do that when I practice the other
language I’m studying okay o TI hi t
fellas Ellen Show is fascinating yeah
that’s a great idea a talk show doing a
like
watching a talk show can be really
really good because you always have the
same host in front of you like you know
the host in the hosts way of speaking
but the host will have guests on the
show and so you kind of get to see ways
like other people speak so talk shows
can be great hmm okay ah let’s continue
to the final tip for today final tip for
today is maybe the most well I’ll just
say practice practice is the final tip
for today this is there’s no there’s no
replacement you have to practice so that
means like I said studying is a form of
practicing that means writing words I
find personally that physically writing
not just typing or texting the words
that I’m studying but physically writing
the words helps me to remember it more
so that could be helpful for you a
method of practice so make sure to
practice other ways you can practice
honestly you can play like spelling
games with your friends you can play
spelling games you can try word games
like I talked about here there are lots
of word games online as well if you’re
just Google for like English word games
or vocabulary games you can find a lot
and a lot are really simple too
so just find fun and interesting ways to
practice and you might be surprised to
at how much fun it is to play a spoken
word game to that’s something I did and
sometimes do with friends and family now
so practice and find some ways to enjoy
your practice that’s very important so a
good one oh yeah another common one
maybe you know this is the game I want
right here
Scrabble there’s a game called Scrabble
I’m out of space where could you guys
see uh-oh are you gonna write it there
Scrabble and can you write words with
friends dude sorry
Scrabble uh-oh sorry words with friends
is the name of the game
I want to give a couple recommendations
for phone-based
word games that you can try that are
actually really really fun yeah thank
you that’s perfect
okay so a couple quick recommendations
if you if using your phone is something
you prefer you can try these two things
scrabble is a very famous board game
that’s a word board game that’s this
essentially however with Scrabble you
have to create this and then your
friends have to make new words from your
words so Scrabble is really really fun
but if you don’t have that game if you
don’t have like a group of people it’s
not easy to do you can find this words
with friends is basically Scrabble but
it’s on your phone and you can play with
people from around the world if you
don’t have a friend to play with it will
match you with someone so this is a
really fun way to play to play this kind
of game so give it a try it’s really
really fun and actually in this
application if you spell the word
incorrectly it will give you a
notification so this can be a really fun
way so you can download this free from
the app store you’ll lose friends I hope
not I hope you don’t lose friends so
this is a great way you can start
practicing with a game today okay but
that is it for today so those are six
things you can think about to improve
your spelling I hope that you found
something new and/or interesting I think
personally I like crossword puzzles I
don’t do them very often but they’re
really really fun so check them out and
of course practice and of course try to
create things yourself that’s also
really really useful yeah yeah so good
luck improving your spelling it’s tough
but it’s always happening it’s always
going on alright we have to finish
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