English is a fantastic language that many of us have a great desire to learn and to speak in English. But many of us find it hard to speak English correctly because of pronunciation of the words. Many words in English are pronounced alike with different spelling. This mispronunciation of words makes it hard to identify the words when someone speaks. This also makes us to misspell the words.
In English some sounds like “t” are silent which comes at the end of word. This makes the chance of misspell the word. For example, let us consider the word “start”, many of us does not spell the “t” sound, which is at the end of the word, this makes the listener hard to identify the spoken word, he might understand the word as “star” which is also a valid word. This affects the meaning of the sentence.
Let us see another example “read”, we can use this word in past tense, present tense as well as future tense. While we use this word in past tense we pronounce it as “red” and when we use the same word in present or future tense we pronounce it as “read”. Hence, based on the sentence we have to pronounce the word.
Let us consider the words “bear” and “bare”, both are pronounced alike, but both has different meaning. We must use the right word according to the sentence based on the meaning of the sentence. Hence, we have to spell the words correctly according to the meaning the sentence.
Learning the correct spelling of the words especially in English can be very frustrating. There are no easy set of rules how to spell the words correctly on the way they sound. Some people may have learning disabilities, and this makes them a hard challenge to learn the correct spelling. Many struggle with spelling and they find testing sources to check how they spell the words. These spelling testing sources may include dictionary to spell checkers software programs. Whatever the way the learner choose he wants to improve his spelling. Dictionary is one of the wonderful tools to learn spelling of the words. Frequently referring dictionary will enable you to learn more words and also you can know the spellings and you can find it easy to know how they sound. It is also better to have a guide who can guide you how to spell the words.
The most effective way of learning spelling of words is personal word power list. First, find out the reason why you are misspelling the words. And note them and correct them and keep in mind. Suppose when you come across misspelling a word then follow these steps.
1) Note down the misspelled word.
2) Write down the correct spelling of the misspelled word.
3) Make a note why you have misspelled the word.
4) Note down the meaning of the word. (make a description of the word)
5) Write a new sentence using the word.
And you can overcome misspelling the words, so that you can spell the words correctly which are alike.
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