Worksheet 1- Language for correcting people
Decide which word is being described in each sentence below and write the correct spelling and the pronunciation in phonemic script.
“/ / is spelt P, R, U, G” “Actually, it’s spelt with an l, not a r”
“The spelling of / / is P, A, M, P” “The second letter should be a u”
“You spell / / N, U, M, B, B, E, R” “I think you only need one b”
“/ / is spelt S,U,C,E,S,S” “Actually, you need a double c”
“You spell / / D,U,M,P,I,N” “You are missing a g after the last letter”
Check the answers above with your dictionary.
Correct the grammar mistakes in the phrases for correcting people below.
“I’m sorry, I think that’s mistake.”
“I think the third letter is wrongly.”
“The correct spell is R, A, B, B, I, T.”
“First letter should be an A.”
“There are too much Bs. There should only be one.”
Using the language above, correct the mistakes your partner tells you from their copy of Worksheet 2.
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Technical and Medical English A and U Pronunciation Pairwork
Worksheet 2- Spelling Correction Challenge
Student A
Can you find any mistakes in the words below?
Anchor
Asbestos
Automatic
Bacteria
Button
Cam
Contact lenses
Double
Function
Gas station
Halogen
Handle
Jet lag
Just
Lamp
Mechanic
Rank
Standard
Tank
Transistor
Transmission
Vaccine
Actually, there are no mistakes. Add one mistake to each word above and spell them to your partner. Can they find the mistake?
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Technical and Medical English A and U Pronunciation Pairwork
Worksheet 2- Spelling correction challenge
Student B
Can you find any mistakes in the words below?
Accelerator
Alcohol
Allergy
Aluminium
Amps
Big Bang
Black hole
Calorie
Can
Ceramic
Drugstore
Dumpster
Junk
Kilograms
Laboratory
Laptop
Plankton
Plastic
Ramp
Rubber
Sabotage
Truck
Tungsten
Tunnel
Vitamin
Wax
Actually, there are no mistakes. Add one mistake to each word above and spell them to your partner. Can they find the mistake?
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