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Improving Spelling — Revision Notes
ICSE · Class 8 · English Language: Grammar and Composition
Improving Spelling revision notes for ICSE Class 8 English Language: Grammar and Composition: 4 topics in quick points.
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Key Topics to Revise
1
Why spelling matters
- Spelling incorrectly can convey a wrong meaning, not just look bad.
- Correct spelling helps writing look neat and trustworthy.
- Regular contact with words helps the mind remember their patterns.
2
Common troublesome words and memory aids
- villain is remembered by spotting villa inside it.
- height is remembered by spotting eight inside it.
- forty is correct, not fourty.
3
Rules for spelling changes
- When ei or ie is pronounced as ee, i comes before e except after c.
- seize and neither are exceptions to the i-before-e rule.
- In English, q is always followed by u.
4
Words written as one word or separately
- cannot, everybody, nobody, and nowadays are written as one word.
- all right, at least, at once, and do not are written separately.
- These forms are often tested through direct spelling questions.
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Spelling incorrectly can convey a wrongDifficult words can be remembered bySome words can be remembered byWhen ei or ie is pronouncedIn English
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Key topics in Improving Spelling include Why spelling matters, Common troublesome words and memory aids, Rules for spelling changes, Words written as one word or separately. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 8 exams.
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