Sunday, August 16, 2009

Spelling Challenge Words

For an A in spelling for term 1, master our commonly confused words, correctly spell the names of your teachers, administrators, and counselor (with titles), and select and learn 15 additional words from this list that you have not already mastered at the beginning of the term. For the A-Grade challenge, do not use any words that are already on our commonly confused words list.


a lot
ad
about
abrupt
absence
accommodate
accumulate
accurate
ache
acquire
across
address
adequate
adjourn
advice
again
all right
almost
also
always
amateur
among
analysis
angle
another
answer
any anyone
apologize
apparently
appearance
appreciate
arctic
are
argument
arrangement
athletic
audience
_____________
beautiful
because
been
before
beginning
believe
benefited
bicycle
blue
break
breathe
brilliant
built
bulletin
business
buy
by
_____________
calendar
campaign
can't (cannot)
canceled
career
cemetery
certain
chief
choir
choose
close
clothes
colonel
color
column
come
coming
committee
conscience
continuous
correspondence
cough
could
country
courteous
criticism
curiosity
cylinder
_____________
dear
decision
definitely
didn't
difference
different
difficulty
dining
disappear
disappoint
discipline
disease
dissatisfied
division
doctor
does
doesn't
don't
done
_____________
early
easy
eighth
embarrass
enough
environment
equipped
especially
every
everybody
everyone
exaggerate
excellent
except
excited
existence
experience
extremely
_____________
familiar
fascinate
favorite
February
field
finally
first
foreign
formally
formerly
forty
friend
fulfill
fundamental
getting
glimpse
gorgeous
government
governor
grammar
groceries
guarantee
guard
guess
guidance
_____________
half
handsome
happily
have
having
he's
hear
heard
height
here
heroes
hoarse
hole
hoping
hour
humorous
hurriedly
____________
I'd
illegible
illustrate
I'm
imaginary
immediately
incidentally
independence
indispensable
instead
intelligence
interesting
interpreted
interrupt
into
irrelevant
it's (it is)
its
____________
jealous
jewelry
journey
judgment
just
____________
khaki
kindergarten
knead
knew
know
knowledge
____________
laboratory
laid
language
laugh
leisure
let's
library
license
licorice
lightning
likely
listen
livelihood
loneliness
loose
lose
____________
maintenance
making
maneuver
manufacture
many
marriage
mathematics
meant
medicine
might
mileage
miniature
minute
miscellaneous
misspell
mortgage
much
muscle
myself
____________
naturally
necessary
new
nickel
niece
ninety
ninth
no
none
noticeable
nuisance
_____________
occasion
occur
occurred
o'clock
off
often
omission
omitted
once
one
opinion
opportunity
opposite
original
our
_____________
pamphlet
parallel
particular
pastime
peaceable
people
performance
permanent
personal
personnel
persuade
piece
pleasant
possession
precede
privilege
probably
procedure
proceed
professor
pronunciation
psychology
pumpkin
pursue
_____________
quantity
quarrel
quite
_____________
raise
read
ready
realize
really
receive
recognize
recommend
rehearse
relevant
relief
relieve
religious
repetition
restaurant
rheumatism
rhubarb
rhythm
ridiculous
right
____________
safety
said
says
schedule
school
scissors
seems
seize
separate
sergeant
severely
shoes
similar
since
sizable
some
something
sometimes
souvenir
straight
strength
studying
succeed
sufficient
sugar
sure
surprise
____________
tear
temperature
temporary
tendency
terrible
that's
their (belongs to)
then
there
therefore
they
they're (they are)
thorough
though
thought
threw
through
tired
to
together
tomorrow
tongue
tonight
too
transferred
trouble
Tuesday
two
typical
_____________
unanimous
undoubtedly
unique
unnecessary
until
upon
used
usually
utensil
____________
vacancy
vacuum
vegetable
very
vinegar
visible
volume
____________
want
was
wear
weather
Wednesday
week
went
we're
were
what
when
where
whether
which
who
whole
wholly
who's
whose
with
women
won
won't
would
wouldn't
write
writing
wrote
____________
yacht
yield
yolk
your
you're
youth
____________
zealous
_____________
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