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    Silent Letters


    Silent letters are very tricky because we do not say the letter when we say the word, but it is there when we write it. Some common silent letters are:

    K

    know/knew

    knife

    knight

    knee

    knock

    N

    autumn

    column

    condemn

    B

    climb

    debt

    doubt

    subtle

    thumb

    D

    bridge

    fridge

    knowledge - also a silent k

    handsome

    sandwich

    H

    hour

    ghost

    what/when/where/why

    character

    echo

    Vowels

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    Vowels (a,e,i,o,u,y) can be difficult in some words because they can take on different sounds. The most common sound in the English language is the schwa sound /ə/. The schwa sound can be spelled using any of the vowels. This can make it difficult when choosing the correct vowel to spell a word. Here are some examples:

    A: company /kəmpənē/

    E: system /sistəm/

    I: family /faməlē/

    O: political /pəlitikəl/

    U: product /prädəkt/

    Y: analysis /ənaləsis/

    Double Consonants


    Double consonants are difficult because some words contain more than one set of double consonants.

    accommodate

    embarrass

    occurrence

    successful

    possession

    Some words only contain one set of double consonants.

    harassment

    personnel

    disappear

    recommend

    tomorrow

    It's hard to distinguish between the two because some of the words sound similar. There are also words that do not have double consonants, but we want to add them.

    preferable

    coliseum

    labeled

    Ough


    Learning to spell can become very frustrating when words that have the same group of letters all sound different when pronounced. The sound ‘ough’ is one of these examples. Here are the different pronunciations of ‘ough’:

    Ough = /uhf/

    Example 

    rough

    Ough = /ou/

    Example

    plough

    Ough = /oo/

    Example 

    through

    Ough = /oh/

    Example

    though

    thorough

    Ough = /of/

    Example

    cough

    Homophones and Homographs


    Homophones are words that sound the same but have a different meaning or spelling.

    Examples

    flower/flour = /flouer/

    to/too/two = /too/

    clothes/Close = /klohz/

    Homographs are words that are spelled the same but are pronounced differently.

    Examples

    bow = /bou/

    bow = /boh/
     

    lead = /leed/

    lead = /led/

    When words are pronounced the same, it can be difficult to know which spelling to use in what context. On the other hand, it is also difficult to know words that have completely different meanings could possibly be spelled the exact same way.

    Pronunciation vs. Spelling

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    Finally, there are some words that are spelled opposite to how they are pronounced. These words can be the most difficult to spell. Here are some examples:

    indict = /indahyt/

    bologna = /buhlohnee/

    manoeuvre = /muhnoover/

    foreign = /forin/

    colonel = /kurnl/

    mortgage = /morgij/

    island = /ahyluhnd/

    queconscience = /konshuhns/

    zucchini = /zookeenee/

    Spelling can be very difficult for some test-takers, especially when English vocabulary originates from many different languages. It also has so many words that are ‘an exception to the rule’. All of this, plus vocabulary changing over the years, can cause learning to spell overwhelming. However, mastering the skill of spelling can benefit you on the IELTS test because it is counted on the listening, reading, and writing portions of the test.

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