【英文練習題】6.2-最常見的拼寫錯誤

This spelling mistake probably comes from the abbreviations 'B-B-Q' and 'Bar-B-Q', but the original word has no 'q' - that sound is spelt 'cue'.

The adjective needed here is 'calm'. A 'Clam' is a type of shellfish.

What you wear each day are 'clothes' (always plural, with an 'e'). 'Cloth' in general is material and 'a cloth' or 'cloths' (without 'e') are small pieces of material, e.g. for cleaing: She go a cloth and cleaned the window. The spelling is consistent with pronunication: the silent 'e' on 'clothes' makes a long 'o' sound, as in 'nose'. No 'e' on 'cloth' makes a short 'o' sound, rhyming with 'pot'.

This confusion may be caused by difficulty in pronouncing the 'l' sound. 'Curry' is spicy South Asian food, while 'curly' is the adjective for hair in round curls. E.g. We had a really hot Indian curry last night.

The verb needed here is 'deal with', meaning to 'do something about'. 'Due' is not a verb and may be wrongly used here because 'deal' is sometimes mispronounced with the 'l' sounding like 'u'.

This misspelling is the past participle of the verb 'to fire' (as for a gun). What is needed is the past participle of the verb 'to fry'.

'Flesh' is raw meat. This mistake may come from pronouncing the 'r' of 'fresh' like 'l'.

The adverb 'nowadays' always ends in 's'.

'Nowaday' cannot be used as an adjective. The closest to this meaning is to say 'people today', or use 'nowadays' (with an 's') as an adverb at the end of sentence. E.g. I don't think people have much time to read nowadays.

'Overseas' always has an 's', both as an adverb above as an adjective here. E.g. Overseas holidays are very popular.

This misspelling gives 'prefect' （風紀）, a senior student with authority for discipline. The intended word is 'perfect' - meaning ideal.

The head of a school is the 'principal', a noun derived from the adjective meaning 'main or most important' By contrast, 'principle' is an abstract noun meaning 'a general truth or guiding belief or rule'. E.g. She wouldn't do that as she has strong moral principles.

These two words with very different meanings sound similar except 'price' end with the 's' sound while 'prize' ends with the 'z' sound. E.g. She won two prizes for her good results.

'Quiet' and 'quite' are often confused in writing, but the sound is different. In 'quiet' the 'e' adds another vowel so it rhymes with 'diet'. The 'e' is silent at the end of 'quite' (which rhymes with night).

The adjective for attractively thin is 'slim'. 'Slime' is an unpleasant slippery liquid, e.g. produced by snails and slugs, or on the surface of stagnant water. E.g. The ugly monster emerged from the water, covered in slime. As with 'cloths/clothes' earlier, the spelling is consistent with pronunciation. The silent 'e' on 'slime' makes a long 'i' sound rhyming with 'time'. No 'e' on 'slim' makes a short 'i' sound rhyming with 'Tim'.

This spelling mistake creates a big difference in meaning: A 'snack' is a small amount of food eaten between meals. A 'snake' is a reptile that crawls on the ground. E.g. When you're walking in the hills, watch out for snakes. As with 'slim/slime' earlier, the spelling is consistent with pronunciation. The silent 'e' on 'snake' makes a long 'a' sound rhyming with 'bake. No 'e' on 'snack' makes a short 'a' sound rhyming with 'back'.

The verb needed here is 'to sunbathe' with an 'e'. The silent 'e' at the end makes a long 'a' sound, following normal phonics patterns. The activity is 'sunbathing'. E.g. We'll go sunbathing on the beach.