Spelling Common Words

What are we learning today?

You will learn to spell common words about towns, homes and transport.

Explanation

• Learn spelling in groups of words.
• Town: shopping centre, museum, cinema, market, skate park.
• Home: barbecue, garden, garage, gate, roof, wall, ladder.
• Transport: underground, aeroplane, traffic jam, zebra crossing.
• Break long words into parts: shop-ping cen-tre, bar-be-cue.
• Watch double letters in ladder, shopping and traffic.
• Cover the word, write it, then check it.

Examples

1. shopping centre
2. barbecue
3. traffic jam

Remember!

• British spelling is centre, not center.
• Cover, write, check.

Check yourself

1. Spell the place in town where you watch films.
2. How many p letters are in "shopping"?
3. Correct this word: "barbeqe".