Spelling & Commonly Confused Words — Quick Revision

Quick Revision — Spelling & Confused Words

Double Letter Cheat Sheet

• cc + mm: Accommodate, Recommend (1c + 2m)
• mm + tt + ee: Committee
• rr + ss: Embarrass
• cc + rr: Occurrence
• ll + nn: Millennium
• cc + ss: Successful, Accessible
• 1c + 2s: Necessary | 2c + 1s: Occasion

Mnemonics

• Necessary = 1 Collar, 2 Socks
• Separate = there's A RAT in it
• Stationery = E for Envelope
• Principal = your PAL
• Affect = Action (verb) | Effect = End result (noun)
• Dessert = double S (want a Second helping)
• Environment = has IRON in it
• Definitely = has FINITE in it

Confused Words Quick List

• Accept (receive) / Except (exclude)
• Advice (noun) / Advise (verb)
• Affect (verb) / Effect (noun)
• Complement (complete) / Compliment (praise)
• Eminent (famous) / Imminent (about to happen)
• Lose (fail to keep) / Loose (not tight)
• Quiet (silent) / Quite (fairly)
• Beside (next to) / Besides (in addition)
• Its (possessive) / It's (it is)

Ends in -ar (NOT -er)

• Calendar, Grammar, Particular, Regular, Similar

Ends in -ent (NOT -ant)

• Independent, Consistent, Persistent, Competent