It's good to know that people across the English speaking world make spelling mistakes. Some of them, then take the time to print these mistakes or paint them on signs or even tattoo them on their body. Here's the powerpoint
http://chrisspeck.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/real-life-spelling-mistakes.ppt
This is a quick PowerPoint show for pre-intermediate to intermediate learners with a lot of real life spelling mistakes. Show it to your students and ask them to find the mistakes and then correct them. Answers below
1. closed 2. mistakes 3. order 4. required/experience/preferred 5. professional 6. February 7. the first 'to' should be 'too'. 8. teachers 9. school 10.stop 11. illegal 12. exceptions 13. 'past' should be 'passed'
You can find more lessons like this at www.englishlanguagespacestation.com
Hey Chris,
ReplyDeleteSorry to leave an unrelated comment, but I couldn't find any contact info on the blog, and wanted to ask about a guest post. Please drop me an e-mail!
Cheers,
Lindsey
Hi Lindsey,
ReplyDeleteif you'd like to post a guess post here on this blog that's fine.
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Chris