Spelling Lists for Semester 2 Week 1

Tip of the Week


I came across this sentence when marking some of the students' work:

The doctors claimed that they had never seen such a disease like that.


Can you guess what is wrong with the sentence?


If you have answered that the words 'such' or 'like that' are redundant, you are right.


In the sentence above, 'such' has the same meaning as 'like that'. Thus the sentence may read:


The doctors claimed that they had never seen such a disease.


It may also read:


The doctors claimed that they had never seen a disease like that.


But we cannot use both 'such' and 'like that' in the same sentence. We are repeating ourselves needlessly when we do that.

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Advanced Spelling I

1. pedestrian
2. sauntered insouciantly
3. lost consciousness
4. abrasions
5. lacerations
6. The car careened/hurtled round the sharp corner.
7. mangled heap of metal
8. The bonnet of the car was crumpled like a piece of paper.

Advanced Spelling II

1. The eerie silence outside was eerily pierced by occasional screams.
2. innocent civilians
3. emergency news bulletin
4. rampage
5. My stomach protested at the gory sight.
6. I decided to do something to take my mind off the horrifying implication.
7. dwell on the thought
8. I snapped out of my frozen stupor

(Note: Advanced Spelling II is meant for the Advanced Composition class on Friday 7.30pm. All other Advanced Composition classes, please learn Advanced Spelling I.)


Intermediate Spelling

1. stock up on groceries
2. merchandise
3. trolley
4. aisle
5. resist the temptation
6. Paul turned a deaf ear to his mother's words
7. wailed in pain
8. Paul went into a state of shock when he saw the blood oozing out of a gash on Frank's head.