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Spelling is a very important part of ESL so there are 37 spelling worksheets posted here for you to use if your students need more spelling practice. There are also a number of PowerPoint presentations to help introduce, teach, and practice spelling. This is one such presentation and goes along with this spelling worksheet. You can use these two files in classes of pre-intermediate and intermediate learners to help them focus on spelling –ed words. If that is not quite what you are looking for, consider another free, printable worksheet to assist your students with spelling the words they are struggling with.
While the majority of ESL lessons should focus on oral communication, writing and spelling are also important aspects of language learning. Students may have great speaking skills but if business students send clients emails riddled with spelling errors, they are going to appear either careless or uneducated, both of which paint them in a negative light. Practice spelling with your students as part of vocabulary lessons. When introducing new vocabulary, be sure to teach not just its pronunciation and meaning but also spelling. Students will be able to practice spelling when completing writing exercises so tell students to pay special attention to it and assign a certain number of points to spelling when doing your grading.
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What Is Spelling?
Spelling is the writing of one or more words with letters and diacritics. In addition, the term often, but not always, means an accepted standard spelling or the process of naming the letters. In the sense of a standard, spelling is one of the elements of orthography and a prescriptive element of alphabetic languages. Spellings attempt to transcribe the sounds of the language into alphabetic letters, but phonetic spellings are exceptions in many languages due to several reasons. Pronunciation changes over time in all languages, and spelling reforms are irregular in most languages and rare in some. In addition, words from other languages may be adopted without being adapted to the spelling system, non-standard spellings are often adopted after extensive common usage, and different meanings of a word or homophones may be deliberately spelled in different ways to differentiate them visually.
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Cardinal Numbers Spelling Game Cardinal Numbers Spelling GameThis is fully animated spelling game with audio for very young students on cardinal numbers.Students are asked to listen to the word then click on the correct letters to spell the number correctly.
  • 135
rated by 2 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary
 
Media Matters Word Search Media Matters Word SearchThis word search puzzle includes TV and press vocabulary, hope you find it useful!List of words used in this word search: BAN, COMMUNAL, HEADLINE, TABLOID, COLUMNIST, ADVERTISEMENT, CORRESPONDENT, ...
  • 135
rated by 3 teachers

Upper Intermediate and Advanced Exam Level
 
Shapes Worksheet Shapes WorksheetThis worksheet is very useful for beginners to practice the given topic. You can ask your students to write the construction "this is a ..then about the shapes attributes. It is a great practice. ...
  • 108
rated by 6 teachers

Elementary
 
Number Words to Spell Number Words to SpellThis worksheet is called 'Number Words to Spell' and it is also available for free at http://www.lauracandler.com/. This compact one-pager conveniently lists all numerals 1-20, 30-100, as well as ...
  • 81
rated by 8 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary Pre-Intermediate
 
Spelling Patterns Diagnostic Assessment Spelling Patterns Diagnostic AssessmentThis comprehensive spelling patterns assessment includes all of the K-3 spelling patterns and a recording matrix for simple progress monitoring. Unlike qualitative spelling inventories, which use ...
  • 108
rated by 5 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate Intermediate Upper Intermediate and Advanced
 
Outlaw Words Spelling Assessment Outlaw Words Spelling AssessmentStudents need to not only be able to read the high frequency Outlaw Words (sight words); they also need to be able to spell these phonetically irregular words. The Outlaw Words Spelling Assessment ...
  • 135
rated by 2 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate Intermediate Upper Intermediate and Advanced
 
Food Spelling Worksheet Food Spelling WorksheetThis is a Spelling Challenge activity on food vocabulary. For each picture a number of similar words is provided, but only one is spelled correctly and matches the picture. Students must circle th ...
  • 108
rated by 12 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate
 
Alphabet Poster Alphabet PosterA funny alphabet for 4 - 7 year olds. It can be used as flashcards and you can teach pronunciation with any of the typical songs of the alphabet. It can be used as a poster for th ...
  • 108
rated by 15 teachers

Complete Beginner
 
Basic Food Wordsearch Basic Food WordsearchVery basic wordsearch with the names of basic food products. Aimed to begginer level students. Good as review of the material before a test.List of words used in this word search: MEAT, PEAS, BREA ...
  • 108
rated by 2 teachers

Complete Beginner
 
Numbers Word Search Numbers Word SearchThis word search exercise is very simple but it also contains those numbers that are especially difficult for children so it can be used as homework or class practice.List of words used in this w ...
  • 135
rated by 3 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary
 
Spelling -ing Words PowerPoint [UPDATED] Spelling -ing Words PowerPoint [UPDATED]This PPT clearly explains the 4 spelling rules for adding -ing to verbs and provides practice. While the narrative portions may be too advanced for beginners, the simple formulas and examples make ...
  • 81
rated by 4 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate Intermediate Upper Intermediate and Advanced
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