66 / PART ONE: THE BASICS ◆ Double the consonant after a short vowel sound when adding more letters. ◆ Learn commonly misspelt words. ◆ Use a dictionary to check spelling and find the meaning of words. ◆ Use a thesaurus to widen your vocabulary. 1. What is the plural form of the following words? 2. Add ‘-ing’ to the following words: 3. Form adverbs from the following adjectives: 4. Correct the following sentences: happy, joyful, kind, angry, wonderful, clear, quick, careless dine, live, hit, hop, skip, write, mate, mine lady, company, monkey, tomato, boa, princess, dance (a) I no you are their. (b) I can sea to ships on the see. (c) Did you now there house is too be sold? (d) Hear is you’re packed lunch. (e) Their is a whole in your jacket. (f) You can go to London two. (g) The teacher kept in the hole class. (h) The violinist took a bough. PRACTISING WHAT YOU’VE LEARNT REVISING THE POINTS