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Class bonus
Go around the class as students choose their six words. Help 
them with any letters that they don’t know how to pronounce.
More activities
1 Practise saying the letters of the alphabet. Set up a chain 
around the class. 
2 Ask students to choose their favourite English word and 
to spell it to the class. The other students say the word. 
Remind students to say double l in words like traveller, 
woollen
, etc.
3 Find out who is the best speller in the class. Give a 
spelling test (10 words, for example) using words that 
students have recently met. Alternatively, ask individual 
students to prepare a spelling test for the rest of the class.
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I’ll add it to my dictionary
1 After checking the answer, ask students if they ever use a 
computer manual and what for?
2–3  Students can do these exercises in pairs, before getting 
class feedback.
Focus on … spelling
Check the answers with the class. Ask individual students to spell 
the words.
4 You could explain to the class that there are very few rules 
about English spelling. You could even mention one or two 
words that you have problems with.
5 Ask if anyone has an electronic spellchecker with them. If they 
type in an incorrect word from the list, the spellchecker will 
probably show the correct spelling. This should be the other 
word in the pair in Exercise 1.
6 Students can check the spellings in small groups.
Extra practice
Make sure that students check the spelling of the problem words 
in a dictionary before they write them down.
Students can use their own list of words to test their classmates. 
They say a word from their list for other students to write down 
correctly.