IELTS: Top 10 Spelling Mistakes

Don't make these common spelling mistakes! Students often lose marks for spelling words incorrectly in the reading, writing, and listening modules of the IELTS. However, you can easily avoid making these mistakes with a bit of practice. In this lesson, you will learn eleven of the most common spelling mistakes students make on the IELTS and how to avoid them. After this class, you can practice spelling these words by taking the quiz so you will be ready on test day.
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Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's lesson, we are going to talk about IELTS: Common Spelling Errors. Okay? Common spelling mistakes students make.
Now, a lot of students don't realize how important spelling is on the IELTS. It's a big problem because many times, the students will have the right answer, but they will spell it wrong, and then, they'll lose a mark. So it's very important to practice spelling before you do the IELTS.
In today's video, we're going to look at ten common words that students make mistakes with. Okay? So first, I'm going to I show you the words, and I'm going to explain to you some mistakes students make. And then, we'll have a practice test. Okay? So let's get started.
The first word that many students make a mistake on when they spell it: different. Okay? So notice, first off, there are two Fs. Sometimes, students only use one F. Another mistake, this E. I've seen students spell it-rant, but it's an E, okay? Actually, there's one more mistake I see. Sometimes, students mix up "different" and "difference", with -ence. They make a mistake between these two. They spell "different" "difference". They are two different words.
The next words that students commonly make a mistake with spelling is "society". Usually, in the second part of the writing test on the IELTS, you often write about society. What students often do is they can't remember if it's -cei or -cie. It's -cie. This is a mistake to keep an eye out for.
No. 3: their. Again, students make the -ei/-ie mistake. They often want to write t-h-i-e-r when it's t-h-e-i-r. Sometimes, students also mix up which "their" it is. There are three "theirs": t-h-e-r-e, like "'there' is three 'theirs'"; there's "they're", t-h-e-y-'-r-e; and then, there's this one, "their phone, their box, their cat." So make sure you use the right "their", and also make sure you write -ei instead of -ie.
No. 4: believe. A lot of the times in these essays we write, "I believe it's better to live in a city than a town. I believe education is very important." The mistake students make, again, -ei/-ie. So notice this one was -ie, -ei, back to -ie, "believe".
No. 5: definitely. Students often use this word in the IELTS. And they often forget this little E. So make sure you don't forget that E if you use "definitely".
No. 6: government. Many students forget this N because when you say the word "government", the N you don't really hear. So as a result, a lot of students forget that. They also sometimes write -mant when it is -ment.
No. 7: Another similar spelling mistake is with "environment". We often write about the environment on the IELTS, in the essay section. Students forget this N, and sometimes they write an A here. So be careful.
No. 8: which. Which witch is which? Sometimes students might spell w-i-t-c-h, which is pronounced the same, but has a different meaning, okay? So it's very important to also notice the -ch. Sometimes, students might write it -sh. So be careful with "which".
No. 9: percentage. In the first writing task of the IELTS, you often talk about percentages. Students often make that an E when it should be an A.
Finally, No. 10: nowadays. I think this is the most common mistake I see out of all of these. Students always forget the S. They always write "nowaday". But it should be "nowadays" with an S. Sometimes, they also forget this A also.
So what I want you to do now -- look at these words. Remember them in your head, okay? "Different. How do I spell 'different'? Society, their, believe, definitely, government, environment, which, percentage, and nowadays." Are there any of these words that you think you're going to make a mistake with? Try to remember how to spell these because now, we're going to do a practice is spelling test. So get out a pen and paper, and prepare yourself. Take a breath. We are going to spell.
Okay. I actually thought of another very good word that you should be able to spell on the IELTS. The word is "until", u-n-t-i-l. Very important word. Many times, I have seen students forget or -- not forget, sorry. They add an extra L. So there is only one L in "until", but many times, students will write two L's, which is no good. Okay. So this -- no. Just one L on "until". So are we ready to spell now? You got your paper and pen ready? All right. Great.
[Spelling bee]

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I before E except after C
For instance achieve and ceiling.
That's grammar rule, my teacher says.

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Also the word "whether", they normally end up writing "weather".

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“ weither “

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english spellings are very difficult for me in ielts
sometime i made mistake balloon, tuesday and august etc ..
i couldn't remember that spelling
Thank you for your teaching i must remember every word

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I used to spell believe incorrectly,i would spell belive.Thanks emma

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Interesting!
i watch mind your language comedy series, and learn about i-e rule. It says "i" before "e" except after "c"
this video proves that the rule is not completely right.

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Very Useful lessons,.....Thanks-lot.Teacher.

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I spelled all 11 correctly. It's good that you just stuck to a manageable amount of words. I am making a World's Toughest Spelling Test soon. I invite everyone to take that test when it comes out.

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Thanks ma'am ,
very useful
Make some more video on spelling mistakes .

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Hi Emma, or anyone who have taken IELTS before,
I would like to ask if I have the answer correct but I use capitalisation for the first letter instead, does it consider wrong?
For example: answer is "summer school" but i gave "Summer School" instead. Will that consider correct or wrong?
Thanks in advance.

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The incorrect use of "your" and "you're" really gets my goat!

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5:40 11 years ago I might have had problems with these words, but this list is laughably easy. I have problems with surprised, separately, and a few others.

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Hey Emma! Very helpful video, shouldn't Government be spelled with a capital G?

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Thanks for the video. For me is hard to remember the spelling of words that are similar in Spanish like "lenguaje" and "language" or "receive" and "recibir" they kind of sound similar and it confused me

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HHOOOO, when I was writing the words I had tree mistakes, I'm going to practice more, thenks a lot teacher.

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pls advise, does important singular and plural in IELTS exam ?
eg. Recording say "bags".
My answer is "bag".
Can I get mark or lose for it ?

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I think that spelling mistakes depend of from where you from. For instance, I'm from Spain and I know perfectly well that the word "society" is written with "ie" because in spanish is "sociedad" so it's easier to remember.

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I can know which one is correct by looking to the words, but it is a bit difficult to memorise them while writing paragraphs.

[@greayback]

I have a book of "101 helpful hints of IELTS module" which clearly says " Spelling is not important in the listening sub-test, except you must spell words correctly when they are spelt out for you on the tape".
Kindly verify, if we misspell any other word which is not spelt out for us, would it be considered as wrong?

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Is it any problem, if I do some erasing on the answer script ? That means I have answered with a word but which is misspelled by me, Then I cut the word and write the correct one beside it. is it allowed ???

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