CATEGORY 2

IDENTIFY THE CORRECT SPELLING

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1 PUPOSE PURPOSE PUPROSE
2 DECORATE DECARATE DEOCARATE
3 DELIGHTE DELAIGHT DELIGHT
4 IRRITATE IRITATE IRRITTATE
5 MATURE MATTURE MAITURE
6 GUARENTE GUARENTEE GARENTEE
7 HOSTILE HOSTAIL HOSTAILE
8 IGNORE IGNOAR IGNOER
9 ALEGATOR ALIGATOR ALLEGATOR
10 GYMNASTICS GYMNASTIKS GIMNASTICS
11 CEILNG CEILING CELING
12 MONARCHY MONARCY MONARKY
13 GARMANT GRAMENT GARMENT
14 STRETCH STRECH STRUTCH
15 TEMPERATRE TEMPRATURE TEMPERATURE
16 MISCHEVIOUS MISCHEVOUS MISCHIVIOUS
17 AMIABLE AMIBLE AMIAIBLE
18 HISTRY HISTIRY HISTORY
19 PLAGUE PLAKUE PLAGE
20 COUNTRY CONTRY CONTRAY
21 MIRAGHE MIRRAGE MIRAGE
22 COMMENT COMENT COMENTE
23 PLEASANT PLESENT PLEASNT
24 COINSIDE COINCIDE COINCAID
25 MARRIAGE MARIAGE MARRIGE
26 TEMPIST TEMPEST TIMPEST
27 SLIGHT SLAIHT SLIEGHT
28 FURTHIR FURTHER FURTHUR
29 REPEAT REPEET REAPET
30 TYCOON TYCON TYCCON
WORD APPLICATION

EXAMPLES
1. Tom is the sole owner of the boat.(soul, sole)
2. Sam crushed the bottle with his bare hands. (bear/bare)
3. My car’s rear mirror is broken.(rare, rear)
4. The lion was ready topounce on her prey.(pounds, pounce)
5. This medicine willlessenyour pain.(lessen, lesson)

EXERCISES
6. I heard a …………….. on the door. (rap, wrap)
7. Sherin never likes to ________ her things with anyone. (give / share)
8. Nowadays, youngsters do not ________ to their elders’ advice. (hear / listen)
9. Jack’s friends often take ___________ of his innocent nature. (benefit / advantage)
10. Using the new software you can ________ the colour and font of the text. (alter /
altar)
11. I have to walk along a ___________ bridge across the river to reach my house. (thin /
narrow)
12. It is going to _______ too much. (weigh/ weight)
13. He _________the road carefully. (crossed/walked)
14. They are not going to ask any questions, because they are______. (fearful/afraid)
15. Seventy three days_________, we saw the ship again.(over/later)
16. The library was ___________except for the few children who were near the books.
(vacation/ vacant)
17. We met the leader and __________all the issues. (talked/ discussed)
18. The thief jumped …………….. the fence and ran away. (over/above)
19. After his promotion, he ………………….. comes here (seldom/finally)
20.The problem will not get better, it will only get ________.(bad, worse)
21. He broke the window ___________.(pine, pane)
22.It may _____ today.(rain, rein)
23. I caught a __________ from the jungle.(hare, heir)
24.It is doubtful __________ he will come. (weather, whether)
25. He gave me a ________ of grapes.(bunch, bench)
26.Four quarters make a __________. (hole, whole)
27.Make a _________ at the end of the string. (note, knot)
28. There is a beautiful _________ in front of her house.(loan, lawn)
29.He is a _____.(lyre, liar)
30. She has got a ___________ to do the house work.(maid, made)

PHONEMIC AWARENESS ROUND

NO SCRIPT MEANING & USAGE WORD
a child who is badly behaved
in a playful way
1 /taɪk/ Norse TYKE (N)
Eg : Come here, you cheeky
little tyke!
boring, especially in
appearance; having little
colour and excitement
2 /dræb/ DRAB (ADJ)
French
Eg : I feel so drab in this grey
uniform.
unpleasant to look at; not
attractive
3 /ˈʌg.li/ Norse UGLY (ADJ)
Eg : I find a lot of modern
architecture very ugly.
a small piece of paper or card
given to someone, usually to
4 /ˈtɪk.ɪt/ show that they have paid for TICKET (N)
an event, journey or activity
French
to remove something,
especially a pencil mark by
rubbing it
5 /ɪˈreɪz/ Latin ERASE (V)
Eg : It's in pencil so you can
just erase anything that's
wrong.
effective; helping you to do or
achieve something
6 /ˈjuːs.fəl/ Eg : A good knife is probably USEFUL (ADJ)
one of the most useful things
you can have in a kitchen.
sliced bread made warm,
crisp (= hard enough to
break) and brown by being
7 /təʊst/ put near a high heat TOAST (N)
French
Eg : I have toast and
marmalade for breakfast.
 to find someone or something
that was lost
French
8 /treɪs/ Eg : The police are trying to TRACE (V)
trace the mother of a
newborn baby found
abandoned outside a hospital.
a very large area of sea
French
9 /ˈəʊ.ʃən/ Eg : These mysterious OCEAN (N)
creatures live at the bottom of
the ocean.
describes a door that is
slightly open
10 /əˈdʒɑːr/ Eg : We left the door ajar so AJAR (ADJ)
that we could hear what they
were saying.
a house that has only one
storey
It was a seaside town filled
with small white bungalows.
11 /ˈbʌŋ.gəl.əʊ/ BUNGALOW
Hindi
Eg : It was a seaside town
filled with small white
bungalows.
a single unit of speech, either
a whole word or one of the
parts into which a word can
12 /ˈsɪl.ə.bl  ̩/ SYLLABLE (N)
be separated, usually
containing a vowel
French
a town where water comes
out of the ground and people
come to drink it or lie in it
because they think it will
13 /spɑː/ improve their health …………….
Eg : Two weeks in a luxury
spa can be yours just for
answering a few simple
questions.
a large strong bird with a
curved beak which eats meat
14 /ˈiː.gl  ̩/ ………………
and can see very well
French
 a unit of weight equal to
approximately 28 grams
15 /aʊnt s/ French …………..
Eg : There are 16 ounces in
one pound.
to stop something
French
16 /siːs/ ……………..
Eg : Whether the protests will
cease remains to be seen.
a machine with keys that you
press to produce letters and
17 /ˈtaɪpˌraɪ.tər/ numbers on paper …………………..
Eg : He still uses an old
typewriter.
a device which changes
energy of movement into
electrical energy
Greek
18 /ˈdaɪ.nə.məʊ/ …………………
Eg : A dynamo on a bicycle
will power a pair of lights
while the wheels are going
round.
to build a building, wall or
other structure
19 /ɪˈrekt/ Latin ………………..
Eg : The war memorial was
erected in 1950.
(a plan showing) the subjects
or books to be studied in a
particular course, especially a
course which leads to an
20 /ˈsɪl.ə.bəs/ ……………….
examination
Latin
Eg : Which novels are on the
syllabus this year?

ANSWER KEY

I. IDENTIFY THE CORRECT SPELLING

1. PURPOSE 11. CEILING 21. MIRAGE

2. DECORATE 12. MONARCHY 22. COMMENT
 3. DELIGHT 13. GARMENT 23. PLEASANT
4. IRRITATE 14. STRETCH 24. COINCIDE
5. MATURE 15. TEMPERATURE 25. MARRIAGE
6. GUARENTEE 16. MISCHEVIOUS 26. TEMPEST
7. HOSTILE 17. AMIABLE 27. SLIGHT
8. IGNORE 18. HISTORY 28. FURTHER
9. ALLEGATOR 19. PLAGUE 29. REPEAT
10. GYMNASTICS 20. COUNTRY 30. TYCOON

II. WORD APPLICATION

6. rap 7. share 8. listen 9. advantage 10. alter

11.narrow 12. weigh 13.crossed 14. afraid 15. later

16.vacant 17. discussed 18. over 19. seldom 20. worse

21. pane 22. rain 23. hare 24. whether 25. bunch

26. whole 27. knot 28. lawn 29. liar 30. maid