Author: Ceri

Look Say Cover Review Write Check
Look at the word - see its shape.
Say the word - break it up,
mispronounce the word, use a silly voice if it helps.
Cover the word - make sure you can’t see it.
Review your strategy. Visualise the word, say it out loud.
Write the word.
Check the original to see if you’re right.

Look	Say	Cover	Review	Write	Check

International	In /ter/na/tion/al		Inter/nation/al	International	International

Motivated	mo/tiv/at/ed		motiv/ated	Motivated	motivated

Syllables - Break up the word to smaller sounds.
Qua / li / fi / ca / tion
E / nor / mous
Sig / ni / fi / cant.
Put your hand (facing down) under your chin gently. Say the word and count how many times your chin hits your hand, that’s how many syllables are in the word. Give it a go!

There	It has 2 meanings. / It tells you where something is happening : sit down over there - see the word here in there / It is a ‘useful’ word : / In this room there are only two computers / * there = where.
Their	Their = belonging to them. / Does it answer ‘whose are they?’ or ‘whose is it?’ when you use it in a sentence? / They picked up their bags. / Everybody brought their forms back.
They’re	Means they are. Only use it if you can put they are in its place. / I’m surprised because they’re usually late
To	This is used most often. / I’m going to the canteen.
Two	The number 2.
Too	Means ‘as well’ / She went too. / Means ‘excessively’ / Too hot, too late, too much!
It’s	Means it is. Only use it if you can put it is in its place. / It’s going to be hot today.
Its	Means belonging to it. / The key is in its place.

Were	Rhymes with her. / Past tense of the verb ‘are’. / We were late again.
...Where.	Rhymes with air. / A question to do with place. / Remember here in where. / Where will you be at lunch time?
Lose	Rhymes with whose / You’ll lose that pen if you’re not careful.
Loose	Rhymes with goose. / My trousers are loose since I’ve lost weight.

Threw He threw the rubbish in the bin.
Through She went through the door.
Stationary The car was stationary.
Stationery Pens, paper, envelopes are kept in the stationery cupboard.
These confusing words are known as homophones
If you’re not sure—look it up!
If you’re still not sure - then ask.

Can I use a mnemonic to help me?

Is there a spelling rule that I should use?

Can I break it down into syllables or phonemes?

Try it out.
Does it look right?

Can I look it up in the dictionary?

How can I find out how to spell this word?

Do I already have the word written somewhere else?

Is there a root word I can already spell, and then add the correct ending?

Is there another word I can spell that would help me?

Prefixes are easy - just add the word to the front of the root word.

Prefix	Meaning
ante	before / antenatal
anti	against, / in opposition to / antisocial / anti clockwise
dis	remove / disengage, disarm
mis	wrong or badly / misplace, / misfortune
over	excessive or too much / overstretched / overweight
re	again or repeat / replay, remission
super	In excess, beyond / supersonic, / superlative
under	below , beneath / Underground, underdog.

Prefixes I use

A suffix is simply an ending that's added to a base word to form a new word. Let's look at some examples:

Base word	Suffix	New Word
interest	-ing	interesting
noise	-y	noisy
breath	-less	breathless
popular	-ity	popularity
drop	-let	droplet

A key thing to know about a suffix is whether it starts with a consonant or a vowel. Here are some suffixes you'll meet quite often:

Consonant Suffixes	Examples	Vowel Suffixes	Examples
-ful	hopeful, plentiful	-er, -or	farmer, collector
-less	useless, tasteless	-en	mistaken, hidden
-ly	bravely, frankly	-ish	foolish, thinnish
-ment	movement, agreement	-ation	limitation, reservation
-ness	darkness, happiness

Did you notice that sometimes the base word changes when you add a suffix? For example, fire becomes firing (dropping the e) and sit becomes sitting (doubling the letter t)

Suffixes I use

Mnemonics
Because = Big elephants can always understand small elephants.
Measurement = You should be sure of your measurements before you start work.
Special = The CIA have special agents
A piece of pie.
Pull apart to separate.
You hear with your ear and you learn.
Top secret secretary.
Necessary = 1 collar and 2 sleeves
Accommodation = 2 cots + 2 mattresses
Make up your own to help you Remember

Aa a / about / after / again / all / always / am / an / and / any / are / around / as / ask / at / ate / away / Bb be / because / been / before / best / better / big / black / blue / both / bring / brown / but / buy / by	Cc call / came / can / carry / clean / cold / come / could / cut / Dd did / do / does / done / don't / down / draw / drink / Ee eat / eight / every / every / Ff fall / far / fast / find / first / five / fly / for / found / four / from	full / funny / Gg gave / get / give / go / goes / going / good / got / green / grow / Hh had / has / have / he / help / her / here / him / his / hold / hot / how / hurt / Ii I / if / in / into / is / it / its	Jj jump / just / Kk keep / kind / know / Ll laugh / let / light / like / little / live / long / look / Mm made / make / many / may / me / much / must / my / myself / Nn / new / no / not / now / Oo of / off / old / on	once / one / only / open / or / our / out / over / own / Pp pick / play / please / pretty / pull / Put / Qq quiet / Rr ran / read / red / ride / right / round / run / Ss said / saw / say / see / seven / shall / she / show / sing	sit / six / sleep / small / so / some / soon / start / stop / Tt take / tell / ten / thank / that / the / their / them / then / there / these / they / think / this / those / three / to / today / together / too / try / two	Uu / under / up / upon / us / Us / Vv very / Ww walk / want / warm / was / wash / we / well / went / were / what / when / where / which / white / who / why / will / wish / with / work / would / write / Yy / yellow / yes / you / your

Aa
abbreviation
accident
account
accurate
achieve
activity
adequate
adhesive
adjustable
affect
alarm
alcohol
alternative
appropriate
approximately
area
assessment
assistance
attendance
authorised
Bb
behaviour
blood
bonus
brake
break
broken
building
burn
business

Cc
cancel
cancelled
carry
carrying
cause
caution
celsius
certificate
cleaning
client
closed
common
communicate
communication
computer
condition
connection
contain
contract
control
co operation
correct
correctly
cost
cover
customer
Dd
damage
dangerous
definite
delay
delivery
demonstrate
develop
diagram
disc

discipline
discuss
display
dispose
drinks
drugs
duties
Ee
efficient
electric
eliminate
emergency
employee
employer
enforce
entitlement
environment
equipment
essential
explosion
Ff
facility
facts
fall
fault
faulty
fire
fire exit
first aid
flexible
forearm
foundation
freezer
frequent
frozen

Gg
general
gloves
goggles
grievance
guard
guidance
Hh
hair
harm
harmful
hazard
hazardous
health
healthy
hear
hearing
hit
horizontal
hospital
hospitality
hot
hygiene
hygienic
Ii
illness
important
importance
incident
incorrect
industrial
infection
information
ingestion
inhale
injury

Ii
inspection
install
instructions
internal
isolate
Isolation
Jj
jewellery
joint
judge
judgement
justify
justification
Kk
knee
knife
know
knowledge
Ll
law
layout
legal
legislation
ligament
lift
lifting
light
lighting
load
loading
location
lovely
loss
lower
lumbar

Mm
machine
machinery
maintain
maintenance
manage
mandatory
manual
manufacture
measure
measuring
medical
medicine
memorandum
monitor
move
moving
muscle
Nn
necessary
neither
nerve
noise
Oo
obstruction
obtain
occasional
occupation
office
official
operation
operator
option
optional
oral
organise
organisation
overflows

Pp
package
perform
performance
poison
poisonous
policy
posture
powder
practice
practise
precaution
prevention
principle
problem
procedures
process
produce
producing
production
prohibited
prosecute
protection
pulling
pushing
Qq
qualification
qualified
quality
quantity
question
Rr
reception
record
reference
regulation
replacement
report
request

require
requirement
responsible
responsibility
risk
rules
Ss
safe
safety
secure
security
serious
shop
shoulder
sign
signature
slip
slippery
smoking
solution
standards
statistics
sterile
storage
stress
suitable
supervise
system
Tt
technical
telephone
temperature
thermometer
thorough
tomorrow
toxic
training
transport
trip

Uu
Uniform
urgent
Vv
vacant
valuable
vapour
various
vehicle
visible
visibility
volts
voluntary
volunteer
Ww
wages
warn
warning
wash
waste
water
weight
welfare
wet
wound
Xx
Yy
Zz

List your own key words

Reading tips
What is skimming?
Skimming is a reading technique that can help you to:
Read more quickly
Decide if the text is interesting and whether you should read it in more detail
Skimming is a fast reading technique. Use it to obtain the gist of a piece of text
(i.e. to quickly identify the main ideas in the text)
How do you skim read?
Don’t read the whole text word – for – word. Use as many clues as possible to give you some background information. There might be pictures or images related to the topic, or an eye – catching title. Let your eyes skim over the surface of the text and, whilst thinking about any clues you have found about the subject, look out for key words.
Read the title, subtitles and subheading to find out what the text is about.
Look at the illustrations to give you further information about the topic.
Read the first and last sentence of each paragraph.
Don’t read every word or every sentence. Let your eyes skim over the text, taking in key words.
Continue to think about the meaning of the text.

What is meant by scanning
Scanning is a fast reading technique. It’s a way of reading to look for specific
information in a text.
Scanning can be used to look up a phone number, read through the small ads in a newspaper, or for browsing TV schedules, timetables, lists, catalogues or web pages for information. For these tasks you don’t need to read every word.
Scanning is also useful when studying or looking to find specific information from a book or article quickly as there is not always time to read every word.
Hints and tips for better scanning.
Don’t try to read every word.
2. Instead let your eyes move quickly across the page until you find what you are looking for.
3. Use clues on the page, such as headings and titles, to help you.
4. In a dictionary or phone book, use the ‘header’ words to help you scan. You can find these in bold type at the top of each page.
If you are reading for study, start by thinking up or writing down some
questions that you want to answer. Doing this can focus your mind and help you find the facts or information that you need more easily.
6. Many texts use A – Z order. These include everyday materials such as the phone book and indexes to book and catalogues.
There are many ways to practise scanning skills. Try looking up a favourite recipe in an index of a cookbook, search for a plumber in your local Yellow Pages, or scan the web pages on the Internet to find specific information.

The writing process

Look at the purpose for writing

Think of your target audience.
Who’s going to read what you’ve written?

Think!
discuss and gather ideas

Organise ideas and make a plan

Rough draft and proofreading
The number of drafts will depend on the purpose

Final copy and proofreading

The five Cs
Use this checklist to see if you can improve your draft.
Is your work..........
......Complete
Does it say everything you wanted to say?
Have you included all the essential information?
Have you dated your work and put your name on it?
Have you numbered your pages and added references?
......Clear
Does it make sense?
Is it in the right order?
Have you written in clear paragraphs, sections or list of points?
Do you need a title or diagrams?
Is it easy to understand? (Ask someone else to read it too.)
.....Concise
Is it to the point?
Is it repetitive? (Try to avoid repeating words, ideas and phrases too
often.)
Could one word replace several?
Is there any unnecessary information?
Are some sentences too long and complicated?
......Courteous (especially for letters)
Does it give the right impression?
Is the tone polite (even when you want to be firm)?
......Correct
Is the layout appropriate?
Is it neat and legible?
Have you checked spelling, punctuation and syntax?
Could you improve the vocabulary used?
Have you written in a way that is appropriate for the audience (style, tone format)?
Are you satisfied with your writing? If not, why not? What could you change?

Morning Afternoon
1 a.m. 01.00 1 p.m. 13.00
2 a.m. 02.00 2 p.m. 14.00
3 a.m. 03.00 3 p.m. 15.00
4 a.m. 04.00 4 p.m. 16.00
5 a.m. 05.00 5 p.m. 17.00
6 a.m. 06.00 6 p.m. 18.00
7 a.m. 07.00 7 p.m. 19.00
8 a.m. 08.00 8 p.m. 20.00
9 a.m. 09.00 9 p.m. 21.00
10 a.m. 10.00 10 p.m. 22.00
11 a.m. 11.00 11 p.m. 23.00
12 noon 12.00 12 midnight 24.00
00.00

millimetre mm There are 10 millimetres in a centimetre
There are a 1000 millimetres in a metre
Centimetre cm There are a 100 centimetres in a metre
Metre m There are a 1000 metres in a kilometre
Kilometre km

milligram mg There are a 1000 milligrams in a gram
gram g There are a 1000 grams in a kilogram
Kilogram k A kilogram is about 2.2 pounds or a bag of sugar.
millimetre - milimetr milligram - milligram millilitre - mililitr
centimetre - centimetre gram - gram litre - litr
metre - metr kilogram - cilogram kilolitre - cilolitr
kilometre - cilometr

millilitre ml There are a 1000 millilitres in a litre
litre l There are a 1000 litres in a kilolitre
kilolitre kl

100% 1 one / whole
75% three quarters
50% half
25% quarter
20% a fifth
10% a tenth

Vocabulary and key words