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Even confident writers make mistakes with Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar (SPaG). In the CSSE 11+ English paper, SPaG is assessed throughout — it affects your marks in both the comprehension and the creative writing sections. This lesson gathers together the most common errors students make so that you can learn to spot and avoid them.
These are the words most frequently misspelled by Year 5 and 6 students:
| Commonly misspelled | Common mistake | Correct spelling |
|---|---|---|
| definitely | definately, definatly | definitely |
| separate | seperate | separate |
| necessary | neccessary, neccesary | necessary |
| because | becuase, becasue | because |
| believe | beleive | believe |
| beginning | begining | beginning |
| occurred | occured | occurred |
| embarrass | embarass | embarrass |
| disappear | dissapear | disappear |
| immediately | immediatly | immediately |
| occasion | ocassion, occassion | occasion |
| recommend | recomend, reccommend | recommend |
| accommodate | accomodate | accommodate |
| rhythm | rythm | rhythm |
| successful | successfull, succesful | successful |
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