Rewrite Word Lists

The information in parenthesis ( ) is to help you understand the meaning. It is not part of the spelling. 

Group 1

1. about

2. actually

3. again

4. a lot (see the space)

5. already (one 'l')

6. all right  (see the space)

7. always

8. another

9. answer (silent 'w')

10. are  (Verb; we are here)

11. beautiful  (see all the vowels? eauiu)

12. because  (never 'cuz' or 'cause)

13. before

14. believe

15. college

16. corrected

17. could have   (NEVER 'could of')

18. describe

19. didn’t

20. different

21. does

22. doesn’t

23. English (capital E)

24. enough

25. essay

26. every

27. example

28. explain

29. favorite

Group 2

1. feel (feel sick)

2. finally

3. first

4. friend (i before e)

5. hasn’t

6. hear (with your ear)

7. here  (Where?)

8. how

9. its  (possessive)

10. it’s (it is)

11. know

12. knowledge

13. language

14. literature

15. little

16. misspell

17. now

18. off (Fell off)

19. of  (piece of cake)

20. once (Once upon a time...)

21. our

22. paragraph

23. people

24. probably

25. question

26. quite  (I don't quite understand.)

27. quiet  (Be quiet!)

28. quit  (Don't ever quit.)

29.

Group 3

1. really

2. remember

3. right

4. said

5. school

6. science

7. sentence

8. should have   (never should of)

9. separate (there is "a rat" in sepARATe)

10. sheriff

11. signed

12. sincerely

13. supposed to

14. spelling

15. surprise

16. system

17. talk

18. terrible

19. than  (compares; more than you)

20. then  (sequence; first ... then)

21. there  (location)

22. their  (possessive; their cat)

23. they’re  (contraction for "they are"; they're leaving now)

24. though  (Even though you didn't do your chores, ...)

25. thought  (I thought I finished them.)

26. tough (That was a tough piece of meat!)

27. to (can it be tuh?)

28. too

Group 4

1. tomorrow  (ONE "m"; TWO 'r')

2. trouble

3. umbrella

4. until  (one 'l')

5. used to  (NEVER 'use to')

6. vacuum

7. want  (There is no H in this word!)

8. went

9. weather (Is the weather wet today?)

10. well

11. were

12. we’re (contraction for 'we are')

13. when

14. where

15. whether  (Do your chores whether you want to or not.)

16. which  (Which one?  Not a "wicked witch")

17. with

18. without

19. who

20. won’t (contraction for 'will not')

21. world

22. would have (never would 'of')

23. write  (Write your homework.)

24. your  (possessive; your homework)

25. you’re  (contraction for 'you are')

Use of symbols or slang will also cause you to do a rewrite.