Spellings and Collocations

Spellings

The process or activity of writing or naming the letters of a word. The combination of alphabetic letters to form a written word is called spelling. A misspelled word can be a series of letters that represents wrongly spelled word of the same language or a correct spelling of another word. For example: In writing "here" when one means "hear", or "no" when one means "know".

Collocations

A sequence of words that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance is collocation. Collocations are fully or partly fixed expressions that become established through repeated context-dependent use. Such terms as 'crystal clear', 'nuclear family', and 'cosmetic surgery' are a few examples of collocated pairs of words.

HOMOPHONES vs HOMONYMS

Homonyms are words that sound similar but have different meanings. Homophones are a type of homonym that also sound alike and have different meanings, but they have different spellings. A homophone is a word that has the same sound as another word but is spelled differently and has a different meaning such as:

to-two
There-their-they're
Pray-prey

Let us try some questions:

There are ____ many people in the lift. a) Two (b) too

Most of the employees in my company are ____. a) Mail (b) male

She was dressed simply in a _____ black dress a) Plain (b) plane

We saw a ____ while hiking in Scotland. a) Deer (b) dear

That’s _____ favorite shop. a) Their (b) there

Did you ____ what I said? a) Here (b) hear

My mother won’t let me ____ my hair. a) Dye (b) die

Recap

Spellings is a process or activity of writing or naming the letters of a word.
Collocations are fully or partly fixed expressions that become established through repeated context-dependent use.
Homonyms are Words that sound similar but have different meanings. Homophones are a type of homonym that also sound alike and have different meanings, but they have different spellings.

Quiz for Spellings and Collocations

Q.1	Fill in the blanks. In the _______ you probably won't get your own room.
a)	Hotel
b)	Hostel
c)	Motel
d)	Bathroom

Q.2	Fill in the blanks. The ________ consists of free breakfast.
a)	Security
b)	Package
c)	Deal
d)	Agreement

Q.3	Fill in the blanks. I want the _______ seat in the bus.
a)	Window
b)	down
c)	push
d)	Open

Q.4	Fill in the blanks. The ________ of this hotel serves amazing mocktails.
a)	Restaurant
b)	Office
c)	Palace
d)	Skyscraper

Q.5	Fill in the blanks. The _______ of the hotel was a quite helpful fellow.
a)	Concierge
b)	Cat
c)	Mason
d)	Lunatic

Q.6	Match the following. a. Amateur b. Doings c.Course d.Demonstration e.Deed f.Occupation g.Campaign h.Operation i.syndrome j.Trail A series of activities that you do in order to achieve something
a)	b
b)	e
c)	j
d)	a

Q.7	Match the following. a. Amateur b. Doings c.Course d.Demonstration e.Deed f.Occupation g.Campaign h.Operation i.syndrome j.Trail An action or set of actions that is necessary to achieve something
a)	i
b)	a
c)	f
d)	h

Q.8	Match the following. a. Amateur b. Doings c.Course d.Demonstration e.Deed f.Occupation g.Campaign h.Operation i.syndrome j.Trail A series of actions intended to produce political or social change
a)	h
b)	g
c)	i
d)	j

Q.9	Match the following. a. Amateur b. Doings c.Course d.Demonstration e.Deed f.Occupation g.Campaign h.Operation i.syndrome j.Trail Something that someone does
a)	a
b)	f
c)	e
d)	d

Q.10	Match the following. a. Amateur b. Doings c.Course d.Demonstration e.Deed f.Occupation g.Campaign h.Operation i.syndrome j.Trail A set of feelings or actions that are typical in a particular situation
a)	d
b)	c
c)	a
d)	i