Words with double letters

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Hello

and

welcome

to

Six

Minute

Vocabulary

with

me

,

Catherine

and

me

,

.

In

this

program

we're

looking

at

spelling

and

the

area

spelling

.

We're

looking

at

today

is

words

with

double

letters

.

Let's

start

by

listening

to

David

.

He's

a

student

welfare

officer

at

a

university

and

he's

welcoming

a

new

student

to

the

campus

.

And

while

you

listen

to

David

,

here's

a

question

for

you

.

What

word

means

the

room's

flats

and

houses

that

people

live

in

?

Here's

David

.

Congratulations

on

getting

a

place

at

our

university

.

It's

a

brilliant

opportunity

,

and

I'm

sure

that

you

will

be

happy

and

successful

here

.

I'm

here

to

help

you

find

accommodation

.

We've

got

rooms

,

flats

and

houses

all

over

the

city

,

but

I

recommend

that

you

apply

as

soon

as

possible

so

you're

not

disappointed

.

Here's

a

list

of

addresses

.

David

there

and

we

asked

,

what's

the

word

for

rooms

,

flats

and

houses

that

people

live

in

?

And

the

answer

is

accommodation

.

It

is

.

And

accommodation

is

one

of

our

words

with

double

letters

.

So

,

,

how

do

you

spell

accommodation

?

A

double

C

o

double

m

o

t

i

o

n

well

,

double

fan

.

Now

listen

to

this

clip

,

which

six

words

have

double

letters

.

Congratulations

on

getting

a

place

at

our

university

.

It's

a

brilliant

opportunity

and

I'm

sure

that

you

will

be

happy

and

successful

here

.

So

we

had

getting

with

double

T

,

brilliant

with

double

L

,

opportunity

with

double

P

,

will

with

double

L

and

also

happy

with

double

P

and

successful

with

double

C

and

double

S

.

Correct

.

And

now

let's

take

a

look

at

some

spelling

rules

.

The

first

rule

is

about

verbs

.

If

the

final

three

letters

of

a

verb

are

consonant

,

vowel

,

consonant

,

we

double

the

final

consonant

before

we

add

or

.

So

get

spelt

G.T.

becomes

getting

with

double

T

and

begin

and

then

G

i

n

.

So

it

becomes

beginning

with

double

N

.

Now

our

next

rule

is

to

do

with

short

vowel

sounds

.

So

,

can

you

demonstrate

please

.

Some

short

vowel

sounds

are

all

a

.

And

that's

enough

,

thank

you

.

I

know

so

many

long

vowel

sounds

.

Who

is

?

Ah

,

a

yes

,

thank

you

,

Finn

,

very

well

demonstrated

.

So

when

there

is

a

short

vowel

sound

before

a

consonant

like

R

in

hubby

,

we

often

double

the

consonant

after

it

.

The

short

R

and

happy

gives

us

a

double

P

,

the

short

all

an

opportunity

gives

us

another

double

P

and

the

short

F

in

brilliant

gives

us

double

L

and

this

can

happen

more

than

once

in

the

same

word

.

So

in

the

words

successful

,

we

get

a

double

C

and

a

double

S

and

in

accommodation

we

get

a

double

C

and

or

double

M

easy

.

Exactly

.

And

lots

of

short

words

like

summer

coffee

,

apple

and

will

follow

this

general

rule

.

So

let's

listen

to

another

clip

and

put

this

general

rule

to

the

test

.

OK

,

listen

carefully

.

But

I

recommend

that

you

apply

as

soon

as

possible

so

you're

not

disappointed

.

Here's

a

list

of

addresses

.

So

following

the

rule

,

we've

got

recommend

with

all

possible

with

all

double

s

and

disappointed

with

a

double

P

o

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And

we're

talking

about

words

with

double

letters

,

right

.

Quiz

time

No

.

One

.

Is

there

a

double

N

in

the

verb

happening

?

No

,

there

isn't

.

Well

done

.

Number

two

,

are

there

any

double

letters

in

the

word

immediately

?

Yes

,

there

is

a

double

M

.

Very

good

.

Number

three

,

which

of

these

words

have

a

double

C

occasion

accident

succeed

?

And

the

answer

is

they

all

do

all

have

a

short

sound

followed

by

a

double

C.

.

Then

trick

question

was

indeed

.

It's

also

the

end

of

the

quiz

.

And

you're

brilliant

with

double

L.

If

you

got

all

of

those

questions

right

.

And

now

here's

a

top

tip

for

vocabulary

learning

.

If

you're

struggling

to

learn

the

spelling

of

a

word

,

get

a

keyboard

and

type

it

a

hundred

times

and

your

fingers

might

learn

the

spelling

more

quickly

than

your

brain

.

What

do

you

think

then

?

Would

that

work

for

you

?

My

fingers

are

much

quicker

than

my

brain

,

Katherine

.

Yes

,

probably

.

It's

a

good

idea

.

It's

a

very

good

tip

.

And

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