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Spelling geographical wordsHere are some words that you'll come
across in
Geography lessons
Using the chart as a guide, try to
memorize all of them.
Look back at exercises mem1 and mem2 before you
start;
and why not refer to vowels 1 to
refresh your memory
about unclear vowel sounds?
| WORD |
SYLLABLES |
DIFFICULT BITS |
| abroad |
a-broad |
-oa- |
| amenity |
a-men-i-ty |
-men- (sounds like mean) |
| authority |
au-thor-i-ty |
au- (spelt like author) |
| climate |
cli-mate |
-mate: unclear vowel
sound |
| contour |
con-tour |
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| country |
coun-try |
-ou- |
| desert |
des-ert |
only one s |
| employment |
em-ploy-ment |
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| erosion |
e-ro-sion |
-sion |
| estuary |
es-tu-a-ry |
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| function |
func-tion |
pronounce it clearly |
| habitat |
hab-it-at |
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| infrastructure |
in-fra-struc-ture |
easy if you break it into syllables |
| international |
in-ter-na-tion-al |
-al unclear vowel sound |
| landscape |
land-scape |
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| latitude |
lat-i-tude |
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