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    Spelling geographical words

    Here 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
    country coun-try -ou-
    desert des-ert only one s
    employment em-ploy-ment  
    erosion e-ro-sion -sion
    estuary es-tu-a-ry  
    function func-tion pronounce it clearly
    habitat hab-it-at  
    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
    latitude lat-i-tude

    More Geograpical  words on Geography 2


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