Spelling is part of the IELTS writing task 2 marking criterion of vocabulary, which is 25% of your final marks. Spelling mistakes will lower your score for writing task 2.
The passage below is based on the Advantages & Disadvantages of Zoos. A common topic in IELTS writing task 2.
Advantages & Disadvantages of Zoo
Spelling Practice: Read the paragraphs below and spot the 14 spelling mistakes. What is the correct spelling? Please note, this is NOT a full essay.
There are a number of reasons why it is wrong to put wild animals in zoos. Firstly, wild animals are not domisticated and should be free to rome around their natural habitate. Putting them in confinned spaces in zoos means that they will never be able to return to the wild again. Secondly, animals have natural instinkts which they develop from living in the wild and pass down to their own off spring. These instincts will gradually fade and never return if they are kept in capivity.
On the other hand, keeping animals in zoos does serve some useful porposes. Zoos can serve a way to protect indangered species. Many species are facing dwinling numbers due to the distruction of their habitat or from disease so by keeping them in zoos, they are protected from extinction. Another reason why zoos can be useful is that they can serve as a way to educate the public. Most people will never come into contract with such a range of species in their lives. So, by having zoos, people are able to experiance seeing them and also learn about them. Hopefully this will help with the pretection of animals in the future as people will learn to appreciate animals.
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Liz
This lesson was suggested by a student called Karamdeep. If you have any ideas for lessons, please let me know by posting your ideas in the comments box below.
Hi Liz,
Thank you for the useful lessons that you keep putting up. Welldone!
I was able to spot the following spelling errors, in front of each wrong spelling is their proposed correct spelling:
domisticated – domesticated
rome – roam
habitate – habitat
confinned – confined
instinkts – instincts
porposes – purposes
indangered – endangered
dwinling – dwindling
distruction – destruction
contract – contact
experiance – experience
pretection – protection
off spring – offspring
1.domesticated
2.roam
3.habitat
4.confined
5.instincts
6.offspring
7.purposes
8.endangered
9.dwindling
10.destruction
11.contact
12.experience
13.protection
14.captivity
-domesticated.
-roam.
-habitat
-confined.
-instincts.
-captivity.
-purposes.
-endangered.
-destruction.
-experience.
-dwindling.
-offsprings.
-contact.
-protection.
1. Domesticated
2.Roam
3.Habitat
4.Confined
5.Instincts
6.Captivity
7.Purpose
8.Endangered
9.Dwindling
10.Experience
11.Contact
12.protection
13.Off-spring
14.space
Domesticated
Habitat
Confined
Instincts
Offsprings
Roam
Purpose
Endangered
Dwindling
Contact
Protection
Captivity
Destruction
Experience
Domisticated
habitate
Confinned
Instinkts
Capivity
Porposes
Indangered
Dwinling
Experiance
Off spring
Rome
Contract
Pretection
Distraction
Distruction
1. domisticated- domesticated
2. rome- roam
3. habitate- habitat
4. confinned-confined
5. instinkts- instincts
6. off spring- offspring
7. capivity- captivity
8. porposes- purposes
9. indangered- endangered
10. dwinling- dwindling
11. distruction- destruction
12. contract- contact
13. experiance- experience
14. pretection- protection
domesticated
roam
confined
instincts
endangered
destruction
captivity
dwindling
contact
experience
purposes
habitat
protection
offspring
Hy Liz,
I am writing my ielts academics this Saturday 4/11/18. I would like to purchase your advanced ielts writing task 2 but my country, Ghana isn’t part of the countries you can use PayPal so I wasn’t able to buy your tutorials.
Please what should I do?
Can you ask a friend to buy the lessons for you?
Hi Liz,
Does it matter if a word is spelled with british english or american english. Sometimes there are differences between the two like : center vs centre.
Would both spellings be accepted in the writing and listening parts?
Thanks,
TJ
It’s fine, but you can’t mix the spellings – choose one or the other. For speaking, any accent is fine. I personally have a mix of British and International.
1. domisticated – domesticated
2. rome – roam
3. habitate – habitat
4. confinned – confined
5. instinkts – instincts
6. off spring – offspring
7. capivity – captivity
8. porposes – purposes
9. indangered – endangered
10. dwinling – dwindling
11. distruction – destruction
12. contract – contact
13. experiance – experience
14. pretection – protection
1. Domisticated – Domesticated
2. Rome – Roam
3. Habitate – Habitat
4. Confinned – Confined
5. Off Spring – Offspring
6. Instinkts – Instincts
7. Capivity – Captivity
8. Porposes – Purposes
9. Indangered – Endangered
10. Contract – Contact
11. Dwinling – Dwindling
12. Distruction – Destruction
13. Experiance – Experience
14. Pretection – Protection
Good day Liz, am so grateful for d free lectures u are giving us, more grace to ur elbow, pls Liz when my own eCan is shadow.
Domesticated
Roam
Habitat
Offspring
Confined
Instincts
Captivity
Purposes
Endangered
Dwindling
Destruction
Contact
Experience
Protection
roam around
habitat
confined
instincts
offspring
captivity
proposes
endangered
species
dwindling
experience
Roam
Habitat
Instinct
Endangered
Destruction
Experience
Protection
Domesticated
Confined
Captivity
Purpose
Dwindling
Experience
Offspring
1)Firstly, first
2)Domisticated, domesticated
3)rome, room
4)Habitate, Habitat
5)Confined, Confined
6)instinkts, instincts
7)capivity, captivity
8)porposese, purposes
9)indangered, indanger
10)dwinling,dwindling
11)distructiin, destruction
12)contract, contact
13)experiance, experience
14)pretection, protection
Domesticated
Roam
Habitat
Confined
Instincts
Endangered
Destruction
Experience
Protection
Offspring
Captivity
Purposes
Dwindling
Contact
1. domisticated
2. rome
3. habitate
4. confinned
5. instinkts
6. off spring
7. capivity
8. porposes
9. indangered
10. dwinling
11. distruction
12. contract
13. experiance
14. pretection
1. Rome- Roam
2. Domisticated – Domesticated
3. Confinned – Confined
4. Habitate – Habitat
5. Instinkts- Instincts
6. Off springs – Offspring
7. Indangered – Endangered
8. Distruction – Destruction
9. Contract- Contact
10. Experiance-Experience
11. Pretection – Protection
12. Capivity – Captivity
13. Dwinling- Dwindling
14. Porposes – Purposes
1)Domisticate=Domesticate(2)confinned =confined (3)habitate =habitat (4)instinkst=instinct(5)captivity(6)porpose=purpose(7)indangered=Endangered(8)Dwinling=Dwinding(9)Distruction=Destruction(10)Disese=Diseases(11)cotract=contract(12)Experance=Experience(13)pretection=protection(14)into=in
domisticated – domesticated
rome – roam
habitate – habitat
confinned – confined
instinkts – instincts
off spring – offspring
capivity – capacity
porposes – porpoise
indangered – in dangerous
dwinling – dwindling
distruction – destruction
experiance – experience
pretection – protection
Hi, I just find thirteen spelling mistakes from this text.
Hi, Liz. I usually make a lot of spelling errors. Could you give me any advice?
1. domesticated
2. roam
3. habitat
4. confined
5. instincts
6.offspring
7.captivity
8.purposes
9. endangered
10. contact
11. experience
12.protection
13.dwindling
14.destruction
Thank you
Veronica
I found the following words wrongly spelt.
habitate
confinned
instinkts
off spring
porposes
indangered
dwinling
contract
experiance
pretection
1. Roam
2. Domesticated
3. Habitat
4. Confined
5. Instincts
6. Captivity
7. Purposes
8. Offspring
9. Dwindling
10. Destruction
11. Contact
12. Experience
13. Protection
Domesticated
Habitat
Roam
Confined
Instinct
Captivity
Endangered
Dwindling
Destructive
Contact
Experience
Protection
1.a-not needed
2.rome – not a correct verb
3.habitate-habitat
4.instinkts – instincts
5.off springs – offsprings
6.capivity – captivity
7.porposes – purposes
8.dwinling – dwindling
9.distruction – destruction
10.contract – contact
11.experiance – experience
12.hopefully, – comma is needed
13.pretection – protection
14. couldn’t find )
Domesticated
Roam
Habitat
Confined
Offspring
Instincts
Captivity
Purposes
Endangered
Dwindling
Destruction
Contact
Experience
Protection
domisticated, rome, habitate, confinned, instinkts, off spring, capivity, porposes, indangered, dwinling, contract, experiance, pretection,
domisticated – domesticated
rome – roam
habitate – habitat
confinned – confined
instinkts – instincts
off spring – offspring
capivity – captivity
porposes – purposes
indangered – endangered
dwinling – dwindling
distruction – destruction
contract – contact
experiance – experience
pretection – protection
Habitate =Habitat
Confinned=Confined
Instinkts=Instinct
Capivity=Captivity
Dwinling=Dwindling
Contract =Contact
Experiance=Experience
1. Domesticated
2. Habitat
3. Confined
4. Roam
5. Instinct
6. Offspring
7. Purposes
8. Endangered
9. Destruction
10. Will come into CONTACT
11. Experience
12. Protection
13. Dwindling
14. Captivity
Here are the 14 wrong spellings that i spotted.
Thanks Liz for the lessons you are giving. These all are of great help. 😊❤️
Domesticated
roam
Habitat
Confined
Instincts
Captivity
Endangered
Destruction
Contact
Experience
Protection
Purposes
Offspring
Was quite a challenge!
Romaround
Confined,
instincts
Offspring
Captivity
Purposes
Do serve
Dwindling
Contact
Experience
Protection
Endangered
Pass on
Destruction
1. Domisticated- Domesticated
2. Habitate- Habitat
3. Confinned- Confined
4. Instinkst- Instincts
5. Capivity- Captivity
6. Porposes- Purposes
7. Indangered- Endangered
8. Dwinling- Dwindling
9. Distruction- Destruction
10. Disease- Diseases
11. Contract- contact
12. Experiance- Experience
13. Pretection- Protection
14. Into- In
1. Domisticated should be domesticated
2. Rome should be roam.
3. Habitate should be habitat
4. Confinned should be confined
5. Instinkts should be insticts
6. Off spring should be offspring
7. Porposes should be purposes
8. Indangered should be endangered
9. Capivity should be captivity
10. Dwinling should be dwindling
11. Distruction should be destruction
12. Contract should be contact
13. Experiance should be experience
14. Pretection should be protection
01. Domisticated – Domesticated
02. Rome – Roam
03. Habitate – Habitat
04. Confinned – Confined
05. Instinkts – Instincts
06. Capvity – Captivity
07. Off spring – Offspring
08. Porposes – Purposes
09. Indangered – Endangered
10. Dwinling – Dwindling
11. Distruction – Destruction
12. Contract – Contact
13. Experiance – Experience
14. Pretection – Protection
1. domesticated
2. roam
3. habitat
4. confined
5. instincts
6. offspring
7. captivity
8. purposes
9. endangered
10. dwindling
11. destruction
12. contact
13. experience
14. protection
domesticated, roam, habitat, instincts, confined, captivity, purpose, endangered, dwindling, contact, experience, protection
The wrongly spelt word are:
domisticated- domesticated
rome- roam
habitate- habitat
confinned- confined
instinkts- instincts
Off spring- offsprings
capivity- captivity
porposes- purposes
indangered- endangered
dwinling- dwindling
distruction- destruction
contract- contact
experiance- experience
pretection- protection.
Domesticated,habitat,confined,roam,endangered,captivity, destruction,experience,dwindling,protection, purposes,instincts
1. domisticated- domesticated
2. rome -roam
3. habitate – habitat
4. confinned – confined
5. instinkts – instincts
6. off spring – offspring
7. capivity -captivity
8. indangered – endangered
9. dwinling – dwindling
10. porposes – purposes
11. distruction – destruction
12. contract – contact
13. experiance – experience
14. pretection – protection
Rome-roam,ha itat,confined,domesticated,instincts,purpose, dwindling, experience, protection, endangered, contact,
Domesticated
Roam
Habitat
Confined
Instincts
Captivity
Purposes
Endangered
Dwindling
Destruction
Contact
Experience
Protection
Habitat,confined,instinct,endangared,domesticated,Contact,protection,dwindling, Offspring,experience,deserve,purposes,destruction,hopefuly…
1. Domisticated (Domesticated)
2. Rome (Roam)
3. Habitate (Habitat)
4. Confinned (Confined)
5. Instinkts (Instincts)
6. Capivity (Captivity)
7. Porposes (Purposes)
8. Indangered (Endangered)
9. Dwinling (Dwindling)
10. Contract (Contact)
11. Experiance (Experience)
12. Pretection (Protection)
1. Domesticated
2. Roam
3. Habitat
4. Confined
5. Instincts
6. Offsprings
7. Captivity
8. Purposes
9. Endangered
10. Dwindling
11. Destruction
12. Contact
13. Experience
14. Protection
1. DOMESTICATED
2. ROAM
3.HABITAT
4.CONFINED
5.INSTINCTS
6.OFFSPRINGS
7.CAPTIVITY
8.PURPOSES
9.ENDANGERED
10.DWINDLING
11.DESTRUCTION
12.CONTACT
13.EXPERIENCE
14.PROTECTION