Spelling Practice: Vocabulary for Zoos

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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Comments

  1. Maureen says

    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

  2. Yoenten says

    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

  3. Babatunde Ige Kade says

    -domesticated.
    -roam.
    -habitat
    -confined.
    -instincts.
    -captivity.
    -purposes.
    -endangered.
    -destruction.
    -experience.
    -dwindling.
    -offsprings.
    -contact.
    -protection.

  4. Wellington says

    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

  5. Eberechukwu Mba says

    Domesticated
    Habitat
    Confined
    Instincts
    Offsprings
    Roam
    Purpose
    Endangered
    Dwindling
    Contact
    Protection
    Captivity
    Destruction
    Experience

  6. Rushell says

    Domisticated
    habitate
    Confinned
    Instinkts
    Capivity
    Porposes
    Indangered
    Dwinling
    Experiance
    Off spring
    Rome
    Contract
    Pretection
    Distraction
    Distruction

  7. 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

  8. domesticated
    roam
    confined
    instincts
    endangered
    destruction
    captivity
    dwindling
    contact
    experience
    purposes
    habitat
    protection
    offspring

  9. 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?

  10. 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.

  11. Tissa.J.Thottan says

    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

  12. 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

  13. 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.

  14. Domesticated
    Roam
    Habitat
    Offspring
    Confined
    Instincts
    Captivity
    Purposes
    Endangered
    Dwindling
    Destruction
    Contact
    Experience
    Protection

  15. roam around
    habitat
    confined
    instincts
    offspring
    captivity
    proposes
    endangered
    species
    dwindling
    experience

  16. Egwolo Eghagha says

    Roam
    Habitat
    Instinct
    Endangered
    Destruction
    Experience
    Protection
    Domesticated
    Confined
    Captivity
    Purpose
    Dwindling
    Experience
    Offspring

  17. Awtsana Zeragabre Misghna says

    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

  18. Domesticated
    Roam
    Habitat
    Confined
    Instincts
    Endangered
    Destruction
    Experience
    Protection
    Offspring
    Captivity
    Purposes
    Dwindling
    Contact

  19. Ija Junita says

    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

  20. SAHEED ADENIYI says

    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

  21. 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

  22. 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.

  23. Veronica says

    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

  24. I found the following words wrongly spelt.
    habitate
    confinned
    instinkts
    off spring
    porposes
    indangered
    dwinling
    contract
    experiance
    pretection

  25. MARTINS says

    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

  26. Domesticated
    Habitat
    Roam
    Confined
    Instinct
    Captivity
    Endangered
    Dwindling
    Destructive
    Contact
    Experience
    Protection

  27. Akmaral Akhmetova says

    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 )

  28. Agiounim says

    Domesticated
    Roam
    Habitat
    Confined
    Offspring
    Instincts
    Captivity
    Purposes
    Endangered
    Dwindling
    Destruction
    Contact
    Experience
    Protection

  29. Rajan Paudel says

    domisticated, rome, habitate, confinned, instinkts, off spring, capivity, porposes, indangered, dwinling, contract, experiance, pretection,

  30. 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

  31. Habitate =Habitat
    Confinned=Confined
    Instinkts=Instinct
    Capivity=Captivity
    Dwinling=Dwindling
    Contract =Contact
    Experiance=Experience

  32. Rachelle says

    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. 😊❤️

  33. Domesticated
    roam
    Habitat
    Confined
    Instincts
    Captivity
    Endangered
    Destruction
    Contact
    Experience
    Protection
    Purposes
    Offspring

    Was quite a challenge!

  34. Romaround
    Confined,
    instincts
    Offspring
    Captivity
    Purposes
    Do serve
    Dwindling
    Contact
    Experience
    Protection
    Endangered
    Pass on
    Destruction

  35. 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

  36. Romualdus Nugraha Catur Utomo says

    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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. AJAY VERMA says

    domesticated, roam, habitat, instincts, confined, captivity, purpose, endangered, dwindling, contact, experience, protection

  40. Mmasinachi says

    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.

  41. Manpreet says

    Domesticated,habitat,confined,roam,endangered,captivity, destruction,experience,dwindling,protection, purposes,instincts

  42. 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

  43. Sangeeta says

    Rome-roam,ha itat,confined,domesticated,instincts,purpose, dwindling, experience, protection, endangered, contact,

  44. Divyanka says

    Domesticated
    Roam
    Habitat
    Confined
    Instincts
    Captivity
    Purposes
    Endangered
    Dwindling
    Destruction

    Contact
    Experience
    Protection

  45. Shahzin says

    Habitat,confined,instinct,endangared,domesticated,Contact,protection,dwindling, Offspring,experience,deserve,purposes,destruction,hopefuly…

  46. Isaac Oware-Arthur says

    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)

  47. Joy Agagwu says

    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

  48. Omobola says

    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

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