Question

I. Fill in the banks with appropriate words. The first letter of the word in

each case has been provided to help you. (10x1=10)



Reading and writing have long been 1

t……………… as complementary skills: to 2

r…………..

is to recognize and interpret language that has been written; to write 3

i ……….. to plan and

produce language so that it can be read. It is therefore widely assumed that being able to read

implies being able to write or, at least, being able to spell. Often, children are taught to read but

4

g………… no formal tuition in spelling; it is felt that spelling will be ‗picked up‘. 5

T……

attitude has its counterpart in the methods of 200 years ago, when teachers carefully taught

spelling, and assumed that reading 6w………….. follow automatically.

Recent research into spelling errors and ‗slips of the pen‘ has begun to 7

s…………. that matters

are not so simple. There is no necessary link between reading and writing: good readers do not

always 8m…………. good writers. Nor is there any necessary 9

l……………. between reading

and spelling: there are many people who have no difficulty in reading, but have a major

persistent handicap in spelling—some researchers have 10e…………… that this may be as many

as 2% of the population.​

Answer 1

1.she.her

2.how

3.they does

4.it is