One of English's hardest spellings | B1 Level
Read this sentence. What feels wrong?
The hotel can accomodate 200 guests.
What's the correction?
The hotel can accommodate 200 guests.
Accommodate has two C's and two M's: a-c-c-o-m-m-o-d-a-t-e. A common misspelling.
Mnemonic: accommodate is big enough to have 2 C's and 2 M's! (it accommodates double letters)
accomodate ✗
acommodate ✗
acomodate ✗
accommoddate ✗
accommodate ✓
accommodation ✓
accommodating ✓
2 x C, 2 x M
1. The hotel has excellent a_____tion.
2. We can a_____ 50 people in this room.
3. The staff were very a_____ting.
4. How many M's in accommodate?
Complete these without help.
1. Spell the noun form (hotel _____).
2. Spell the verb: 'The room can _____ 10 people.'
3. Spell: 'She was very _____ (= helpful).'
4. How many C's and M's in accommodate?