Accept And Except — How To Spell

0 accept vs. except

In this lesson, we're looking at two tricky words - accept and except we'll look at what they mean and the memory tricks to remember which to use.

accept and exceptThey sound similar and both have the -cept ending which is stressedac + cept "acCEPT"ex + cept "exCEPT"

Let's look at the meaning then the memory tricks to remember accept accept = to acknowledge, to agree, to approve...

Some of the meanings for accept =to take something that someone gives youIt gives me great pleasure to accept this award.to say yes to an invitation or offerThey offered her a job, and she accepted without hesitation.to agree to do what someone asks or suggestsOur clients will never accept this proposal.

A memory trick to use for accept is to see the A in accept and in words with similar meanings =ac - acknowledgea - agree, admit, approve, allowThey offered her a job, and she accepted without hesitation.They offered her a job and she accepted / agreed / approved

The word familyacceptacceptedacceptingacceptableacceptablyacceptanceacceptabilityopposite: unacceptable

exceptexcept = something isn't included, not including, but not:The museum is open daily except Monday(s).It's cool and quiet everywhere except in the kitchen.Everyone was there except for Sally.

A memory trick you could use is seeing the ex in similar words - exclusion, excluding, exclude your ex-husband, ex-wife, ex-boss, etc.

The word familyexceptexceptedexceptingexceptionexceptionsbut we also haveexceptionalunexceptionalexceptionallywhich mean impressive/unimpressive/good and to emphasise a point.It was exceptionally good.The film was unexceptional.

You can also have the opposite meaning when adding the prefix un- to acceptableThis is unacceptable behaviourThe new contract is totally unacceptable.

Spelling Test

There are 5 sentences - think about what accept and except mean in the sentence use the memory tricksIs it accept with an "a" which means acceptable, allow, agreed?or except with an "ex" which means to excludeor to be exceptional = extra good or bad

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accept or except - http://www.howtospell.co.uk/accept-and-except - use memory tricks to help you remember which to use. **Check your spelling letter by letter** 1. Credit cards are accepted here except American Express. 2. My new contract is unacceptable. 3. Just accept the fact that she's exceptionally good at everything except chemistry. 4. Everyone was there except Mark. 5. They offered me the job, and I accepted without hesitation.

Answers

**Check your spelling letter by letter**

1. Credit cards are accepted here except American Express.

2. My new contract is unacceptable.

3. Just accept the fact that she's exceptionally good at everything except chemistry.

4. Everyone was there except Mark.

5. They offered me the job, and I accepted without hesitation.

How did you do? Keep practising and keep noticing these words everywhere and ask yourself the meaning within the sentence and remember the memory tricks and how you'd remember the word