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How to spell instructing

Instructing is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-N-G.

hear itin·struct·ing/ɪn'strəktɪŋ/verbSchwa and roots

What it means: Teaching or directing someone in an activity.

In a sentence: She is instructing the class on how to fold paper cranes.

The part people get wrong

Just add -ing directly to the base.

Same family: instruct, instructed, instructs. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

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