practice or practise

[sophie_1003]

I know that practice is the noun and practise is the verb but need some help with these ones to check I've got this right!
1"The term 'inclusive practise' is often used in reference to children with special educational needs"
2"Settings must adapt their current practises"
3"These methods for inclusion concern classroom practises"
4"One effective practise that was observed..."
Are these all right or do I need to change any of them to 'practice'?

[Jumbuck]

In which of these do you reckon the word is used as a verb? They are all nouns, surely.

[sophie_1003]

Yes had worked it out to that now! I'd originally put them all as practice but then confused myself by thinking about it too much and convincing myself I was wrong so changed it to practise then thought that was wrong too!
Thankyou for the answer!

[tamborine]

practise your scales....(verb)
He joined a new practice......(noun)

thus:

1. practice
2. practises
3. practises
4. practise

[sophie_1003]

Thanks, but aren't they all 'practice' as they are all referring to a particular practice (i.e. way of doing something)

[pips1]

Someone once gave me a great way of getting this right - substitute the word with advice or advise, it works every time!!

[jno]

tamborine is joking (I hope). They are all nouns, and all practices. Americans tend to spell them the other way round. For British English, it goes like advise and advice.

[sophie_1003]

ooh I see! (I think!, that's my problem I just think about it too much!) thankyou!

[jno]

oh yeah, like pips1 just said.

[sophie_1003]

Thanks all for your answers!

[Bert]

The 'advice' / 'advise' tip is correct, but, unfortunately, i now see 'advise' used almost every time when it should be 'advice'. What is wrong with people?

[chelle7272]

People are lazy with language now, It's getting worse too with 'textspeak'. I dread to think what written english will look like in another generation!

[sophie_1003]

Agree people are quite lazy with language, that's why I wanted to get it right!
Don't see how people can confuse advice and advise, they even sound different when you say them!

[Bert]

That's the point, Sophie! They do sound different which is why it should be easy to know which is the noun and which is the verb, and which is why I ask what is wrong with people and why do so many get even 'advice' and 'advise' wrong, except that, as chelle7272 says, people are just lazy and cannot be bothered. By the way, jno, Americans do not 'tend to spell them the other way round'. they spell both nouns and verbs with a 'c', except for 'advice' and 'advise', though the Mirriam-Webster online dictionary does allow the 's' as a variant form.