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A branch of the performing arts is theatre.

Words beginning with te...

Her technique was very technical. Put your spelling cap on and see how many KS3 words beginning at te you know.

"I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar." - Patti Smith.

One of the easiest types of errors to make in spelling is to mistake a pair of homophones for each other (is it a "pear" of homophones, or a "pair"?). Here is an interesting fact about the homophones "chord" and "cord". "Chord", as in the quotation above, means a combination of musical notes which sound good when played together. A "cord" on the other hand is a rope or strong string.

1 .
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Relating to acting or the theatre
theatrical
theaterical
thaetrical
theeatrical
If you can spell "theatre", you'll easily manage "theatrical"
2 .
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A group of three things; a trio, threesome or tierce
ternury
terniary
ternary
ternaery
The a of the unstressed second syllable is important to remember here
3 .
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The usage and knowledge of tools, techniques and crafts
technolagy
technology
tecnolagy
tecnology
The words "technique", "technical" and "technology" are related
4 .
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A place of worship
tempile
tempel
tempule
temple
"Temple" has the common -le ending
5 .
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A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer
temparature
tempurature
tempirature
temperature
Often this word is pronounced as if it has only three syllables, making the e of the second syllable tricky to remember
6 .
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A branch of the performing arts
theatre
thaetre
theetre
theater
"Theatre" ends in -re in UK English, although "theater" is correct elsewhere
7 .
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Cloth produced from a fabric
texteile
texetile
textiele
textile
Add -ile to the word "text"
8 .
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The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc
textture
texture
textur
textier
Add the suffix -ure to the word "text"
9 .
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Condition of being held in a state between two or more forces which are acting in opposition to each other
tension
tensien
tensiun
tensian
Think of the word "tense" and you'll be nearly there with "tension"
10 .
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The number of beats per minute in a piece of music
temmpo
tempo
temppo
tempow
The o of the second syllable makes the same sound as "oh", frequently spelled in English as -oe-
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Sheri Smith

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