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The attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball is a costume.

Words beginning with cont...

To continue testing your KS3 spelling, have a go at these words beginning at cont.

If GH can stand for P as in Hiccough
If OUGH stands for O as in Dough
If PHTH stands for T as in Phthisis
If EIGH stands for A as in Neighbour
If TTE stands for T as in Gazette
If EAU stands for O as in Plateau

The right way to spell POTATO should be: GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU!

PHEW! At least English spelling is usually somewhat more sensible than ghoughphtheightteeau! Have a go at this quiz for more practice.

1 .
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An invention or artwork
creation
creatiene
creatiun
creatien
"Create" and "creation" are related
2 .
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'He took a c------- in mechanics'
cors
cause
course
coors
Of course!
3 .
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The attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
costume
costium
costoom
costum
The -ume of "costume" rhymes with "flume" and "plume"
4 .
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Shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines
croshatch
crossehatche
crosshach
crosshatch
The "tch" hear makes the ch sound
5 .
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A region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
countiy
countie
county
countey
Be careful to distinguish between "county" and "country"
6 .
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To exercise influence over
conntrol
controle
controll
control
The o in the first syllable and the o in the second syllable may look the same, but they do not sound the same!
7 .
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A number representing the position of a point along a line
co-ordinate
co-ordinait
co-ordinete
co-ordernate
The word "co-ordinate" is gradually losing its hyphen. It is also correct without the hypen: "coordinate"
8 .
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A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time
crotshait
crotchete
crotchet
croshet
Were you surprised by the t in the middle of the word?
9 .
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The territory occupied by a nation
country
countrie
cuntrie
countrey
Vowels are so much trickier to remember than the consonants!
10 .
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The set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work
copyright
copieright
copiright
copyrite
Be careful not to get muddled between "copyright" and "copywrite"!
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Sheri Smith

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