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Words beginning with ca...
An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction is a character.

Words beginning with ca...

Catch the cake in the cafeteria and practise spelling words beginning at ca in this KS3 quiz.

“Can you spell everything?" asked Milo admiringly.

"Just about," replied the bee with a hint of pride in his voice. "You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my own business, smelling flowers all day, and occasionally picking up part-time work in people's bonnets. Then one day I realized that I'd never amount to anything without an education and, being naturally adept at spelling, I decided that—” - Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

Have you ever seen or heard of a Spelling Bee?

These are competitions where young people who have amazing memories and are very good at spelling compete to spell words of ever-increasing difficulty correctly. Often the champion wins by spelling a word that most people don't even know and few ever use!

Put in some training and you can be on your way to spelling stardom!

1.
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Prominent attributes or aspects of something or someone
characteristics
charecteristics
charactaristics
caracteristics
If you can spell "character", you won't have a problem spelling "characteristics"
2.
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C------ is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket
caurt
caught
cought
cort
Remember that "caught", like "catch", has an a in it
3.
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Obtained by heating wood in the absence of oxygen
charrcoal
charcoal
charcole
charcoale
This is a compound word, formed from "char" + "coal"
4.
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Compact Disk, Read Only Memory
CeeDee-Rom
CD-Rome
CD-Romm
CD-Rom
Not to be confused with romcom!
5.
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A joyful occasion for special festivities to mark a happy event
celabration
celebration
cellebration
celubration
The e of the unstressed second syllable is the tricky one to remember
6.
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To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event
celerbrate
cellebate
celebrate
cellabrate
"Celebrate" and "celebration" are related words
7.
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A branch of Christianity headed by the Pope
Cathalic
Catholic
Catherlic
Cathelic
The unstressed second syllable makes the o somewhat tricky
8.
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A person represented in a work of fiction
charactor
character
caracter
charectre
Tricky, tricky! Remember that the ending of the word is NOT "actor"
9.
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An official gathering to celebrate or commemorate a special event
cerimony
cerimone
cerymony
ceremony
There are so many ways to go wrong with this word! It might be best just to memorise it
10.
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A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a metre
centametre
centimeeter
centimeter
centimetre
"Centimeter" would be correct in US English, but "centimetre" is the correct form in the UK
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Sheri Smith

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