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An athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training is a gym.

Words beginning with gr...

'My, how you've grown,' they groaned. Practise spelling words beginning at gr in this KS3 quiz.

"I think it's so cool to be tall. Even when I'm not wearing heels people tell me I'm tall and I always take it as a compliment. The good thing is I can always see everybody in the room." - Maria Sharapova.

One typical problem in spelling arises when you encounter a pair of homophones. For instance, "compliment" and "complement" sound the same, but have two different meanings. In each case the second syllable is unstressed: the i of "compliment" and the e of "complement" are pronounced as a schwa (written like this: ǝ). This rule of English pronunciation makes these words sound identical. Correct spelling relies on other clues in addition to the sound of a word. Which of these two homophones is related to completion? The spelling gives a clue....
1.
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A person who keeps watch over something or someone
giard
gaurd
gard
guard
Remember that u comes before the a
2.
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Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
giem
gym
gim
gymn
"Gym" is short for "gymnasium"
3.
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Exercises requiring physical strength and flexibility
gymnastics
gymnnastecs
gimnastics
gymnnastiecs
The i of the final syllable can be tricky
4.
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One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee
hamstring
hamestring
hammstring
haemstring
"Hamstring" is a compound word, "ham" plus "string"
5.
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"I h-------d upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"
happaned
happuned
happened
hapaned
If you can remember how to spell "happen", you'll easily manage "happened"
6.
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A process of becoming larger
growth
groph
grauwth
growthe
The word "growth" is related to "grow"
7.
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The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification
hardwear
hardware
hardwhere
hardwere
Be careful not to confuse "wear" with "ware"
8.
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The use of simultaneous pitches (tones, notes) or chords
harmany
harmony
harmmany
harmerny
The words "harmony" and "harmonic" are related
9.
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A specific place or natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
habbitat
habatat
habitat
habertat
Can you see the word "habit" in "habitat"?
10.
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Judge tentatively or form an estimate
guess
gess
geus
geuss
How many words can you think of which begin with gu-?
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Sheri Smith

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