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To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together is to sew.

Words beginning with se...

Settle your nerves and try this series of KS3 spelling quizzes. This one is about words beginning at se. See if you can score top marks.

"Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness." - Bo Bennett.

Words, as you surely know, can be divided into syllables. Some words have only one syllable. Examples of monosyllabic words include "word", "and", "have", "one" and "you". Polysyllabic words, that is, words with more than one syllable, include "syllable", "divided", "potential" and "examples".

In English, syllables can be stressed or unstressed and this quality can be heard in the spoken language. It is also used in poetry, where particular patterns of stressed and unstressed vowels are used by poets or even dictated by the requirements of certain types of poem. Have you ever heard of iambic pentameter, for example?

In the word "potential", the stress falls on the second syllable: po-ten-tial. You are unlikely to misspell the second syllable, because of the stress on the e. Accordingly, the lack of stress makes the first and final syllables more difficult.

Practise your spellings with this quiz.

1.
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A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress
seige
siege
seege
seage
"Siege" is an example of a word where the "i before e" rule holds true
2.
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A person who discriminates on grounds of sex
sexxist
sexist
sexest
sexisst
Adding -ist designates a person, while adding -ism creates a "noun of action"
3.
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A place that is holy
shrein
shriene
shrine
shrien
"Shrine" is spelled like "shine" with an additional r
4.
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The joint between the arm and the torso
sholder
sholdour
shaulder
shoulder
The -ou- is likely to be the trickiest part of this word
5.
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To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together
sew
seiw
siew
souw
"Sew" is pronounced as if it were spelled "so"
6.
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A colony that is newly established
settelment
setlement
settalment
settlement
Add the suffix -ment to "settle"
7.
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To give part of what one has to somebody else
shaere
shaire
shear
share
The sound created by the trigraph -are- can also be spelled "air". So "share" rhymes with "fair", despite the differences in spelling between the two words
8.
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Unfair treatment or discrimination based on a person's sex
sexism
sexesm
sexiesm
sexeism
The words "sex", "sexism" and "sexist" are related
9.
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A group of episodes of a television or radio programme broadcast at regular intervals
seireis
series
sieries
seiries
Interestingly, "series" is singular despite its resemblance to typical English plural nouns
10.
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A computer which provides services to users, either in the same computer or over a computer network
server
serrver
servur
servere
Be careful not to confuse "server" with "severe"!
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Sheri Smith

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