Learning to spell takes quite a bit of practise.

Spelling: Unstressed Vowels 02

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This KS2 English spelling quiz takes a further look at unstressed vowels. In the first Unstressed Vowels quiz, you will have learned about the 'schwa' sound which causes so much difficulty with English spelling. With very few exceptions, every polysyllabic word in English is pronounced with at least one schwa sound. This is why learning to spell takes quite a bit of practise.

How words sound is sometimes very different from how they are spelt, so continue playing our spelling quizzes until you feel confident.

See how well you do with this second quiz on unstressed vowels.

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Choose the correct spelling.
Stuart preferred working ____ to working in a group.

indepindently

independently

indipendently

indipendantly

Stuart preferred working independently to working in a group. 'Depend' has two 'e's and 'dependent' has three 'e's (as does 'independent').

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He finished his letter with 'Yours ____' before carefully signing his name.

sincirily

sincerely

sincirely

sincerily

You should sign a letter with 'Yours sincerely' when you have addressed a formal letter to a specific person. So it's important to learn how to spell 'sincerely'.

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My auntie spends a lot of her time doing ____ work.

volantary

volentery

volentary

voluntary

My auntie spends a lot of her time doing voluntary work.

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We enjoyed our school visit to the Houses of ____.

Parlement

Parliament

Parlimint

Parlament

We enjoyed our school visit to the Houses of Parliament. The 'Parli-' of 'Parliament' is related to the word 'parley' - both come from the French 'parler', which means 'to speak'.

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We are ____ not playing cricket in this weather!

definately

definetly

defenitely

definitely

We are definitely not playing cricket in this weather! It can be helpful to remember the word 'finite' in 'definite', or to remember that there are two 'i's and two 'e's in 'definite'.

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We enjoyed visiting the reptile centre, but were glad the ____ snakes were behind glass.