See how absolutely able you are at spelling words beginning with ab in this KS3 quiz.
"My spelling is Wobbly, It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. " - Winnie-the-Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Does spelling feel like a fairly wobbly enterprise to you? If so, you won't be the only one! Sometimes it seems as if the more you stare at a word, the odder it comes to appear. Take the word "wobble" itself, for instance. Way back in the seventeenth century, the word was spelled with an a instead of an o: "wabble". The spelling of English words has changed greatly over time and sometimes being good at spelling is less a matter of knowing rules and more a matter of memory. So practise, practise, practise! (Or is it practice?)
Improve your spelling by playing this fun quiz!
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling
The noun "ability" is related to the adjective "able" and the verb "to be able"
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The -le ending sounds identical to these endings: -al, -el, -il, -ol, or -ul
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The digraph "oa" is the tricky part of this word
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Watch out for that beginning vowel!
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"Abstract" is often used as an antonym to "concrete"
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Remember that "accommodation" has a double c and a double m. This is also true for "accommodate"
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The phrase "i before e, except after c" is not strictly true, but is a useful way to work out which vowel comes first in many cases
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Remember to spell "achieve" correctly, and you're halfway there!
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If you can spell "acid", you will also be able to spell "acidic", "acidity" and "acidify"
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Which is trickier to remember, the y or the i?
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