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?
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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!
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A branch of Christianity headed by the Pope |
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Cathalic |
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Catholic |
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Catherlic |
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Cathelic |
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C------ is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket |
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caurt |
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caught |
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cought |
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cort |
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Compact Disk, Read Only Memory |
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CeeDee-Rom |
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CD-Rome |
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CD-Romm |
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CD-Rom |
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To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event |
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celerbrate |
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cellebate |
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celebrate |
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cellabrate |
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A joyful occasion for special festivities to mark a happy event |
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celabration |
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celebration |
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cellebration |
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celubration |
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A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a metre |
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centametre |
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centimeeter |
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centimeter |
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centimetre |
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An official gathering to celebrate or commemorate a special event |
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cerimony |
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cerimone |
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cerymony |
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ceremony |
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A person represented in a work of fiction |
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charactor |
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character |
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caracter |
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charectre |
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Prominent attributes or aspects of something or someone |
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characteristics |
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charecteristics |
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charactaristics |
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caracteristics |
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Obtained by heating wood in the absence of oxygen |
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charrcoal |
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charcoal |
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charcole |
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charcoale |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A branch of Christianity headed by the Pope |
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Cathalic |
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Catholic |
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Catherlic |
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Cathelic |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
C------ is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket |
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caurt |
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caught |
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cought |
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cort |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Compact Disk, Read Only Memory |
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CeeDee-Rom |
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CD-Rome |
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CD-Romm |
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CD-Rom |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event |
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celerbrate |
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cellebate |
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celebrate |
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cellabrate |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A joyful occasion for special festivities to mark a happy event |
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celabration |
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celebration |
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cellebration |
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celubration |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a metre |
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centametre |
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centimeeter |
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centimeter |
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centimetre |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
An official gathering to celebrate or commemorate a special event |
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cerimony |
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cerimone |
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cerymony |
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ceremony |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A person represented in a work of fiction |
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charactor |
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character |
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caracter |
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charectre |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Prominent attributes or aspects of something or someone |
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| [x] |
characteristics |
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charecteristics |
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charactaristics |
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caracteristics |
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10.
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Obtained by heating wood in the absence of oxygen |
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charrcoal |
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charcoal |
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charcole |
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charcoale |
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