KS3 spelling words beginning at ca - cake, catch, cafeteria

Spelling Quiz - Words beginning with ca... (Questions)

This KS3 spelling quiz explores words beginning with ca-. Spot patterns, avoid common mix ups and choose the correct spelling to strengthen your English writing.

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Fascinating Fact:

In careful and careless, the base word is care. You simply add -ful or -less, you do not change the spelling of care at the start.

In KS3 English Spelling, you meet many words starting with ca-, such as cabin, cancel, career and capture. By noticing how root words and endings fit together, you can spot reliable spelling patterns and apply them accurately in your own reading and writing tasks.

Key Terms

Root word: The main part of a word that carries the core meaning, such as care in caretaker or capture in captured.
Suffix: A group of letters added to the end of a word, like -ing or -ed, which can change its tense or how it is used in a sentence.
Spelling pattern: A letter sequence that appears in many words, such as ca- at the start of words like camera, cavity and catalog.

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How can I revise KS3 spelling words beginning with ca-?

Make short lists of ca- words, say each one aloud, then copy them into sentences. Test yourself later by covering the list and writing the spellings from memory.

Why do some ca- words look similar but sound different?

English spelling often keeps the same letter pattern even when the vowel sound changes slightly. Learning groups of ca- words together helps you trust the pattern while listening carefully to pronunciation.

What strategies help me remember tricky ca- spellings?

Break the word into syllables, underline any unusual letters, link it to a picture or phrase in your mind, and revisit it in quick daily spelling practices.

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A branch of Christianity headed by the Pope

[ ]	Cathalic
[ ]	Catholic
[ ]	Catherlic
[ ]	Cathelic

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C------ is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket

[ ]	caurt
[ ]	caught
[ ]	cought
[ ]	cort

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Compact Disk, Read Only Memory

[ ]	CeeDee-Rom
[ ]	CD-Rome
[ ]	CD-Romm
[ ]	CD-Rom

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To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event

[ ]	celerbrate
[ ]	cellebate
[ ]	celebrate
[ ]	cellabrate

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A joyful occasion for special festivities to mark a happy event

[ ]	celabration
[ ]	celebration
[ ]	cellebration
[ ]	celubration

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A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a metre

[ ]	centametre
[ ]	centimeeter
[ ]	centimeter
[ ]	centimetre

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An official gathering to celebrate or commemorate a special event

[ ]	cerimony
[ ]	cerimone
[ ]	cerymony
[ ]	ceremony

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A person represented in a work of fiction

[ ]	charactor
[ ]	character
[ ]	caracter
[ ]	charectre

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Prominent attributes or aspects of something or someone

[ ]	characteristics
[ ]	charecteristics
[ ]	charactaristics
[ ]	caracteristics

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Obtained by heating wood in the absence of oxygen

[ ]	charrcoal
[ ]	charcoal
[ ]	charcole
[ ]	charcoale

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Spelling Quiz - Words beginning with ca... (Answers)

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A branch of Christianity headed by the Pope

[ ]	Cathalic
[x]	Catholic
[ ]	Catherlic
[ ]	Cathelic

The unstressed second syllable makes the o somewhat tricky

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C------ is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket

[ ]	caurt
[x]	caught
[ ]	cought
[ ]	cort

Remember that "caught", like "catch", has an a in it

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Compact Disk, Read Only Memory

[ ]	CeeDee-Rom
[ ]	CD-Rome
[ ]	CD-Romm
[x]	CD-Rom

Not to be confused with romcom!

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To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event

[ ]	celerbrate
[ ]	cellebate
[x]	celebrate
[ ]	cellabrate

"Celebrate" and "celebration" are related words

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A joyful occasion for special festivities to mark a happy event

[ ]	celabration
[x]	celebration
[ ]	cellebration
[ ]	celubration

The e of the unstressed second syllable is the tricky one to remember

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A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a metre

[ ]	centametre
[ ]	centimeeter
[ ]	centimeter
[x]	centimetre

"Centimeter" would be correct in US English, but "centimetre" is the correct form in the UK

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An official gathering to celebrate or commemorate a special event

[ ]	cerimony
[ ]	cerimone
[ ]	cerymony
[x]	ceremony

There are so many ways to go wrong with this word! It might be best just to memorise it

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A person represented in a work of fiction

[ ]	charactor
[x]	character
[ ]	caracter
[ ]	charectre

Tricky, tricky! Remember that the ending of the word is NOT "actor"