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

Christmas and chronic are examples of words beginning at chr. See how many spellings you know in this KS3 quiz.

The letter c is one of the more slippery letters in English spelling. Sometimes it produces the same sound as the letter k, sometimes it produces the same sound as the letter s. For a long time the English language did not have a letter k, in fact. In Old English, the letter c was not used to make the same sound as an s, but could make the same sound as the modern ch. Many aspects of language change over time, including grammar, spelling, vocabulary and individual meanings of words. No wonder spelling is a challenge!

See how many words you can spell correctly in these quizzes which go through the alphabet from a to z. There are 70 spelling quizzes in total, so take your time and look at each answer before you choose. Above all, enjoy yourself!

1. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A sequential arrangement of events in time
[ ] chronology
[ ] chronolegy
[ ] cronology
[ ] chronoligy
2. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
To move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
[ ] circerlate
[ ] cerculate
[ ] circulate
[ ] cirqulate
3. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
[ ] cerculation
[ ] circulation
[ ] circerlation
[ ] cirqulation
4. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The size of something as given by the distance around it
[ ] circumfirence
[ ] circumferance
[ ] circumfarence
[ ] circumference
5. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
An event, fact, or particular incident
[ ] circumstanc
[ ] circumstans
[ ] circumstance
[ ] circumstanse
6. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A person of a particular social, political or national community
[ ] citizen
[ ] citisen
[ ] citizan
[ ] citerzen
7. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A stage or system of social, political or technical development
[ ] civerlisation
[ ] civiliseation
[ ] civalisation
[ ] civilisation
8. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The act of forming into a class or classes
[ ] classifercation
[ ] clasiffication
[ ] classification
[ ] classificatien
9. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A separate part of a contract, will or another legal document
[ ] clause
[ ] claus
[ ] clorse
[ ] clauze
10. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
An overused saying or expression
[ ] clicet
[ ] clichet
[ ] cliché
[ ] clishet

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Spelling Quiz - Words beginning with chr... (Answers)
1. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A sequential arrangement of events in time
[x] chronology
[ ] chronolegy
[ ] cronology
[ ] chronoligy
If you can spell "chronology", you'll have a head start on "chronological"
2. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
To move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
[ ] circerlate
[ ] cerculate
[x] circulate
[ ] cirqulate
The tricky part of this word is the -cu-
3. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
[ ] cerculation
[x] circulation
[ ] circerlation
[ ] cirqulation
"Circulation" is, of course, related to the word, "circulate"
4. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The size of something as given by the distance around it
[ ] circumfirence
[ ] circumferance
[ ] circumfarence
[x] circumference
This is a very useful word to know in mathematics
5. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
An event, fact, or particular incident
[ ] circumstanc
[ ] circumstans
[x] circumstance
[ ] circumstanse
Why do you think this word contains a stem, circum-, related to roundness?
6. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A person of a particular social, political or national community
[x] citizen
[ ] citisen
[ ] citizan
[ ] citerzen
Watch out for the unstressed i and e!
7. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A stage or system of social, political or technical development
[ ] civerlisation
[ ] civiliseation
[ ] civalisation
[x] civilisation
Remember that "civilisation" is related to the word "civil"
8. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The act of forming into a class or classes
[ ] classifercation
[ ] clasiffication
[x] classification
[ ] classificatien
The y of "classify" becomes an i in "classification"
9. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A separate part of a contract, will or another legal document
[x] clause
[ ] claus
[ ] clorse
[ ] clauze
Almost like Santa Claus, but with an extra e!
10. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
An overused saying or expression
[ ] clicet
[ ] clichet
[x] cliché
[ ] clishet
The accent over the e lets you know it should be pronounced similarly to "ay"
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