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In December, the church bells went up a few decibels. Test your KS3 spelling of words beginning at dec.

"I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect it would be English literature, Shakespeare and so forth. I've always been deeply, deeply in love with that kind of thing." - Stephen Fry.

Have you ever wondered why the in- and un- prefixes in English do the same job? Both negate the following stem. So in- negates the following -sane, from sanus, the Latin word for "healthy". Why do we not use the word unsane? Sounds ridiculous somehow, doesn't it? And yet English includes the word "unhealthy", which has a near-identical literal meaning to "insane".

1 .
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A barren area of land especially one with little water or vegetation
dessert
desirt
desert
desurt
Be careful not to muddle "desert" and "dessert"!
2 .
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To remove, get rid of, erase
deylete
dalete
dilite
delete
Delete those incorrect spellings!
3 .
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A colony or a territory subject to rule by an external power
dependuncy
dependincy
deppendency
dependency
Watch out for the e of the penultimate syllable
4 .
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An account depicting something or someone
discriptien
descriptien
description
discription
The unstressed e of the first syllable is the key letter to remember here
5 .
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A unit of measurement of temperature
dagree
degree
degrie
digree
Remember the e of the unstressed first syllable
6 .
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Decode
decifer
decipher
desifer
desipher
The c and ph are tricky here
7 .
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Protection from attack
defence
defents
difense
deffence
"Defense" is an alternate spelling, mostly used in US English
8 .
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A person who relies on another for support
deppendent
dependant
dependint
dependunt
A dependant is dependent on someone else
9 .
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Free from any doubt
definite
defernite
deffinite
definit
It can be helpful to remember that the word "finite" is contained in "definite"
10 .
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The act of making up your mind about something
descision
decision
desishion
dessision
"Decide" and "decision" are related
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Sheri Smith

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