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A utensil or a tool designed for cutting is a knife.

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Have you ever seen a jellyfish in jewellery? Test your spelling knowledge of KS3 words beginning at je.

"How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god." - Alan Watts.

English is a rather greedy language. The quotation above includes words borrowed from Latin (fabulous, nerves, experience) and French (possible, sensitive, jewel, enchanted, musical, instrument). But language develops in a marvellous manner. Most of the French terms listed here were first borrowed into French from Latin, such as "enchanted", which has further developed in English so that it can form a typical English past participle ending in -ed.

"Arabesque" is another word which has been through many transitions. The word originally meant the Arabic language, but developed through Latin and French, with a little Italian thrown in, and here means a pattern of gracefully flowing lines. What a fabulous image for the nerves!

1.
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To provide an acceptable explanation for
justefy
justerfy
justify
justafy
Can you see the word "just" in "justify"?
2.
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Afraid of losing something or someone; envious
jealous
jellious
jellous
jelious
The vowel sound of the first syllable is spelled -ea-
3.
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An oven, furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying
kilmn
killn
kiln
kilnn
The -ln- combination is not very common in English
4.
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A set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc
keybourd
keybaurd
keyboard
keybord
This compound noun consists of "key" plus "board"
5.
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A world religion tracing its origin to the Hebrew people of the ancient Middle-East
Judaeism
Judeism
Judaism
Judism
Remember the u of the first syllable
6.
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A utensil or a tool designed for cutting
knifee
knyfe
knife
kniffe
The k of the letter combination -kn- was pronounced in older versions of English
7.
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The base unit of mass
kilogramm
kilogram
killergram
killogram
"Kilogram" is usually abbreviated to kg
8.
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Relating to J------- religion or culture
Jewesh
Jewwish
Juish
Jewish
The first syllables of "Jewish" and "Judaism" are spelled rather differently
9.
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Plural form of knife
knivees
knyves
kniffes
knives
The f is replaced by a v when "knife" becomes plural
10.
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Expertise and skills acquired by a person through experience or education
knowlege
knowledge
knoledge
knolledge
The words "know", "knowledge" and "acknowledge" are related
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Sheri Smith

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