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Words beginning with la...
The equipment used to provide illumination is lighting.

Words beginning with la...

The lamb's bleat sounded like laughter. Check your spelling skills of KS3 words beginning at la.

"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward." - Kurt Vonnegut.

"Laugh" is one of those tricky words which surprise children either when they first encounter it in their reading or when it is assigned as a spelling to learn. The word is an early introduction to the wonders of the digraph gh. How many words can you think of which spell the f sound with a gh? Cough? Draught? Enough?

In the Middle Ages, there was no agreement on how to spell the word "laugh", so what is now the gh was spelled variously with a y, h, yh, and the wonderful letter yogh, which looks like this: ȝ. So, if you ever find the gh a little tricky, you are in good company!

1.
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The metric unit of fluid measure
litre
liter
littre
litrre
"Liter" is the correct spelling in U.S. English
2.
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A substance that can flow and has no shape of its own
liquide
licuid
licwid
liquid
You will most likely remember this spelling from science lessons!
3.
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A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
laboroty
laboratory
labratory
laberatory
It can help to sound out each syllable here: la-bor-a-tor-y
4.
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The pictorial aspect of a country
landscaepe
landscape
landscaipe
landscaip
How many words can you form out of "landscape"? Cape, cap, land, and, sand, clap, spend....
5.
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One who cares for the books, publications and files in a L-------y
librairian
librarian
liberarian
librerian
Keep the r, a, r of the second syllable in the correct order
6.
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A group or association of cooperating members
leegue
league
leage
laegue
Remember that "league" ends with -gue
7.
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The equipment used to provide illumination
lightening
leighting
lighting
liteing
"Lighting" is formed from "light" plus -ing
8.
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Thread or cloth made from flax fibre
linenn
linen
linnen
linern
The e of the unstressed, second syllable can be tricky
9.
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The act of hearing attentively
listaning
listerning
listenning
listening
Do you remember learning that "listen" has an unexpected t in it?
10.
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The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator
lattitude
latittude
lattituide
latitude
"Latitude" rhymes with "attitude", but what difference can you see?
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Sheri Smith

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