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Words beginning with ou...
A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours is a palette.

Words beginning with ou...

The dancer was outstanding and ought to receive a standing ovation. Test your KS3 spelling knowledge of words beginning at ou.

"Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it." - Carl Hiaasen.

One way to develop prowess in spelling is to create groups of interrelated words. You might take a stem, for example, and think of all the words you know which include this stem. "Sustain", for example, is related to "retain", "contain", "detain" and "obtain". Or, you might take a prefix or suffix and collect words which include it. For instance, the sus- of "sustain" can also be found in "suspend" and "susceptible". Spending some time on exercises like these will not only help your spelling, but will also give you an impressive vocabulary!

1.
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Short passages into which longer texts are divided
paregraphs
parugraphs
paragraphs
parigraphs
Do you recognise the "graph" element of this word?
2.
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Shocking; cruel; immoral
outrageous
outraegeous
outragous
outrageus
"Outrage" plus -ous makes "outrageous"
3.
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A chemical element
oxygiene
oxygen
oxigen
oxygene
The y is the key letter to remember here
4.
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A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy
paruble
pareble
parable
parible
Certainly not to be confused with "parabola"!
5.
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A small booklet of printed informational matter
pamphilet
pamphalet
pamphlet
pamphelet
The letter combination -phl- is not a common one, which can help in remembering this spelling
6.
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A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours
pallett
palette
pallet
pallette
Be careful not to confuse "palette" with its homonym, "pallet"
7.
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The act of sharing in the activities of a group
participation
particapation
particupation
particepation
The words "participate", "participant" and "participation" are related
8.
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Institution whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day
parliament
parleament
parliment
parlament
Don't be caught out by the -ia- in "parliament"
9.
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Two or more (straight) lines equally distant from one another at all points
parrallel
parrallell
parallell
parallel
Single r, double l, single l
10.
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A quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length
parrallellogram
parallelogram
parrallelogram
parallellogram
If you can spell "parallel", you'll have a huge advantage in attempting "parallelogram"!
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Sheri Smith

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