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Words beginning with pi...
More than one of something is plural.

Words beginning with pi...

I painted a picture of a pitcher. Test your spelling knowledge in this KS3 quiz on words beginning at pi.

"Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Hearing music, reading poetry, looking at art and speaking wisely are valuable, life-enriching activities. Spelling, by comparison, is likely to seem rather dull. Has anyone ever said that your life would be enhanced by practising a few spellings every day? Probably not.

And yet, like other exercises, practising spelling will pay off over time.

1 .
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More than one of something
plurel
ploural
plural
plaurel
The a of the unstressed final syllable can be tricky
2 .
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A set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers
portfollio
portpholio
portfolio
portphollio
"Portfolio" is spelled exactly as it sounds
3 .
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A writer and creator of theatrical plays
playright
playwright
playwrieght
playwrite
Remember that it's "wright", not "write". A wright is someone who produces a piece of work; e.g. a playwright produces plays
4 .
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A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey
pilgerimage
pilgrimage
pillgrimage
pilgrimnage
Words ending in -age can be tricky because their pronunciation has changed to resemble the English "-idge" rather than retaining the French "-age"
5 .
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Relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power
politicul
politicel
polytical
political
The words "politics", "political" and "policy" are related
6 .
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The profession devoted to governing
polytics
polutics
poletics
politics
If you can spell "politics", you'll have little difficulty with "political"
7 .
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A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders
portreit
portraight
porttrait
portrait
The -ai- digraph can pose some difficulty here
8 .
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Undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances
polluttion
pollution
poluttion
polution
Remember the double l
9 .
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A category of polymers which contain the ester functional group in their main chain
poliester
polyestur
polyester
polyestir
"Poly" means "many"
10 .
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The property of sound that changes with variation in the frequency of vibration
pitche
pitsche
pitch
pitsch
Here the phoneme "ch" is written -tch-
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Sheri Smith

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