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Spelling Quiz - Words beginning with st... (Questions)

Stare at the little mouse on the stair - with clogs on. Check your spelling skills of KS3 words beginning at st.

"The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs." - Vance Havner.

Do you enjoy collecting old, even archaic, words? Do you use them? How many times have you used the word "venture" in your life? "Venture" is both a noun and a verb. A person might venture all of her possessions in a great gamble, meaning that there is some risk the gamble will not succeed.

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To use the word as a noun: a person might engage in a highly risky venture. If you knew the word "venture" is an abbreviated form of another word, would you be able to guess what it was? "Adventure", of course! Easy, right? This is an example of an aphetic word, meaning that part of the word has been lost over time. Other examples include "way", as in "he was way out of his depth", where "way" was originally "away".

Challenge your spelling skills with this quiz.

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1. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Ability to withstand an applied stress
[ ] streancth
[ ] streangth
[ ] strength
[ ] strenkth
2. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Lower in rank or importance
[ ] suboardinate
[ ] suboirdinate
[ ] subourdinate
[ ] subordinate
3. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
An arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
[ ] subteraction
[ ] subbtraction
[ ] subttraction
[ ] subtraction
4. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The achievement of one's aim or goal
[ ] success
[ ] sucess
[ ] succes
[ ] sucese
5. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
One or more letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
[ ] sufefix
[ ] suffaix
[ ] suffix
[ ] suffex
6. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Without fail; certainly, undoubtedly; with confidence
[ ] surelly
[ ] surrely
[ ] surrelly
[ ] surely
7. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Something not expected
[ ] surprise
[ ] surpreise
[ ] suprise
[ ] surpriese
8. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Resembling a dream
[ ] sureeal
[ ] surreal
[ ] surreel
[ ] sureal
9. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc
[ ] survey
[ ] surevey
[ ] surviey
[ ] surveiy
10. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object
[ ] symbol
[ ] symnbol
[ ] symble
[ ] simbol

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

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Spelling Quiz - Words beginning with st... (Answers)
1. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Ability to withstand an applied stress
[ ] streancth
[ ] streangth
[x] strength
[ ] strenkth
The words "strength" and "length" are spelled similarly
2. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Lower in rank or importance
[ ] suboardinate
[ ] suboirdinate
[ ] subourdinate
[x] subordinate
It can be helpful to break this word down into syllables: sub-ord-i-nate
3. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
An arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
[ ] subteraction
[ ] subbtraction
[ ] subttraction
[x] subtraction
If you can spell "subtract", you'll have no problem with "subtraction"
4. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The achievement of one's aim or goal
[x] success
[ ] sucess
[ ] succes
[ ] sucese
Remember "success" has a double c and double s
5. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
One or more letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
[ ] sufefix
[ ] suffaix
[x] suffix
[ ] suffex
Why does "prefix" have only one f, but "suffix" has two?
6. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Without fail; certainly, undoubtedly; with confidence
[ ] surelly
[ ] surrely
[ ] surrelly
[x] surely
Add the suffix -ly to the word "sure"
7. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Something not expected
[x] surprise
[ ] surpreise
[ ] suprise
[ ] surpriese
Are you ever surprised by that first r in "surprise"?
8. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Resembling a dream
[ ] sureeal
[x] surreal
[ ] surreel
[ ] sureal
Add the prefix sur- to "real"
9. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc
[x] survey
[ ] surevey
[ ] surviey
[ ] surveiy
What sound does the ey digraph make here?
10. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object
[x] symbol
[ ] symnbol
[ ] symble
[ ] simbol
The o of the unstressed final syllable can be tricky to remember