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Words beginning with ur...
A general term for all kinds of craft designed for transportation on water is vessel.

Words beginning with ur...

It's not urgent that you play this KS3 spelling quiz on words beginning at ur - but if you get the urge, give it a whirl!

"I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get your emotions going." - Jim Valvano.

One excellent way to work on spelling skills and increasing vocabulary at the same time is to collect words which are closely related. For instance, how many words can you list which are related to "emotion"? There are the obvious words, such as "emotional", "emotionally", "emotive", "emotionless", "emote" and "emoting", among many others. Then there are also newer words, such as "emo" and "emoticon". Enjoy the creativity of language as you collect such groups of words, and make sure you notice how and why spellings change as the word changes its purpose.

Test your spelling skills with this quiz.

1.
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Along the direction of a plumbline or along a straight line that includes the centre of the Earth
vertical
vertecal
vurtical
virtical
Both "vertical" and "horizontal" end in an -al
2.
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An animal having a backbone
verterbrate
vertibrate
vertabrate
vertebrate
The vowels in the unstressed syllables are a bit tricky here: the second syllable has a single e, but the final syllable has an a-e digraph with a t in the middle of it (this type of spelling used to be known as the "silent e")
3.
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In English they are the letters a, e, i, o and u
vowels
vauels
vowells
vaeiouls
"Vowels" and "owls" rhyme but are not spelled the same
4.
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A general term for all kinds of craft designed for transportation on water
vesel
vessell
vessle
vessel
"Vessel" ends in -el, not -le
5.
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Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth
vitamin
vitarmin
vitemin
vitamen
The i of the unstressed final syllable might catch you out!
6.
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Of or pertaining to the voice or speech
voacel
vocall
vocal
vocul
Can you think of any other words beginning with voca-?
7.
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The measure of three dimensional space
volumne
volumn
vollume
volume
So you can spell "volume", but can you spell "voluminous"?
8.
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A submicroscopic infectious organism
viarus
vierus
virous
virus
The words "viral", "virus" and "virulent" are related
9.
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The collection of words a person knows and uses
vocabulery
voccabulary
vocabelary
vocabulary
It might be helpful to split the word into syllables: vo-ca-bu-la-ry
10.
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Characteristic of city life
uarban
urrban
uerban
urban
Remember that the final unstressed syllable has an a
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Sheri Smith

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