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Answers with spelling strategies to remember the words

1. calendar (Check the day it's taking place on your calendar.)
Can you see the vowels? a___e___a cal en dar

2. Caribbean ( They're going on a Caribbean cruise next week.)
Carib + bean - Carib is the chocolate bean = Caribbean

3. cemetery (She was buried in the local cemetery)
Notice all the "e's" cem e tery
Memory trick: Cover with earth in a cemetery

4. chauffeur (not a very common word but important if you're a chauffeur) (He's a chauffeur and drives people around all day.)

5. colleague col + league (My colleague is on maternity leave so I'm covering for her.)
col + league = colleague

6. coming (Are you coming to the pub later?)
come + drop the e with -ing = coming

7. committee (There's a committee meeting on Tuesday)
Memory trick: Many Meetings Take Time Everyone's Exhausted

8. completely ( Defrost it completely)
complete + ly = completely
Also: complete, completed, completing, completeness, completion

9. conscious (He was suddenly conscious of everyone looking at him.)
We say "con shush" - the 'sci' makes a "sh" sound
con + sci + ous
Also: consciously, conscientious, conscientiousness, self-conscious, semi-conscious, fashion-conscious

10. curiosity (Curiosity got the better of me, so I called him)
curio + sity = curiosity or curious drop the "u" + ity = curiosity
Also: curious, curiously

Common Misspellings Spelling Test Letter C

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