Spelling Bee E – answers
1 acknowledge
2 potatoes – tomatoes belong to this group too, although the ‘a’ is pronounced differently, of course!
3 illegible – the negative of ‘legible’
4 picnicking – the noun and verb picnic add a ‘k’ in this form
5 acquaintance – easy to leave out the ‘c’ in this word
6 beautifully – two lls! One ‘l’ in the adjective beautiful, but two in the adverb beautifully! This pattern is absolutely standard in English, this is no exception.
7 circumstances
8 kidnapped There is only one ‘p’ in the verb ‘kidnap’ but two in the past tense ‘kidnapped‘.
9 malicious – the ‘sh’ sound written ‘ci’ again
10 desperately
11 embarassed – with one r and two sses!
12 Norwegian – all nations and nationalities must be spelt with capitals in English.
13 awkward
14 climbing – a silent ‘b’ in this word
15 survival
16 stopped
17 virtually
18 naturally
19 receipt – sounded ‘eet’, with a silent ‘p’ – how strange!
20 the unemployed – that ‘y’ sound before the word starting with a vowel, but which is not written, of course.