12 to 13 Year Olds Weekly Spellings
Set 26
Adding the Old English prefix ‘mis’ meaning ‘wrong’ or ‘mistaken’
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misbehave
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misbehaviour
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miscarriage
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miscreant
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misdemeanour
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mishap
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mislead
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misled
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mismatch
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misprint
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misquote
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misspell
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mistake
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misunderstanding
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misuse
Most of these words you will have met along the way in previous years. You have learnt them - now it is a case of retrieving them.
There are only three tricky words!
misbehaviour, miscreant and misdemeanour
mis + be + hav + i + our
meaning the action of bad behaviour
The letter you need to visual is the letter 'i' shoving its way in, pushing the 'e' out of misbehave.
mis + cre + ant
meaning the person who has done the wrong
There is always an 'ant' behaving badly at the end of the day.
mis + de + mean + our
meaning a small or minor wrongoing.
Being mean is not so bad if you do it to our little brother