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per versus purde versus diin versus im

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per versus purRe-type the words

into the boxes, filling

in the blank letter with

either an ‘e’ or ‘u’.

p_rmanent

p_rpose

p_rchase

p_rpetual

p_rge

p_rplex

p_rple

p_rsecute

p_rsevere

If you don’t know the meaning of any of these words, look them up in the dictionary and practise writing them into sentences.

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de versus diRe-type the words

into the boxes, filling

in the blank letter with

either an ‘e’ or an ‘i’.

d_sease

d_sist

d_sperse

d_lusion

d_stroy

d_liberate

d_saster

d_scription

d_srupt

If you don’t know the meaning of any of these words, look them up in the dictionary and practise writing them into sentences.

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in versus imRe-type the words

into the boxes, filling

in the blank letter with

either an ‘n’ or an ‘m’.

i_flammable

i_mobile

i_press

i_pact

i_timate

i_flate

i_tact

i_pose

i_formal

Do you notice which two letters im is usually followed by?

Which are they? Answers

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• permanent• purpose• purchase• perpetual• purge• perplex• purple• persecute• persevere

• disease• desist• disperse• delusion• destroy• deliberate• disaster• description• disrupt

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• inflammable• immobile• impress• impact• intimate• inflate• intact• impose• informal