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Spell Bee Word: Concerto


What does concerto mean?

Word: Concerto

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Concerto means a long piece of music for one main solo instrument played together with an orchestra.

How do you spell concerto?

Syllables: con - cer - to

Tricky part: The middle c is said like ch, because the word comes from Italian, but it is written with a plain c.

Watch out for: concherto, conserto

Memory tip: Italian music words such as cello use a c for the ch sound; picture a cellist playing this piece.

Concerto in a sentence

Example 1: The young pianist played a Mozart concerto with the city orchestra.

Example 2: Our music teacher played us a recording of a famous violin concerto.

Example 3: In the slow part of the concerto, the flute and the strings seemed to talk to each other.

Fun Fact

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos, one for each season of the year.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ctcronoe

a) contour
b) contort
c) concerto
d) concrete

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c) concerto. The jumble has two c's and two o's, and only one option uses both pairs.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) violinist
b) concertoe
c) rhythm
d) melody

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b) concertoe. Like piano and cello, this Italian music word ends in a plain o.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

c_nc_rto

a) o, e
b) o, i
c) u, e
d) o, a

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a) o, e. The first syllable is con, and the vowel before the r is an e.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

concertto

a) c
b) o
c) r
d) t

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d) t. It keeps the single t of the shorter word concert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a piano concerto, whose part stands out most from the orchestra?

a) the conductor
b) the choir
c) the pianist
d) the drummer

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c) the pianist

2. How is a concerto different from a song?

a) It is always very short
b) It usually has no singing
c) It has no tune at all
d) It is played by one person

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b) It usually has no singing

Associated Words

Words that start with conc: conceited, concession, concerning, conception, conclude, concentrate

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