Deck 29: Spelling

Question 1

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-The bruise on my leg was begining to swell, so my doctor recommended medicine.

A) bruise
B) begining
C) recommended
D) medicine

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-Unfortunatly, my fourteen-year guarantee expired on Wednesday.

A) Unfortunatly
B) fourteen
C) guarantee
D) Wednesday

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-The hotel on Jefferson Avenue can accomodate a business conference or committee activity.

A) Avenue
B) accomodate
C) business
D) committee

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-It is not neccesary to iron the handkerchief before the marriage ceremony.

A) neccesary
B) iron
C) handkerchief
D) marriage

Question 5

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-Can I persuade you to provide guidance for forty maintanance workers?

A) persuade
B) guidance
C) forty
D) maintanance

Question 6

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-If possible, don't imterupt the doctor while she writes a prescription.

A) possible
B) imterupt
C) doctor
D) prescription

Question 7

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-I eat alot of cereal when I am studying after ten o'clock.

A) alot
B) cereal
C) studying
D) o'clock

Question 8

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-I exercise so I can stay physically fit; but permenent weight loss is hard to maintain.

A) exercise
B) physically
C) permenent
D) maintain

Question 9

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-It is fascinating to watch Bryan tap his forhead when he is trying to calculate the answer to a problem in mathematics.

A) fascinating
B) forhead
C) calculate
D) mathematics

Question 10

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-There is no fundamental guarantee that we can recognize true happyness.

A) fundamental
B) guarantee
C) recognize
D) happyness

Question 11

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-The professor offered words of encouragment to the grateful athlete.

A) professor
B) encouragment
C) grateful
D) athlete

Question 12

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-My ancestor was a sodier in the Civil War.

A) ancestor
B) sodier
C) Civil
D) aunt

Question 13

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-The heroes are eligible for awards, so they expect an iland vacation.

A) heroes
B) eligible
C) expect
D) iland

Question 14

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-My friend and neighbor happens to be a profesor of psychology.

A) friend
B) neighbor
C) profesor
D) psychology

Question 15

Select the misspelled word in each sentence.
-The new millenium promised to be the beginning of an exciting new era in history.

A) millenium
B) exciting
C) era
D) beginning

Question 16

Combine the following words and endings.
-quit + er

Question 17

Combine the following words and endings.
-fly + es

Question 18

Combine the following words and endings.
-beauty + ful

Question 19

Combine the following words and endings.
-defense + ive

Question 20

Combine the following words and endings.
-sure + ly

Question 21

Combine the following words and endings.
-shaky + er

Question 22

Combine the following words and endings.
-church + es

Question 23

Combine the following words and endings.
-win + ing

Question 24

Combine the following words and endings.
-potato + es

Question 25

Combine the following words and endings.
-place + ment

Question 26

Apply the rules for using ie or ei in the following words.
-h _ _ ght

Question 27

Apply the rules for using ie or ei in the following words.
-f _ _ nd

Question 28

Apply the rules for using ie or ei in the following words.
-bel _ _ ve

Question 29

Apply the rules for using ie or ei in the following words.
-fr _ _ ght

Question 30

Apply the rules for using ie or ei in the following words.
-perc _ _ ve

Question 31

Select the correct word in parentheses in each of the following sentences.
-(Every time / Everytime) I ask Kyle for a favor, he refuses.

Question 32

Select the correct word in parentheses in each of the following sentences.
-Kendall does not live here (anymore / any more).

Question 33

Select the correct word in parentheses in each of the following sentences.
-(All though / Although) the book was long, it was awesome.

Question 34

Select the correct word in parentheses in each of the following sentences.
-The financial aid office is (downstairs / down stairs).

Question 35

Select the correct word in parentheses in each of the following sentences.
-I was (already / all ready) to deliver my speech two days before it was due.

Question 36

Select the correct word in parentheses in each of the following sentences.
-Sonja invited (everybody / every body) to join a new study group she is forming.

Question 37

Select the correct word in parentheses in each of the following sentences.
-My cousin attended the same (highschool / high school) you did.

Question 38

Select the correct word in parentheses in each of the following sentences.
-The leader of the protest movement stood (a part / apart) from the crowd.

Question 39

Select the correct word in parentheses in each of the following sentences.
-The (bookkeeper / book keeper) made copies of the company's tax statements.

Question 40

Select the correct word in parentheses in each of the following sentences.
-I sweat (alot / a lot) during aerobics class.