Test of Spellings

 

Spellings form the core of the English language and it is but natural to find questions to test your knowledge of spellings of words.

 

Format of the Questions

Set-1

In the following questions four sets of words are given, marked a–d; one of which is wrongly spelt.
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

1. (a) athlete (b) auxilliary (c) abscess (d) catalogue

2. (a) forfeit (b) fascinate (c) column (d) fullfilled

3. (a) occassion (b) commission (c) accommodate (d) occurred

4. (a) privilege (b) manoeuvre (c) managable (d) maintenance

5. (a) mathemetics (b) concealment (c) challenge (d) erroneously

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answers

1. (b) The word ‘auxiliary’ has only one ‘l’.
2. (d) It should be spelt ‘fulfilled’
3. (a) It should be spelt with ‘s’; ‘occasion’
4. (c) The correct spelling is ‘manageable’
5. (a) The correct spelling is ‘mathematics’ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set- II
In the following questions, a word has been spelt in four different ways, one of which is correct.
Choose the correctly spelt word:

1. (a) acquaintence (b) acquantance (c) acquaintance (d) acquentence

2. (a) accomodate (b) acommodate (c) accommodate (d) acomodate

3. (a) occurred (b) ocurred (c) occurrd (d) occurrd

4. (a) erroniously (b) erroneusly (c) erroneously (d) erroniosly

5. (a) demmurage (b) demurrage (c) demarrage (d) demurage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answers

1. (c) acquaintance
2. (c) The word ‘accommodate’ contains double ‘c’ and double ‘m’.
3. (a) In ‘occurred’ there should be double ‘c’ and double ‘r’.
4. (c) erroneously
5. (b) demurrage