Spelling

Which word is spelled correctly?

• Arecieve
• Breceve
• Creceive✓
• Dreceeve

Answer: 'Receive' follows the rule 'i before e except after c'. The 'ei' comes after the 'c'.

Choose the correct spelling of a word meaning 'to make a choice':

• Adesidé
• Bdecide✓
• Cdecid
• Ddesid

Answer: 'Decide' is spelled with 'i' and 'e'. It contains the root 'cide' meaning to cut or make a choice.

Which homophone of 'there' is used in: 'Put your coat over ___.'

• Athere✓
• Btheir
• Cthey're
• Dthee

Answer: 'There' indicates a place or position. 'Their' is possessive, and 'they're' means 'they are'.

Choose the correct spelling:

• Aocassion
• Boccasion✓
• Cocasion
• Doccassion

Answer: 'Occasion' has one 's' and two 'c's. It means a special event or time.

Which word has the correct spelling and is a homophone of 'sweet'?

• Asuite✓
• Bswete
• Cswaite
• Dsweit

Answer: 'Suite' (a set of rooms or musical pieces) sounds the same as 'sweet' but is spelled differently.

Choose the correct spelling of a word meaning 'to give permission':

• Aaloud
• Ballow✓
• Calow
• Dalowe

Answer: 'Allow' means to give permission. 'Aloud' means audibly or out loud.

Which word ending is spelled correctly in 'The children watched the display'?

• Adisplai
• Bdisplay✓
• Cdisplaye
• Ddispaly

Answer: 'Display' ends with 'ay', not 'ey'. This is a common ending for nouns like 'delay' and 'play'.

Identify the word with the correct -tion ending:

• Aperfection✓
• Bperfiction
• Cperfecton
• Dperfaction

Answer: 'Perfection' uses the -tion ending. Words ending with a 't' sound use -tion, not -sion.

Choose the correct spelling of a word meaning 'to succeed':

• Aachieve✓
• Bacheive
• Cacheve
• Dachiave

Answer: 'Achieve' follows the 'i before e except after c' rule (with some exceptions). Here, 'ei' works with the 'ch'.

Which is spelled correctly? (meaning to approve officially)

• Aaprove
• Bapprove✓
• Capruve
• Dappruv

Answer: 'Approve' has two 'p's. Adding a vowel before a final consonant in short words often doubles the consonant.

Choose the correct spelling:

• Aexcede
• Bexeed
• Cexceed✓
• Dexcead

Answer: 'Exceed' means to go beyond. It has two 'e's followed by 'ed'.

Which -sion ending is correct? (relating to discussion)

• Adiscusion
• Bdiscussion✓
• Cdiscution
• Ddiscusson

Answer: 'Discussion' uses -ssion after the 'u'. Words with 'ssion' follow the pattern of the base word 'discuss'.