Spellings Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. GUYENAA

  2. GUYENNA

  3. GUYENA

  4. GUYANA

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

GUYANA is the correct spelling of the South American country. The other options are misspelled: GUYENAA (extra A), GUYENNA (EN instead of AN, extra A), GUYENA (missing one A). The country name is pronounced with two distinct A sounds at the end.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. UGANDA

  2. UAGANDA

  3. UGUNDA

  4. UGANNDA

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

UGANDA is the correct spelling of the East African country. The other options contain errors: UAGANDA (AG instead of GA), UGUNDA (U instead of A), and UGANNDA (extra N). This tests attention to letter order and avoiding doubled consonants where they don't belong.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. SURIYA

  2. SIRIA

  3. SYRIA

  4. SIRYA

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

SYRIA is the correct spelling of the Middle Eastern country. The incorrect options use Y instead of Y: SURIYA (U instead of Y in middle), SIRIA (I instead of Y), and SIRYA (both errors). The name begins with SY and contains only one Y.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. ECUADOOR

  2. EQUADORR

  3. EQUADOR

  4. ECUADOR

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

ECUADOR is the correct spelling of the South American country. The other options have errors: ECUADOOR (extra O), EQUADORR (extra R at end), and EQUADOR (QUA instead of CUA). The correct sequence is CUA not QUA, with no doubled letters.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. KAMRON

  2. CAMRON

  3. CAMROON

  4. CAMEROON

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

CAMEROON is the correct spelling of the West African country. The misspelled options are: KAMRON (starts with K, missing vowels), CAMRON (missing E and O), and CAMROON (E and R swapped). The name has two consecutive O's at the end and contains E before R.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. YUGSLAVIA

  2. UGOSLAVIA

  3. YUGOSLAVIA

  4. UGOOSLVIA

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

YUGOSLAVIA is the correct spelling of this former European country. Options A and B incorrectly omit or transpose letters (YUGSLAVIA, UGOSLAVIA), while option D adds an extra O (UGOOSLVIA).

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. SWEEDAN

  2. SWEDEN

  3. SWEDAAN

  4. SWIDAN

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

SWEDEN is the correct spelling of this Nordic country. Options A, C, and D all incorrectly modify the vowel sounds (SWEEDAN, SWEDAAN, SWIDAN) or add extra letters.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. BRANDI

  2. BRUNDI

  3. BURUNDI

  4. BURONDI

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

BURUNDI is the correct spelling of this East African country. Options A, B, and D introduce spelling errors with incorrect consonant substitutions (BRANDI, BRUNDI, BURONDI).

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. ETHIPIA

  2. ETHIOPIA

  3. ETHEEIPIA

  4. ETHOPIIA

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

ETHIOPIA is the correct spelling of this Horn of Africa country. Options A, C, and D contain significant spelling errors with incorrect vowel patterns and extra letters (ETHIPIA, ETHEEIPIA, ETHOPIIA).

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. effective

  2. efective

  3. effactive

  4. none

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Effective' is the correct spelling. The word derives from 'effect' and follows standard English spelling rules with double 'f' followed by '-ive'. 'Efective' is misspelled (missing one 'f'), and 'effactive' is an incorrect formation mixing 'effective' with 'active'. 'None' is incorrect since there is a valid option.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. sincirily

  2. sincereally

  3. sincerely

  4. all of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Sincerely is the correct spelling, derived from sincere + -ly. Sincirily and sincereally are incorrect phonetic spellings. Since only one option is correct, 'all of the above' cannot be the answer.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. archivee

  2. achieve

  3. acheeve

  4. achive

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Achieve is the correct spelling, from achievement minus -ment. Archivee is incorrect (archive is different), achive is missing the 'e', and acheeve has an extra 'e'. The pattern is i-e-v-e, not i-e-e-v-e.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. quarrying

  2. quaring

  3. quaryiing

  4. none of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Quarrying is the correct spelling - it means extracting stone from a quarry. The word keeps the double 'r' from quarry and adds -ing. Qaring and quaryiing are incorrect formations.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. ellicit

  2. illicit

  3. ilicit

  4. illiccit

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Illicit is the correct spelling meaning unlawful or forbidden. Ellicit would be pronounced differently, ilicit is missing an 'l', and illiccit has an extra 'c'. Illicit begins with i-l-l, not e-l.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. True

  2. False

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Strengthening is the correct spelling - formed from strength + -ening. The base is strength (with 'th'), and the suffix is -ening, making strengthening. This is a valid English word.