English Language
Spellings
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Spellings Questions
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embarasment
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embarrasment
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embarrassment
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embarassment
C
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'Embarrassment' is the correct spelling with double 'r' and double 's'. Option C is correct. Options A and B miss one 'r', while option D incorrectly places double 's' after 'r'.
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Soveriegn
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Soverign
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Soveringe
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Sovereign
D
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'Sovereign' is the correct spelling with single 'e' after 'v' and 'ei' before 'g'. Option D is correct. Options A, B, and C all incorrectly place or omit the 'e' and 'i'.
B
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The word 'Definately' is misspelled. The correct spelling is 'Definitely' with an 'i' after the 'f', not an 'a'. This follows the pattern from the root word 'finite' - when adding 'ly', keep the 'i' from 'finite'.
A
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'Accommodate' is correctly spelled with two 'c's and two 'm's. A helpful mnemonic is 'two rooms for two cats' (cc) and 'two rooms for two mice' (mm) - remembering both letters are doubled.
B
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'Belive' is misspelled - the correct spelling is 'Believe' with an 'e' before the 'v'. This follows the common pattern 'ieve' in words like believe, relieve, and perceive.
A
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'Memento' is correctly spelled. It comes from Latin (meaning 'remember' and used as a reminder object). It follows the standard 'ment' spelling pattern like 'mental' or 'comment'.
B
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'Develope' is misspelled. The correct spelling is 'Develop' without the final 'e'. When adding '-op' to 'devel', you don't keep the 'e' from the base form (unlike words like 'create' becoming 'creation').
A
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'Maintenance' is correctly spelled. The 'main' prefix is clear, and 'tenance' is the standard suffix. Though some might expect 'maintainance' based on 'maintain', the actual spelling drops the 'i' from 'maintain'.
A
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'Receive' is correctly spelled with 'ei' not 'ie'. This follows the 'i before e except after c' rule - after 'c', use 'ei' (receive, deceive, ceiling). The 'c' signals the vowel swap.
B
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'Decieve' is misspelled. The correct spelling is 'Deceive' with 'ei' not 'ie'. This follows the 'i before e except after c' rule - after the letter 'c', we use 'ei' instead of 'ie'.
A
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'Weird' is correctly spelled. This is actually one of the notable exceptions to the 'i before e' rule - here 'e' comes before 'i' even though there's no 'c'. Other exceptions include 'seize', 'neither', and 'their'.
B
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'Occassion' is misspelled - it should have only one 's'. The correct spelling is 'Occasion' with double 'c' but single 's'. A common mistake is doubling both letters, but only 'c' is doubled.
B
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The word is misspelled as 'Theoritical'. The correct spelling is 'theoretical', ending with 'ical'. Therefore, selecting True for the given spelling is incorrect.
B
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'Existance' is misspelled. The correct spelling is 'Existence' with 'ence' not 'ance'. This is a common error - 'existence' drops the 'a' that some might expect based on the pronunciation.