Spellings Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Disover

  2. Discover

  3. Descover

  4. Daiscover

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

Discover is the correct spelling. Disover (A) is missing the 'c', Descover (C) incorrectly places 'e' after 'D', and Daiscover (D) has an extra 'ai' instead of 'i'. The word comes from Latin 'discooperire' meaning to uncover or reveal.

Multiple choice
  1. Disntangle

  2. Desentangle

  3. Disantangle

  4. Disentangle

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

Disentangle is the correct spelling. All other options misspell the prefix: 'Disntangle' (A) misses 'e', 'Desentangle' (B) uses 'e' instead of 'i', and 'Disantangle' (C) uses 'a' instead of 'e'. The prefix is 'dis-' meaning apart or away.

Multiple choice
  1. Dishonest

  2. Disahonest

  3. Deshonest

  4. Dishonast

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

Dishonest is the correct spelling. The prefix 'dis-' means not or opposite of, so dis-honest means not honest. Options B, C, and D all misspell the prefix or the root word. The word combines 'dis-' + 'honest'.

Multiple choice
  1. Disnhert

  2. Disinherit

  3. Disniherit

  4. Desinherit

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

Disinherit is the correct spelling. It means to deprive of inheritance or legal right. Disnhert (A) misses 'i' and has 'e', Disniherit (C) adds an extra 'i', and Desinherit (D) uses 'e' instead of 'i' in the prefix.

Multiple choice
  1. Disorderly

  2. Desordery

  3. Disiordery

  4. Disordiery

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

Disorderly is the correct spelling. It means lacking order or organization. The word is disorder + ly. Desordery (B) has wrong vowels, Disiordery (C) adds an extra 'i', and Disordiery (D) adds 'ie' instead of 'e'.

Multiple choice
  1. Dismasal

  2. Dismisal

  3. Dismesal

  4. Dismissal

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

Dismissal is the correct spelling. It means the act of dismissing or firing someone. The noun form is 'dismiss' + 'al'. Dismasal (A) has wrong vowels, Dismisal (B) misses one 's', and Dismesal (C) has 'e' instead of 'i'.

Multiple choice
  1. II and III

  2. I and IV

  3. II and IV

  4. I and IV

  5. I and III

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

Sentence 2: All the words are spelled correctly.  Sentence 3: All the words are spelled correctly.