English Language

Spellings

1,738 Questions
All Vowel Confusion 386 Inserted or Omitted Letters 380 Single vs. Double Consonants 319 Silent Letters 140 Confusable Suffix Endings 121 Suffix Application Rules 82 Foreign Origin Spellings 67 Letter Transposition 58 Homophone Confusion 40 Prefix Application Rules 21

Spellings Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correctly spelt word.

  1. Enthasiasm

  2. Enthusiasm

  3. Enthusiusm

  4. Enthesiesm
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Enthusiasm is the correct spelling for strong excitement or eagerness. Enthasiasm, enthusiusm, and enthesiesm are all misspellings. The word comes from Greek 'entheos' meaning 'possessed by a god'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correctly spelt word.

  1. Extreodinary

  2. Extraordinary

  3. Extraodinary

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct spelling is 'Extraordinary' with 'extra' + 'ordinary'. Options A and C incorrectly omit the 'r' after 't', while D is incorrect since there is a valid correct spelling.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correctly spelt word.

  1. Excarsion

  2. Excurson

  3. Exkursion

  4. Excursion
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The correct spelling is 'Excursion' derived from Latin 'excurrere'. Options A, B, and C all contain incorrect letter substitutions or omissions.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correctly spelt word.

  1. Heirtily

  2. Hiartily

  3. Heartily

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The correct spelling is 'Heartily' from the root 'heart' + adverb suffix '-ily'. Options A and B have incorrect vowel substitutions.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correctly spelt word.

  1. Flourish

  2. Florish

  3. Flaurish

  4. Floerish
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The correct spelling is 'Flourish' with 'ou' vowel combination. Options B, C, and D incorrectly substitute vowels or add extra letters.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correctly spelt word.

  1. Gathering

  2. Gethring

  3. Gatharing

  4. Gathuring
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The correct spelling is 'Gathering' with 'th' digraph and '-ing' suffix. The distractors incorrectly modify the vowel or consonant pattern.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correctly spelt word.

  1. Fasinate

  2. Fascinate

  3. Fascenate

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct spelling is 'Fascinate' with 'sc' spelling. Option A incorrectly uses 's' while option C substitutes 'e' for the second 'i'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correctly spelt word.

  1. Indispensable

  2. Indespensable

  3. Indispansable

  4. Indispinsable
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The correct spelling is 'Indispensable' with 'able' suffix. The distractors incorrectly modify the 's', 'a', or 'e' in the middle syllables.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correctly spelt word.

  1. Leutenant

  2. Lieutenant

  3. Liutenant

  4. Lietenant
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct spelling is 'Lieutenant' with 'ie' in the first syllable and 'ea' in the second. The distractors incorrectly modify one or both of these vowel combinations.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correctly spelt word.

  1. Illummenation

  2. Illummination

  3. Illumination

  4. Ilumination
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The correct spelling is 'Illumination' with double 'l' and single 'm'. Options A and B incorrectly double the 'm', while option D omits an 'l'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correctly spelt word.

  1. Laxurious

  2. Luxarious

  3. Luxurious

  4. Luxureous
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The correct spelling is 'Luxurious' from the root 'luxury' + '-ious'. The distractors incorrectly modify the vowel or consonant patterns.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correctly spelt word.

  1. Laniency

  2. Leniency

  3. Leniancy

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct spelling is 'Leniency' with 'en' after 'L' and '-ency' suffix. Options A and C have incorrect vowel patterns.