Spellings Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Feign

  2. Fagis

  3. Faign

  4. Feages

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Feign is the correct spelling meaning to pretend or simulate. The 'ei' combination makes the 'ay' sound. It's a concise word often used in phrases like "feign ignorance" or "feign illness."

Multiple choice
  1. Gardener

  2. Graednar

  3. Gerdaner

  4. Greardenar

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

Gardener is the correct spelling for someone who tends a garden. The word uses 'er' suffix (person who does) attached to 'garden'. Note the 'e' after 'gard' before 'n' - it's garden-er, not gard-n-er.

Multiple choice
  1. Embaresment

  2. Embaressment

  3. Embarrassment

  4. Emmbarresment

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

The correct spelling is 'Embarrassment' with two r's and two s's. The root word is 'embarrass' (with double r and double s), and the suffix '-ment' is added directly without changing the spelling. Common misspellings include 'Embaresment' (wrong vowel), 'Embaressment' (missing one r), and 'Emmbarresment' (extra m, wrong vowel). The double consonants are preserved when adding the suffix.

Multiple choice
  1. saccessor

  2. succeser

  3. sukscessor

  4. successor

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Successor is the correct spelling for someone who follows another in an office or position. The other options contain phonetic errors: saccessor drops the 'c', succeser replaces 'c' with 's', and suksessor misplaces the 'k' sound.

Multiple choice
  1. preservation

  2. preservashion

  3. preasrvation

  4. presarveation

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

The correct spelling is 'preservation' with 'e' after 'v' and 'ation' at the end. The word comes from 'preserve' + the suffix '-ation'. Options B, C, and D all contain spelling errors in the middle or end of the word.