Spellings Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Suspician

  2. Suspicion

  3. Suspiciean

  4. Suspitian

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

Suspicion is the correct spelling with ci after the u, not ce or cie or tia. Option B is correct. This noun comes from suspect. The pattern is changing ct to c, like predict to prediction. Options A, C, D all incorrectly spell the ending.

Multiple choice
  1. Inalienable

  2. Inalianable

  3. Inlienable

  4. Inlianeable

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

Inalienable is correctly spelled in Option A. The prefix is in- not in-, followed by alien with able. Option B uses only one l, C changes the first vowel, and D makes both errors. This means cannot be taken away or transferred.

Multiple choice
  1. Voluntary

  2. Voluntory

  3. Volantory

  4. Volentery

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

Voluntary is correctly spelled in Option A. The root is volunteer, with y replacing ee. Options B and C incorrectly use o instead of u, and D changes multiple vowels. Remember the Latin root voluntaris meaning willing or acting by choice.

Multiple choice
  1. Ignorence

  2. Ignorance

  3. Ignoranse

  4. Ignorense

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

The correct spelling is 'Ignorance' with 'i-g-n-o-r-a-n-c-e'. The middle syllable uses 'ora' not 'ore' or 'are'. The base word 'ignore' changes to 'ignorance' by dropping the final 'e' before adding '-ance'. Option B is correct.