English Language

Spellings

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Spellings Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: In the question below, a sentence, with four words printed in bold type, is given. These are numbered as (1), (2) and (3). One of these four words may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the four words are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (4), i.e. ‘All correct’ as your answer.

His (1) derogatory remark (2) humiliated me, but I kept my (3) cool and didn’t allow my work to be affected by it. (4) All correct

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

  5. 5
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

All the highlighted parts of the sentence are correct. Hence, 5th option is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Direction: In the question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these four words may be either wrongly spelt or Inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the four words are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (5) i.e. ‘All Correct’ as your answer.

The (1) objective of the (2) programme is to (3) intertain the (4) spectators. (5) All correct

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

  5. 5
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Option 3 is the required answer. ' Intertain' is wrongly spelt, it should be 'entertain'.

Multiple choice

Direction: In the question below, a sentence with four words printed in bold is given. These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these four words may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the four words are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (5), i.e. ‘All correct’ as your answer.

The (1) suspected (2) criminals who were (3) accused of snatching ladies’ necklaces were finally booked. (4) All correct (5)

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

  5. 5
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

All the highlighted parts of the sentence are correct. Hence, option 5 is the correct answer.