ENGLISH SPELLING TEST (U.S. VERSION)
1. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
1. Pageant
2. Poignant
3. Plummage
4. Priggish
2. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1. Persue
2. Parsue
3. Persou
4. Pursue
3. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
The judge granted the reluctant witness complete ____________
from prosecution for his part in the crime.
Answers:
1. amnesty
2. amnasty
3. anmesty
4. emnesty
4. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1. Vacuum
2. Vaccuum
3. Vacumm
4. Vaccum
5. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
Arthur spent hours admiring the gothic ____________of all those
French cathedrals.
Answers:
1. architecture
2. arkhitecture
3. arcitecture
4. arckitecture
6. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1. Forfiet
2. Forfeit
3. Forefeit
4. Fourfit
7. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
The waitress brought me a plate of squid even though I
_____________ asked for clams.
Answers:
1. specificaly
2. specifically
3. specifycally
4. specificly
8. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1. Posess
2. Poesess
3. Possess
4. Pozess
9. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1. Idiosyncracy
2. Idiosincrasy
3. Idiosyncrasy
4. Ideosyncracy
10. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1.
Manoeuvar
2.
Manouver
3.
Maneuver
4.
Manuver
11. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
1. CouncelorM
2. Condescend
3. Camouflage
4. Criticize
12. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
Sam _________ a successful political campaign.
Answers:
1. orchestraited
2. orchestrated
3. orchestreated
4. orcestrated
13. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
1. Rhythmical
2. Reminiscence
3. Rheumatism
4. Resevoir
14. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1. Reminiscience
2. Reminiscence
3. Reminescence
4. Reminisense
15. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
1. Yacht
2. Youthful
3. Yeilding
4. Yesterday
16. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
1. Wierd
2. Wired
3. Whined
4. Willful
17. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
1. Embarassment
2. Embrassement
3. Embarrasment
4. Embarrassment
18. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
He __________ a summer house, an exercise bike, and a hamster in
the divorce settlement.
Answers:
1.
accquired
2.
ecquired
3.
acquired
4.
akquired
19. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
1. Cachet
2. Connoisseur
3. Charateristic
4. Catastrophe
20. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1.
Adress
2.
Addrress
3.
Addres
4.
Address
21. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1.
Temperamental
2.
Tempermental
3.
Temperamentle
4.
Temparamental
22. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
1.
Accomodate
2.
Analyze
3.
Acknowledgment
4.
Asterisk
23. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1.
Heinous
2.
Henous
3.
Heinus
24. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
The protesters hurled ___________ insults at us as we walked by.
Answers:
1. vicous
2. vicious
3. vicoius
4. vicius
25. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1. Gauge
2. Gaje
3. Guage
4. Gaige
26. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
Their relationship was plagued by __________ problems.
Answers:
1.
perpetual
2.
perpechual
3.
purpetual
4.
perptual
27. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1.
Excesive
2.
Exccesive
3.
Excessive
4.
Exceesive
28. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1. Priveledge
2. Privilage
3. Privilege
4. Privelege
29. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
The purpose of your report should be to ___________ the most
relevant facts, not to obscure them.
Answers:
1. illumenate
2. iluminate
3. illuminate
4. elluminate
30. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
On the ____________ day of Christmas, Lucy was annoyed to find
her yard full of noisy drummers drumming.
Answers:
1. twelvth
2. twelfth
3. twelfeth
4. twelth
31. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1. Exhilirate
2. Exhilarate
3. Exhilireat
4. Exhilrate
32. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1. Bureaucrasy
2. Buroucracy
3. Bureaucracy
4. Beuraucracy
33. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
Hazel Dormouse is a _________ creature.
Answers:
1.
nocternal
2.
nocturnal
3.
noctarnal
4.
nacturnal
34. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
The church members accused the cult of _______________
practices.
Answers:
1.
sacreligious
2.
sacrelegious
3.
sacrilegious
4.
sacrilgious
35. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
1.
Hemorrhage
2.
Harass
3.
Hankerchief
4.
Hypocrisy
36. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
1. Sophomore
2. Supersede
3. Susceptable
4. Spontaneous
37. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options
below.
Answers:
1. Conscentiuos
2. Consentious
3. Conscientous
4. Conscientious
38. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
1. Enhancement
2. Elicit
3. Enegma
4. Ecstasy
39. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
No one knew what devious experiments the scientist conducted in
his ______________ .
Answers:
1. labretory
2. laboratary
3. laboratory
4. labratory
40. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
Emma has always been fascinated by the way the mind works, so
she’s decided to get a degree in __________.
Answers:
1.
pshycology
2.
psycology
3.
psyhcology
4.
psychology
41. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
Helen was surprised by the __________ stature of her blind date.
Answers:
1.
diminutive
2.
diminuative
3.
deminutive
4.
dimminutive
42. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
Peter always makes such a _____________ of himself!
Answers:
1.
nuisance
2.
nuisents
3.
newsanse
4.
nuisince
43. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
Mrs. Baker took her ______________ class on a field trip to the
zoo.
Answers:
1. kindergarden
2. kindegarten
3. kindergarten
4. kindegarden
44. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
The crowd ________________ me on my acceptance into Mensa.
Answers:
1.
congradulated
2.
congrachulated
3.
congratulated
4.
congratilated
45. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
The annual _____________ was ruined when a family of bears stole
all the hotdogs .
Answers:
1.
barbecue
2.
barbequeue
3.
barbycue
4.
barbcue
46. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
Sally’s nervous __________ left her standing at the altar.
Answers:
1.
fiancé
2.
finance
3.
feancé
4.
fience
47. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
Clara the cat simply chose to ignore the ______________ of our
dog.
Answers:
1.
existence
2.
existance
3.
existense
4.
existanse
48. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling
of the missing word.
My father does not believe in ____________ , but my mother does.
Answers:
1.
reincanation
2.
reincarenation
3.
reincarnation
4.
reincantation
49. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
The savvy dancer acted as a __________ between the detective and
the cabaret owner.
Answers:
1.
liasion
2.
liaison
3.
liasone
4.
leason
50. Which of the following options means, “the owner or manager
of a restaurant”?
Answers:
1.
Restaureter
2.
Restaurater
3.
Restaurateur
4.
Restourateur
51. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
Be sure to leave your travel __________with the secretary so
he’ll know how to reach you while you’re away.
Answers:
1.
tenreray
2.
itinerary
3.
iteneray
4.
itinirary
52. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
The clown’s performance was _______________, to say the least.
Answers:
1.
dissapointing
2.
dissappointing
3.
disapointing
4.
disappointing
53. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
_________animals feed almost exclusively on meat.
Answers:
1.
Carnivorus
2.
Carnivorous
3.
Carnivoures
4.
Carnivoreus
54. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
After my grandfather was diagnosed with chronic_________, he
moved to Arizona.
Answers:
1.
Neumonia
2.
Penumonia
3.
Pneumonia
4.
Pnuemonia
55. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
He wrote __________on every topic from shoestrings to string
theory.
Answers:
1.
prollifically
2.
prolificaly
3.
prollificaly
4.
prolifically
56. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
Let me tie your mittens to your sleeves so you don’t
______________ them.
Answers:
1.
loose
2.
looze
3.
lose
4.
louse
57. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
Many would-be travelers were _____________ by the price of gas
last summer.
Answers:
1.
flabergasted
2.
flabberghasted
3.
flabbergasted
4.
flabbergashted
58. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct
spelling of the missing word.
The professor made it clear that ___________ would not be
tolerated.
Answers:
1.
plagiarism
2.
plagiarizm
3.
plagerism
