Spelling and Word Swap Quiz: Misspelt Words Practice
10 questions on correctly spelt words, misspelt words and word swap, set the way SSC and bank exams ask them, with spelling rules explained.
Spelling and Word Swap Quiz: Misspelt Words Practice
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Answers to the starter quiz
Spoilers! These are the Starter quiz’s answers. Easy, Medium, Hard and Mixed rounds show their own answers when you finish.
Select the correctly spelt word.
- Accomodate
- Acommodate
- Accommodate
- Acomodate
Answer: Accommodate. Accommodate has a double c and a double m — it has room for two of each.
Select the misspelt word.
- Embarrass
- Harrass
- Millennium
- Occurrence
Answer: Harrass. Harass has one r and a double s. Its look-alike embarrass has a double r and a double s.
Select the correctly spelt word.
- Concientious
- Consciencious
- Conscentious
- Conscientious
Answer: Conscientious. Conscientious is built on conscience: drop the final e of conscience and add -tious (c-o-n-s-c-i-e-n-t-i-o-u-s).
Select the misspelt word.
- Questionaire
- Privilege
- Liaison
- Surveillance
Answer: Questionaire. Questionnaire has a double n, from the French 'questionner'.
Select the correctly spelt word.
- Enterpreneur
- Entreprenuer
- Entrepreneur
- Entrepeneur
Answer: Entrepreneur. Entrepreneur splits as entre + pre + neur; the ending is -eur, as in amateur and connoisseur.
Select the misspelt word.
- Maintenance
- Acquaintance
- Bureaucracy
- Pronounciation
Answer: Pronounciation. The verb is pronounce, but the noun drops the o: pronunciation (pro-nun-ci-a-tion).
Select the correctly spelt word.
- Rhythm
- Rythm
- Rhythem
- Rhytm
Answer: Rhythm. Rhythm has no a, e, i, o or u: r-h-y-t-h-m. Hook: Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move.
Which two words must be interchanged to make the sentence meaningful? 'The bridge walked slowly across the old farmer.'
- bridge — farmer
- walked — across
- slowly — old
- bridge — walked
Answer: bridge — farmer. A bridge cannot walk. Swapping the two nouns gives 'The farmer walked slowly across the old bridge.'
Which two words must be interchanged to make the sentence meaningful? 'She poured the cup into the tea and added some sugar.'
- poured — added
- cup — tea
- the — some
- tea — sugar
Answer: cup — tea. Tea is poured into a cup, not the other way round: 'She poured the tea into the cup and added some sugar.'
Select the misspelt word.
- Lieutenant
- Itinerary
- Connoisseur
- Mischievious
Answer: Mischievious. Mischievous has three syllables (mis-chie-vous) and no i after the v; 'mischievious' is a common misspelling.
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