Spelling Test Questions and Answers

Q: Find the correctly spelt word:

It is malleable.Two l's, from the Latin malleus, a hammer - a malleable metal can be hammered into shape.

Q: Find the correctly spelt word:

It is mausoleum.Named after the tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

Q: Find the correctly spelt word:

It is quarrelled.British usage doubles a final l before a suffix whatever the stress: travelled, cancelled, quarrelled. American usage writes quarreled.

Q: Find the correctly spelt word:

Meaning: Magistrate means a civil officer who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offences and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.

Q: Find the correctly spelt word:

It is auspicious.From the Latin auspex, one who observed the flight of birds for omens - hence a favourable sign. The i before the -ous is what is usually lost.

Q: Find the correctly spelt word:

It is allegiance.Two l's and -giance. The word comes from the Old French ligeance, the duty of a liege man to his lord.

Q: Find the correctly spelt word:

It is moustache.The British spelling keeps the ou, from the French; Americans write mustache.

Q: Find the correctly spelt word:

Correct answer: ConscientiousThe correct spelling is conscientious, ending -tious rather than -cious. It derives from conscience, and the temptation is to keep the -ce of that word before adding the ending - producing consciencious. English does not: the ce becomes ti, exactly as ambition comes from the same family of Latin forms. It means diligent and guided by conscience, and is not to be confused with conscious, meaning aware, which is a different word with a different ending. The sci in the middle is the other trap, giving the sound sh from letters that suggest nothing of the kind. The same combination appears in conscience, conscious, omniscient and prescient.

Q: Find the correctly spelt word:

It is mysterious.Built on mystery, from the Greek mysterion. The y comes first and the e second.

Q: Find the correctly spelt word:

It is aerodrome.From the Greek aer, air, and dromos, a running course - the same ending as hippodrome. One d, one m, and no doubled letters at all.

161.

Find the correctly spelt word:

A.Maleable
B.Malleablle
C.Malleable
D.Mallaeble

Answer: C

It is malleable.

Two l's, from the Latin malleus, a hammer - a malleable metal can be hammered into shape.

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162.

Find the correctly spelt word:

A.Mauseleum
B.Moausoleum
C.Mausoleum
D.Maousoleum

Answer: C

It is mausoleum.

Named after the tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

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163.

Find the correctly spelt word:

A.Quaerrelled
B.Quarrelled
C.Quarreled
D.Quarelled

Answer: C

It is quarrelled.

British usage doubles a final l before a suffix whatever the stress: travelled, cancelled, quarrelled. American usage writes quarreled.

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164.

Find the correctly spelt word:

A.Maegistrate
B.Magistrate
C.Magestrate
D.Magisttrate

Answer: B

Meaning: Magistrate means a civil officer who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offences and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.

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165.

Find the correctly spelt word:

A.Auspicioous
B.Auspicious
C.Aauspicious
D.Auspecious

Answer: B

It is auspicious.

From the Latin auspex, one who observed the flight of birds for omens - hence a favourable sign. The i before the -ous is what is usually lost.

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166.

Find the correctly spelt word:

A.Aligiance
B.Allegiance
C.Alegiance
D.Aligeance

Answer: B

It is allegiance.

Two l's and -giance. The word comes from the Old French ligeance, the duty of a liege man to his lord.

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167.

Find the correctly spelt word:

A.Moustach
B.Moustcahe
C.Moustache
D.Muostache

Answer: C

It is moustache.

The British spelling keeps the ou, from the French; Americans write mustache.

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168.

Find the correctly spelt word:

A.Conscientious
B.Consciencious
C.Conscientous
D.Consientious

Answer: A

Correct answer: Conscientious

The correct spelling is conscientious, ending -tious rather than -cious. It derives from conscience, and the temptation is to keep the -ce of that word before adding the ending - producing consciencious. English does not: the ce becomes ti, exactly as ambition comes from the same family of Latin forms. It means diligent and guided by conscience, and is not to be confused with conscious, meaning aware, which is a different word with a different ending. The sci in the middle is the other trap, giving the sound sh from letters that suggest nothing of the kind. The same combination appears in conscience, conscious, omniscient and prescient.