In each of the questions below five words are given. Find out that word, the spelling of which is WRONG. The letter of that word is the answer. If all the four words are spelt correctly, the answer is 'E', i.e., "All Correct".
Find the wrongly spelt word. If all four are correctly spelt, choose "All correct".
Answer: C
The misspelt word is maintenance, written here as 'Mentanence'.
It is built on maintain but drops the i of -tain before the ending: main-ten-ance.
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Find the wrongly spelt word. If all four are correctly spelt, choose "All correct".
Answer: D
The misspelt word is tuition, written here as 'Tution'.
From the Latin tueri, to watch over - the same root as tutor. The i before the -tion is what is dropped.
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Find the wrongly spelt word. If all four are correctly spelt, choose "All correct".
Answer: A
The misspelt word is amateur, written here as 'Ameture'.
From the Latin amare, to love - one who does a thing for love. The French ending is -eur, as in entrepreneur and connoisseur.
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Find the wrongly spelt word. If all four are correctly spelt, choose "All correct".
Answer: A
The misspelt word is inflammable, written here as 'Inflamable'.
Two m's, from inflame. Note that inflammable and flammable mean the same thing; the negative is non-flammable.
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Find the wrongly spelt word. If all four are correctly spelt, choose "All correct".
Answer: E
All four are correct.
Geography, history, chemistry and commerce are all correctly spelt.
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Find the wrongly spelt word. If all four are correctly spelt, choose "All correct".
Answer: C
The misspelt word is illicit, written here as 'Ilicit'.
Two l's: the prefix in- assimilates before l, as it does in illegal, illegible and illiterate.
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Find the wrongly spelt word. If all four are correctly spelt, choose "All correct".
Answer: D
The misspelt word is miraculous, written here as 'Mirraculous'.
One r, from the Latin miraculum, a wonder - the same root as mirror and admire.
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Find the wrongly spelt word. If all four are correctly spelt, choose "All correct".
Answer: D
The misspelt word is transferred, written here as 'Transfered'.
The r doubles because transfer is stressed on the last syllable. The same rule gives referred and preferred, while offered and suffered keep one r.
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Find the wrongly spelt word. If all four are correctly spelt, choose "All correct".
Answer: C
The misspelt word is dispute, written here as 'Despute'.
From the Latin dis and putare, to reckon - the prefix is dis-, not des-.
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Find the wrongly spelt word. If all four are correctly spelt, choose "All correct".
Answer: C
The misspelt word is purge, written here as 'Perge'.
From the Latin purgare, to cleanse - the same root as purgatory.
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