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Work towards mastering Spelling Mistakes with this focused set of 20 exercises. Designed for Level A1-B1, the questions test recognition, meaning, and natural use. Earn XP, track your score, and come back until you can get them all right.
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Question 1: A student wrote 'I would of gone to the party.' What is the correct replacement for the underlined error 'would of'? Question 1 options Check answer
'Would have' is correct. The contraction 'would've' sounds like 'would of' in spoken English, causing this very common spelling and grammar mistake in writing. 'Would off' and 'would've of' are also incorrect.
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Question 2: She is ___ happy today. Question 2 options Check answer
'Very' is the correct spelling of this common intensifier. 'Verry' doubles the 'r' incorrectly, 'vary' means to change, and 'verie' is an archaic/incorrect form.
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Question 3: The word 'becuase' is the correct spelling of the conjunction meaning 'for the reason that'. Question 3 options Check answer
False. The correct spelling is 'because'. The letters 'a-u' are often swapped by learners, producing the common misspelling 'becuase'.
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Question 4: Which word is spelled correctly? Question 4 options Check answer
'People' is the correct spelling. 'Pepole', 'peaple', and 'poeple' are all common misspellings caused by confusing the vowel order.
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Question 5: I ___ my homework last night. Question 5 options Check answer
'Received' is the correct spelling, following the rule 'i before e except after c'. 'Recieved' puts the 'i' before the 'e' after 'c', which breaks the rule. 'Receeved' and 'receved' have other vowel errors.
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Question 6: What does 'misspell' mean? Question 6 options Check answer
'Misspell' means to spell a word incorrectly. It contains a double 's' because 'mis-' is a prefix added to 'spell'. It does not mean to read, pronounce, or type a word.
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Question 7: Match each commonly misspelled word to its correct spelling. Question 7 options accomodate
definately
occured
seperate
separate
accommodate
occurred
definitely
Select an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.
Check answer
Accomodate → accommodate (double 'c' and double 'm'), definately → definitely (no 'a' in the middle), occured → occurred (double 'r'), seperate → separate (the middle vowel is 'a', not 'e').
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Question 8: I went to the shop to buy some ___. Question 8 options Check answer
'Vegetables' is the correct spelling. 'Vegitables' changes the second 'e' to 'i', 'vegetabels' swaps the final letters, and 'vegatables' drops the first 'e' after 'v'.
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Question 9: The teacher asked the students to write ___ in their essays. Question 9 options Check answer
'Necessary' is the correct spelling — one 'c' and double 's'. 'Neccessary' adds an extra 'c', 'necessery' changes the final 'a' to 'e', and 'neccesary' doubles the 'c' while dropping an 's'.
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Question 10: They live in a ___ house near the park. Question 10 options Check answer
'Beautiful' is the correct spelling. 'Beatiful' drops the 'u', 'beutiful' drops the 'a', and 'beautifull' incorrectly doubles the final 'l'.
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Question 11: When adding '-ing' to the word 'write', you should drop the final 'e' and spell it 'writing'. Question 11 options Check answer
True. When a word ends in a silent 'e', you drop the 'e' before adding '-ing'. So 'write' becomes 'writing', not 'writeing'.
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Question 12: Which word is closest in meaning to 'typo'? Question 12 options Check answer
'Typo' is short for 'typographical error', meaning a small mistake made when typing or printing. It is not about grammar rules, unclear handwriting, or missing pages.
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Question 13: She used a ___ to check the spelling of difficult words in her essay. Question 13 options Check answer
'Dictionary' is the correct spelling and the tool used to verify spellings. 'Dictionery' and 'dictonary' are common misspellings. 'Thesaurus' is used for synonyms, not spelling checks.
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Question 14: Choose the sentence that uses the correct homophone: 'I can see ___ house from here.' Question 14 options Check answer
'Their' is the possessive pronoun meaning 'belonging to them'. 'There' refers to a place, 'they're' is a contraction of 'they are', and 'thier' is a misspelling.
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Question 15: When we double the wrong consonant in a word, we make a ___ mistake. Question 15 options
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A 'spelling' mistake occurs when letters are incorrectly doubled, added, or omitted. Doubling consonants incorrectly (e.g., 'comming' instead of 'coming') is a classic spelling error.
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Question 16: The student's essay had several ___ that the spellchecker did not catch because the wrong words were still valid English words. Question 16 options Check answer
'Homophones' are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings (e.g., 'their/there/they're'). Spellcheckers miss these because each form is a real word. 'Synonyms' are words with similar meanings, 'prefixes' are word beginnings, and 'vowels' are letter types.
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Question 17: In British English, 'colour' is correct. In American English, the correct spelling is ___. Question 17 options Check answer
'Color' is the standard American English spelling, which drops the 'u' found in British English. 'Colour' is British, 'coler' and 'culler' are incorrect in both varieties.
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Question 18: The plural of 'knife' is ___. Question 18 options Check answer
'Knives' is correct. Words ending in '-fe' typically change the 'f' to 'v' and add '-es' to form the plural. 'Knifes' is a verb form (he knifes), 'knifs' and 'knifves' are incorrect.
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Question 19: Many writers confuse 'affect' and 'effect'. In the sentence 'The rain did not ___ our plans', which is correct? Question 19 options Check answer
'Affect' is the verb meaning 'to influence or have an impact on'. 'Effect' is usually a noun meaning 'a result'. Here a verb is needed after 'did not', so 'affect' is correct. 'Afect' and 'efect' are misspellings.
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Question 20: Put the steps for proofreading spelling in the correct order: Question 20 options Ask someone else to review it ▲ ▼ Write your first draft ▲ ▼ Read the text aloud slowly ▲ ▼ Use a spellchecker tool ▲ ▼ Drag items or use arrows to arrange them in the correct order.
Check answer
Correct order: 1) Write your first draft → 2) Use a spellchecker tool → 3) Read the text aloud slowly → 4) Ask someone else to review it. Proofreading works best when you move from automated checks to careful manual review.
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