Deck 40: Spelling

Question 1

Why should you want to improve your spelling?

A) Spelling errors can make the reader doubt your writing abilities.
B) You might not always have access to a spell-checker.
C) Spell-checkers don't always catch all spelling errors.
D) All of the above are reasons why spelling skills are important.

Answer 1

All of the above are reasons why spelling skills are important.

Question 2

How can you become a better speller?

A) Watch several hours of quality television, especially PBS programming.
B) Use a dictionary when you run across words you don't know.
C) Start a personal spelling list.
D) Both (b) and (c) are good ideas.

Answer 2

Both (b) and (c) are good ideas.

Question 3

Which one of the following sentences contains a spelling error?

A) The ancient ruins were fascinating to study.
B) Monarch butterflies are very beautaful.
C) The graph will illustrate the company's growth over the last two years.
D) Mathematics is one of my favorite subjects.

Answer 3

Monarch butterflies are very beautaful.

Question 4

Which one of the following sentences contains a spelling error?

A) Jennifer stole the restaurant's recipe for lasagna.
B) The original painting is in a museum.
C) Maturity is a continious process.
D) We can always start over tomorrow.

Question 5

Which one of the following sentences contains a spelling error?

A) The Olympic gods were believed to be imortal.
B) The scissors are too dull to cut paper.
C) Your curiosity is going to get you in trouble some day.
D) Debbie's birthday is in February.

Question 6

Which one of the following sentences contains a spelling error?

A) The consensus was that she was guilty.
B) They are fortunate to have survived the accident.
C) The ache in your knee is cause for concern.
D) Would you vacumm the carpet, please?

Question 7

Complete the following sentence with the correctly spelled word.
Children gradually gain _______________ from their parents

A) indepandence
B) independance
C) independence
D) indipendence

Question 8

Complete the following sentence with the correctly spelled word.
Please don't _______________ while I'm talking.

A) interrupt
B) interupt
C) enterrupt
D) interept

Question 9

Complete the following sentence with the correctly spelled word.
Clara's _______________ is in the shop.

A) bycicle
B) bycycle
C) bicycle
D) bicicle

Question 10

Complete the following sentence with the correctly spelled word.
Joseph may act a little _______________ at times, but he's really very nice.

A) weird
B) wierd
C) werd
D) wered

Question 11

Why is spelling so important in writing?

Question 12

What are two ways you could improve your own spelling skills?

Question 13

Write a complete sentence using the following words: catastrophe, exaggerate

Question 14

Write a complete sentence using the following words: lightning, peculiar

Question 15

Write a complete sentence using the following words: impossible, yield

Question 16

Underline and correct the spelling errors in the following paragraph

-Jake's girlfriend Marina had to leave town for a conferance last month, Jake siezed the oportunity. Jake wanted to suprise Marina by asking her to marry him. So he called all her girlfriends and asked them to help him turn his backyard into an intimate setting for two. Everyone knew the project was going to be a challange since Jake's backyard was full of machenery from old cars that Jake liked to work on. The first thing the girls did was to talk Jake into purchasing a storage shed to store all his equipmant and parts. Once the yard was clear, Jake and the girls began to construct an exotic garden. They planted beuatiful flowers along the fence and put up a kozy tent in the middle of the yard. They also hung lanterns around the tent and set up a romantic table. On the big day, Jake asked Marina over for dinner. She was speechless when she saw all the work Jake had gone through to impress her, but she was exspecially speechless when Jake took out a magnifcent diamond ring and asked her to marry him. Thankfully she hadn't lost her voice for long. Soon she was in his arms crying, "Yes, I'll marry you!"