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Quiz topic: Commonly misspelled words

1. When my father went to school, the boys and girls were taught in __________ classes.

a) seperate
b) separate
c) separete
d) seperete

2. What are the ____________qualifications for the job?

a) necesary
b) neccesary
c) neccessary
d) necessary

3. Most students choose to live in student _____________ in the first year of their
studies as it is convenient and affordable.

a) accommodation
b) acomodation
c) accomodation
d) acommodation

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4. Bad news Im afraid there has been a ____________ drop in sales since the same
period last year.

a) definate
b) definite
c) definete
d) defenite

5. Which of the following words is spelt correctly? (look at the use of e.)

a) changeable
b) hopeing
c) argueable
d) haveing

6. Its important that students studying at university learn to work _____________.

a) independantly
b) independintly
c) independently
d) independentely

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Quiz topic: Commonly misspelled words (the answers)

1. When my father went to school, the boys and girls were taught in __________ classes.

a) seperate
b) separate
c) separete
d) seperete

a) This is not the correct spelling check your spelling of the middle syllable
b) This is the correct spelling
c) This is not the correct spelling - check your spelling of the final syllable
d) This is not the correct spelling - check your spelling of the middle and final syllable

2. What are the ____________qualifications for the job?

a) necesary
b) neccesary
c) neccessary
d) necessary

a) This is not the correct spelling you need more Ss

b) This is not the correct spelling there are too many Cs
c) This is not the correct spelling there are too many Cs
d) This is the correct spelling

3. Most students choose to live in student _____________ in the first year of their
studies as it is convenient and affordable.

a) accommodation
b) acomodation
c) accomodation
d) acommodation

a) This is the correct spelling

b) This is not the correct spelling you need more Cs and Ms
c) This is not the correct spelling you need more Ms
d) This is not the correct spelling you need more Cs

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4. Bad news Im afraid there has been a ____________ drop in sales since the same
period last year.

a) definate
b) definite
c) definete
d) defenite

a) This is not the correct spelling look again at the final syllable
b) This is correct spelling
c) This is not the correct spelling - look again at the final syllable
d) This is not the correct spelling - look again at the middle syllable

5. Which of the following words is spelt correctly? (look at the use of e.)

a) changeable
b) hopeing
c) argueable
d) haveing

a) This is the correct spelling

b) This word should not have an e in the middle. Which word is correct?
c) This word should not have an e in the middle. Which word is correct?
d) This word should not have an e in the middle. Which word is correct?

6. Its important that students studying at university learn to work _____________.

a) independantly
b) independintly
c) independently
d) independentely

a) This is not the correct spelling check the final vowel in the word
b) This is not the correct spelling check the final vowel in the word
c) This is the correct spelling
d) This is not the correct spelling there are too many Es

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