True or false: English syllable patterns are useful guides, but they do not guarantee every spelling or pronunciation.
5 Spelling and Commonly Confused Words Online Quiz Questions
Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 5 Spelling and Commonly Confused Words, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.
In the word train, which syllable pattern most directly accounts for the spelling of its vowel sound?
- A
Vowel team
- B
Closed syllable
- C
Open syllable
- D
R-controlled syllable
The storm may ___ the schedule. Enter the verb meaning “influence.”
Apply the spelling pattern for adding a vowel-starting suffix to a short, stressed consonant-vowel-consonant word: hop + -ing = .
Which sentence correctly uses to, too, and two?
- A
The two hikers went to the shelter, and I went, too.
- B
The to hikers went too the shelter, and I went, two.
- C
The too hikers went two the shelter, and I went, to.
- D
The two hikers went too the shelter, and I went, to.
Select all the correctly matched prefix-and-base-word combinations and meanings.
- A
re- + write → rewrite (write again)
- B
un- + kind → unkind (not kind)
- C
re- + write → rewrite (not write)
- D
un- + kind → unkind (kind again)
True or false: A spell-checker will reliably catch a correctly spelled word used in the wrong place, such as your instead of you’re.
- A
True
- B
False
Mina agreed to ___ the invitation. Enter the verb meaning “receive” or “agree to.”
Which sentence correctly uses its and it’s?
- A
The dog wagged its tail because it’s excited.
- B
The dog wagged it’s tail because its excited.
- C
The dog wagged its tail because its excited.
- D
The dog wagged it’s tail because it’s excited.
Select all the correctly spelled words formed by adding the suffix shown.
- A
hope + -ing → hoping
- B
happy + -ness → happiness
- C
carry + -ing → carrying
- D
make + -ing → makeing
- E
plan + -ed → planed
Which word correctly completes this instruction? “Finish revising; ___ compare your draft with the original.”
- A
Finish revising; than compare your draft with the original.
- B
Finish revising; then compare your draft with the original.
- C
Finish revising; they’re compare your draft with the original.
- D
Finish revising; their compare your draft with the original.
You are unsure how to spell an unfamiliar long word. Describe a practical process for working out and checking its spelling, including why spelling patterns should not be treated as guarantees.
True or false: English spelling patterns are useful guides, but they do not guarantee that every word follows the pattern.
- A
True
- B
False
Choose the correctly spelled form of hope after adding the vowel-starting suffix -ing.
- A
hopeing
- B
hoping
- C
hopping
- D
hopingg
In the word unkind, what does the prefix un- contribute to the meaning?
- A
kind again
- B
kind before
- C
not kind
- D
kindly
How many syllables are in remember, when divided as re-mem-ber?
Choose the sentence that correctly uses their, there, and they’re.
- A
There leaving they’re bags over their.
- B
They’re leaving their bags over there.
- C
Their leaving there bags over they’re.
- D
They’re leaving there bags over their.
Choose the sentence that correctly uses than and then to compare two boxes and refer to an earlier time.
- A
This box is larger than the one we measured then.
- B
This box is larger then the one we measured than.
- C
This box is larger than the one we measured than.
- D
This box is larger then the one we measured then.
Write the correctly spelled word formed by adding -ing to carry.
Complete the sentence with the contraction that means “you are”: holding your notebook.