Sample Spelling Questions

   
 

Sample spelling questions where you have to identify incorrectly spelt words are common in all levels of verbal ability tests. The test designer needs to choose commonly misspelled words which are in regular use, as it would be unfair to use obscure words which only a small percentage of candidates could be expected to know. This means that the test designer has a relatively restricted list of words to choose from and you will find that the same words tend to appear in many different suppliers tests.

Sample Spelling Questions

Sample Spelling Questions

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missile

misile

missille

misille

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

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undoubtedley

undoubtedlly

undoutedly

undoubtedly

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

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severly

severeley

severely

severley

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

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permisible

permissible

permissable

permisable

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

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occasionially

occasionally

occationally

occasionaly

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

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guarentee

garuantee

guarantee

garanttee

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

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easiley

easely

easaly

easily

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

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committee

comittee

commitee

comitee

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

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amater

amateur

amatueur

amatuer

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

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waether

whaether

wether

weather

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

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likely

likley

likelly

likeley

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

12)

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impliment

implament

implement

implemment

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

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cemetery

cemetary

cemmetery

cemettery

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

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miselaneous

misellaneous

miscelaneous

miscellaneous

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

15)

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suficient

sufficient

suffisient

sufficeint

    

 

 

 

 

 

    
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recieve

recceive

receive

resieve

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

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opportunity

opporttunity

oportunity

opportunety

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

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necessety

neccessity

necessity

necesety

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

19)

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collectible

collectabel

collecteble

colectable

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

20)

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defendent

defendant

deffendant

deffendent

    

 

 

 

 

 

    

Answers to sample spelling questions.

Please note that many test suppliers frame their spelling questions in a different way to those in this practice test. For example:

Choose the pair of words that best completes the sentence.

The  -------- of the timetable caused some ----------.

A) rivision              B) revision                  C) revission                 D) revition
A) inconvenience    B) inconvenince           C) inconveneince          D)inconvenience 

However, what is being tested here is your ability to spell these words correctly rather than anything else. Improving your performance on these spelling questions is straightforward. The free tests below contain the 300 most commonly used words for this type of test.

Work through these test papers methodically and make a note of the ones you get wrong. This will give you a list of words that you need to learn to spell correctly.

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