STANDARD ENGLISH SPELLING
Question 1: Which of the following words is misspelled?
A) Accommodate
B) Seperate
C) Definitely
D) Occasionally
Question 2: Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence:
"I wanted to _____ the book to my collection."
A) Ad
B) Add
C) Aide
D) Aid
Question 3: Which word is a homograph?
A) Their
B) Lead
C) They're
D) There
Question 4: What is the correct spelling for a break in one's work or
duties?
A) Respit
B) Respite
C) Respete
D) Respat
Question 5: Identify the correctly spelled word:
A) Rhythem
B) Rhythim
C) Rythm
D) Rhythm 

Question 6: Which pair are homophones?
A) Road, Rode
B) Write, Right
C) Seam, Seem
D) All of the above

 

Question 7: The rule "i before e except after c" applies to which word?
A) Deceive
B) Believe
C) Neighbor
D) Weird  

Answer: A) Deceive

• The rule “i before e except after c” applies here: c + e + i → "cei" in deceive.

• Believe → “ie” but not after “c” (still correct, but not the “after c” case).

• Neighbor → “eigh” (doesn’t follow the rule).

• Weird → “ei” but not after c (an exception to the rule).

   

   Which words is not homograph? 

  1. Bow 
  2. close 
  3. Two 
  4. Tear  

  • Bow → can mean a weapon for shooting arrows (bow /boʊ/) or to bend forward (bow /baʊ/). → Homograph

  • Close → can mean to shut something (close /kloʊz/) or nearby (close /kloʊs/). → Homograph

  • Two → always means the number 2. It does not have another meaning with the same spelling. → NOT a homograph ✅

  • Tear → can mean rip (tɛr) or a drop from the eye (tɪr). → Homograph

  C) Two.

   Question 9: Which word is spelled correctly for a "small piece or
  amount of something"?
  A) Morcel
  B) Morsell
  C) Morsel
  D) Morecel

   Morsel - a small piece or amount of food or  something.

   

  Question 11: Identify the correct homophones to complete the
  sentence:

   "The surgeon had a steady ____ as she performed the ____."

  
  A) Hand, banned
  B) Hand, band
  C) Hanned, band
  D) Hand, bend 

   

  Question 12: Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
  A) Accomodate
  B) Accommodate
  C) Acommodate
  D) Acomodate 

  Question 13: Which of the following words is a homograph?
  A) Wind
  B) Their
  C) They're
  D) Weather

  Explanation:

• Wind → can mean moving air (wind, rhymes with “find”) or to twist/turn (wind, rhymes with “pinned”). Same spelling, different meanings/pronunciations → homograph.

• Their → only means belonging to them (not a homograph, it’s a homophone).

• They’re → contraction of they are (homophone, not a homograph).

• Weather → only means the state of the atmosphere (homophone with whether, not a homograph).

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  A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and spelling.

  👉 In simple words: same sound, different meaning (and sometimes different spelling).

  Examples of homophones:

• two, too, to → (number 2, also, direction)

• flower, flour → (a plant, powder used for baking)

  Question 14: Identify the misspelled word in the following sentence:
  "The beleif in justice is fundamentally essential."
  A) Beleif
  B) Justice
  C) Fundamentally
  D) Essential 

• sea, see → (ocean, to look at)

• right, write → (correct/direction, to form letters)

✅ So if two words sound alike but mean different things, they are homophones

 

Question 15: Which of the following pairs are homophones?
A) Sea, See
B) Hole, Whole
C) Stare, Stair
D) All of the above  

Answer: D) All of the above

• Sea / See → sound the same, mean ocean vs. to look.

• Hole / Whole → sound the same, mean an opening vs. entire.

• Stare / Stair → sound the same, mean to look fixedly vs. a step.

Since all three are homophones, the correct choice is D) All of the above.

Question 16: Which word correctly fills in the blank: "She had a _____
for creating beautiful artwork."
A) Flair
B) Flare
C) Flaire
D) Flerr 

Correct! ✅

Answer: A) Flair

• Flair = a natural talent or ability (fits the sentence).

• Flare = a sudden burst of light or flame.

• Flaire ❌ (misspelling).

• Flerr ❌ (not a real word).

   

  Question 17: Identify the correctly spelled word that means "a small
  sheltered bay."
  A) Coave
  B) Cove
  C) Cuve
  D) Coeuv 

  Cove = a small sheltered bay, often along the coast. 

  Question 18: Which of the following words is NOT a homograph?
  A) Tear
  B) Wound
  C) Lead
  D) Quick 

   

  D) Quick ✅

  Here’s why:

• Tear → can mean rip (tehr) or a drop from the eye (teer). → homograph

• Wound → can mean an injury (woond) or the past tense of wind (wound, rhymes with hound). → homograph

• Lead → can mean to guide (leed) or a heavy metal (led). → homograph

• Quick → only has one common meaning (fast, rapid). Not a homograph.

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   Question 19: Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
  A) Gaurantee
  B) Guarrentee
  C) Guarantee
  D) Guarentee

   

  Question 20: Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
  A) Receive
  B) Deceive
  C) Perceive
  D) Recieve 

  Question 21: Select the word that correctly completes the sentence:
  "He could not _____ the difference between the two paintings."
  A) Discern
  B) Dissern
  C) Disern
  D) Dicern 

  You are correct ✅

  Answer: A) Discern

• Discern = to recognize or perceive something clearly.

• Dissern, Disern, Dicern ❌ → all misspellings.

   Question 22: Which of the following pairs of words are homographs?
  A) Sewer (drainage), Sewer (person who sews)
  B) Bear (animal), Bare (naked)
  C) Read (peruse), Reed (plant)
  D) None of the above 

  A) Sewer (drainage), Sewer (person who sews) ✅

  Explanation:

• Sewer (drainage system) and Sewer (one who sews) → spelled the same but have different meanings (and different pronunciations). → Homographs.

• Bear / Bare → sound alike but spelled differently → Homophones, not homographs.

• Read / Reed → sound alike but spelled differently → Homophones, not homographs.

• So the only true homograph pair is A

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   Question 6: Which pair are homophones?
  A) Road, Rode
  B) Write, Right
  C) Seam, Seem
  D) All of the above 

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  Question 21: Select the word that correctly completes the sentence:

  "He could not _____ the difference between the two paintings."

  A) Discern

  B) Dissern

  C) Disern

  D) Dicern

  Definition :  ( verb ) reconize, notice or understanding clearly , often something not obvious.

  👉 Discern means to recognize, notice, or tell the difference between things.

  "He could not discern the difference between the two paintings."

  Question 22: Which of the following pairs of words are homographs?

  A) Sewer (drainage), Sewer (person who sews)

  B) Bear (animal), Bare (naked)

  C) Read (peruse), Reed (plant)

  D) None of the above