English Spelling Test (U.S. Version) 2018

1. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Pageant
2. Poignant
3. Plummage
4. Priggish

2. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Persue
2. Parsue
3. Persou
4. Pursue

3. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The judge granted the reluctant witness complete ____________ from prosecution for his part in the crime.
Answers:

1. amnesty
2. amnasty
3. anmesty
4. emnesty

4. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Vacuum
2. Vaccuum
3. Vacumm
4. Vaccum

5. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Arthur spent hours admiring the gothic ____________of all those French cathedrals.
Answers:

1. architecture
2. arkhitecture
3. arcitecture
4. arckitecture

6. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Forfiet
2. Forfeit
3. Forefeit
4. Fourfit

7. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The waitress brought me a plate of squid even though I _____________ asked for clams.
Answers:

1. specificaly
2. specifically
3. specifycally
4. specificly

8. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Posess
2. Poesess
3. Possess
4. Pozess

9. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Idiosyncracy
2. Idiosincrasy
3. Idiosyncrasy
4. Ideosyncracy

10. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Manoeuvar
2. Manouver
3. Maneuver
4. Manuver

11. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:

1. CouncelorM
2. Condescend
3. Camouflage
4. Criticize

12. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Sam _________ a successful political campaign.
Answers:

1. orchestraited
2. orchestrated
3. orchestreated
4. orcestrated

13. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Rhythmical
2. Reminiscence
3. Rheumatism
4. Resevoir

14. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Reminiscience
2. Reminiscence
3. Reminescence
4. Reminisense

15. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Yacht
2. Youthful
3. Yeilding
4. Yesterday

16. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Wierd
2. Wired
3. Whined
4. Willful

17. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Embarassment
2. Embrassement
3. Embarrasment
4. Embarrassment

18. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
He __________ a summer house, an exercise bike, and a hamster in the divorce settlement.
Answers:

1. accquired
2. ecquired
3. acquired
4. akquired

19. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Cachet
2. Connoisseur
3. Charateristic
4. Catastrophe

20. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Adress
2. Addrress
3. Addres
4. Address

21. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Temperamental
2. Tempermental
3. Temperamentle
4. Temparamental

22. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Accomodate
2. Analyze
3. Acknowledgment
4. Asterisk

23. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Heinous
2. Henous
3. Heinus

24. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The protesters hurled ___________ insults at us as we walked by.
Answers:

1. vicous
2. vicious
3. vicoius
4. vicius

25. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Gauge
2. Gaje
3. Guage
4. Gaige

26. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Their relationship was plagued by __________ problems.
Answers:

1. perpetual
2. perpechual
3. purpetual
4. perptual

27. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Excesive
2. Exccesive
3. Excessive
4. Exceesive

28. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Priveledge
2. Privilage
3. Privilege
4. Privelege

29. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The purpose of your report should be to ___________ the most relevant facts, not to obscure them.
Answers:

1. illumenate
2. iluminate
3. illuminate
4. elluminate

30. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

On the ____________ day of Christmas, Lucy was annoyed to find her yard full of noisy drummers drumming.
Answers:

1. twelvth
2. twelfth
3. twelfeth
4. twelth

31. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Exhilirate
2. Exhilarate
3. Exhilireat
4. Exhilrate

32. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Bureaucrasy
2. Buroucracy
3. Bureaucracy
4. Beuraucracy

33. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Hazel Dormouse is a _________ creature.
Answers:

1. nocternal
2. nocturnal
3. noctarnal
4. nacturnal

34. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The church members accused the cult of _______________ practices.
Answers:

1. sacreligious
2. sacrelegious
3. sacrilegious
4. sacrilgious

35. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Hemorrhage
2. Harass
3. Hankerchief
4. Hypocrisy

36. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Sophomore
2. Supersede
3. Susceptable
4. Spontaneous

37. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Conscentiuos
2. Consentious
3. Conscientous
4. Conscientious

38. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Enhancement
2. Elicit
3. Enegma
4. Ecstasy

39. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
No one knew what devious experiments the scientist conducted in his ______________ .
Answers:

1. labretory
2. laboratary
3. laboratory
4. labratory

40. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Emma has always been fascinated by the way the mind works, so she’s decided to get a degree in __________.
Answers:

1. pshycology
2. psycology
3. psyhcology
4. psychology

41. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Helen was surprised by the __________ stature of her blind date.
Answers:

1. diminutive
2. diminuative
3. deminutive
4. dimminutive

42. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Peter always makes such a _____________ of himself!
Answers:

1. nuisance
2. nuisents
3. newsanse
4. nuisince

43. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Mrs. Baker took her ______________ class on a field trip to the zoo.
Answers:

1. kindergarden
2. kindegarten
3. kindergarten
4. kindegarden

44. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The crowd ________________ me on my acceptance into Mensa.
Answers:

1. congradulated
2. congrachulated
3. congratulated
4. congratilated

45. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The annual _____________ was ruined when a family of bears stole all the hotdogs.
Answers:

1. barbecue
2. barbequeue
3. barbycue
4. barbcue

46. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Sally’s nervous __________ left her standing at the altar.
Answers:

1. fiancé
2. finance
3. feancé
4. fience

47. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Clara the cat simply chose to ignore the ______________ of our dog.
Answers:

1. existence
2. existance
3. existense
4. existanse

48. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
My father does not believe in ____________ , but my mother does.
Answers:

1. reincanation
2. reincarenation
3. reincarnation
4. reincantation

49. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The savvy dancer acted as a __________ between the detective and the cabaret owner.
Answers:

1. liasion
2. liaison
3. liasone
4. leason

50. Which of the following options means, “the owner or manager of a restaurant”?
Answers:

1. Restaureter
2. Restaurater
3. Restaurateur
4. Restourateur

51. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Be sure to leave your travel __________with the secretary so he’ll know how to reach you while you’re away.
Answers:

1. tenreray
2. itinerary
3. iteneray
4. itinirary

52. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The clown’s performance was _______________, to say the least.
Answers:

1. dissapointing
2. dissappointing
3. disapointing
4. disappointing

53. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
_________animals feed almost exclusively on meat.
Answers:

1. Carnivorus
2. Carnivorous
3. Carnivoures
4. Carnivoreus

54. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
After my grandfather was diagnosed with chronic_________, he moved to Arizona.
Answers:

1. Neumonia
2. Penumonia
3. Pneumonia
4. Pnuemonia

55. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
He wrote __________on every topic from shoestrings to string theory.
Answers:

1. prollifically
2. prolificaly
3. prollificaly
4. prolifically

56. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Let me tie your mittens to your sleeves so you don’t ______________ them.
Answers:

1. loose
2. looze
3. lose
4. louse

57. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Many would-be travelers were _____________ by the price of gas last summer.
Answers:

1. flabergasted
2. flabberghasted
3. flabbergasted
4. flabbergashted

58. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The professor made it clear that ___________ would not be tolerated.
Answers:

1. plagiarism
2. plagiarizm
3. plagerism
4. plagirism

59.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The annual _____________ was ruined when a family of bears stole all the hotdogs.
Or (The annual _____________ was ruined when a family of bears stole all the sausages.)
Answers:

1. barbecue
2. barbequeue
3. barbycue
4. barbcue

60.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Sally’s nervous __________ left her standing at the altar.
Answers:

1. fiancé (fiance)
2. finance
3. feancé
4. fience

61.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Clara the cat simply chose to ignore the ______________ of our dog.
Answers:

1. existence
2. existance
3. existense
4. existanse

62. Which of the following options means, “the owner or manager of a restaurant”?.

Answers:

1. Restaureter
2. Restaurater
3. Restaurateur
4. Restourateur

63.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:

1. Pronounciation
2. Pronuciation
3. Pronuncitation
4. Pronunciation

64.Identify the misspelled word in the list below

Answers:

1. Parallel
2. Prevalent
3. Prejudice
4. Perserverance

65.Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:

1. Quixotic
2. Quite
3. Questionaire
4. Quarantine

66.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below

Answers:

1. Goverment
2. Governmant
3. Government
4. Govermant

67.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:

1. Vengeance
2. Vengance
3. Vengents
4. Vengence

68.Choose the correct spelling of the word fie. the options below

Answers:

1. Ligitimate
2. Legitimate
3. Legetimate
4. Legitemate

69.Choose the coned spelling of the won] from the options below

Answers:

1. Unanimus
2. Unanemous
3. Unanimess
4. Unanimous

70.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below

Answers:

1. Referense
2. Refrence
3. Reference
4. Referance

71.Identity the misspelled word in the list below

Answers:

1. Indivisible
2. Irresistable
3. Indispensable
4. Irresponsible

72.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below
Answers:

1. Efficency
2. Efficentsy
3. Effciensy
4. Efficiency

73.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below

Answers:

1. Neccesary
2. Necessary
3. Neccessary
4. Necesary

74.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:

1. Synonymous
2. Synonymus
3. Synonimous
4. Sinonymus

75.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Many would-be travellers were _____________ by the price of petrol last summer.
Or ( Many would-be travelers were _____________ by the price of gas last summer. )

Answers:

1. flabergasted
2. flabbergasted
3. flabbergasted
4. flabbergashted

76.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Definitly
2. Definately
3. Defenitely
4. Definitely

77.Identify the misspelt word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Enhancement
2. Elicit
3. Enigma
4. Ecstacy

78.Identify the misspelt word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Fluorescent
2. Fullfill
3. Facsimile
4. Fictitious

79.Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Occasion
2. Occurence
3. Overrun
4. Opponent

80.Identify the misspelt word in the list below
Answers:

1. Mischeivous
2. Misanthrope
3. Mussel
4. Malicious

81.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below
Answers:

1. Leiutenant
2. Luietenent
3. Lieutanent
4. Lieutenant

82. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Develop
2. Desciple
3. Dilemma
4. Discipline

83.Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Dexterity
2. Dyeing
3. Dessecrate

84.Identify the misspelled word in the list below
Answers:

1. Pageant
2. Poignant
3. Plummage
4. Priggish

85.Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Councelor
2. Condescend
3. Camouflage
4. Criticize

86.Identify the misspelled word in the list below
Answers:

1. Rhythmical
2. Reminiscence
3. Rheumatism
4. Resevoir

87.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word
No one knew what devious experiments the scientist conducted in his ______________ .
Answers:

1. labretory
2. laboratary
3. laboratory
4. laboratory

88.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Emma has always been fascinated by the way the mind works, so she’s decided to get a degree in __________.

No one knew what devious experiments the scientist conducted in his ______________ .
Answers:

1. pshycology
2. psycology
3. psyhcology
4. psychology

89.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Helen was surprised by the __________ stature of her blind date.

No one knew what devious experiments the scientist conducted in his ______________ .
Answers:

1. diminutive
2. diminuative
3. deminutive
4. dimminutive

90.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Peter always makes such a _____________ of himself!

Answers:

1. nuisance
2. nuisents
3. newsanse
4. nuisince

91.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Mrs. Baker took her ______________ class on a field trip to the zoo.

Answers:

1. kindergarden
2. kindegarten
3. kindergarten
4. kindegarden

92.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

The crowd ________________ me on my acceptance into Mensa.
Answers:

1. congradulated
2. congrachulated
3. congratulated
4. congratilated

93.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The annual _____________ was ruined when a family of bears stole all the hotdogs.
Or (The annual _____________ was ruined when a family of bears stole all the sausages.)

Answers:

1. barbecue
2. barbequeue
3. barbycue
4. barbcue

96. Which of the following options means, “the owner or manager of a restaurant”?
Or ( Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below. )

Answers:

1. Restaureter
2. Restaurater
3. Restaurateur
4. Restourateur

97. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Be sure to leave your travel __________with the secretary so he’ll know how to reach you while you’re away.

Answers:

1. itenreray
2. itinerary
3. iteneray
4. Itinirary

98. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
After my grandfather was diagnosed with chronic_________, he moved to Arizona.
Or (After my grandfather was diagnosed with chronic_________, he moved to Spain.)
Answers:

1. Neumonia
2. Penumonia
3. Pneumonia
4. Pnuemonia

99.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Let me tie your mittens to your sleeves so you don’t ______________ them.

Answers:

1. loose
2. looze
3. lose
4. louse

100.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Let me tie your mittens to your sleeves so you don’t ______________ them.

Answers:

1. loose
2. looze
3. lose
4. louse

101. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The professor made it clear that ___________ would not be tolerated.

Answers:

1. plagiarism
2. plagiarizm
3. plagerism
4. plagirism

102. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below
Answers:

1. Carribean
2. Caribbean
3. Carribbean
4. Caribeen

103. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below
Answers:

1. Quixotic
2. Quite
3. Questionaire
4. Quarantine

104. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below
Answers:

1. Ligitimate
2. Legitimate
3. Legetimate
4. Legitemate

105.Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:

1. Managable
2. Millennium
3. Minuscule
4. Miscellaneous

106.Identify the misspelled word in the list below
Answers:

1. Stationery
2. Statutory
3. Sincerely
4. Sanctuery

107.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below
Answers:

1. Efficency
2. Efficentsy
3. Effciensy
4. Efficiency

108.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below
Answers:

1. Neccesary
2. Necessary
3. Neccessary
4. Necesary

109.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Synonymous
2. Synonymus
3. Synonimous
4. Sinonymus

110.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Many would-be travellers were _____________ by the price of petrol last summer.
Or ( Many would-be travelers were _____________ by the price of gas last summer. )

Answers:

1. flabergasted
2. flabberghasted
3. flabbergasted
4. flabbergashted

111.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Definitly
2. Definately
3. Defenitely
4. Definitely

112.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The judge granted the reluctant witness complete ____________ from prosecution for his part in the crime.

Answers:

1. amnesty
2. amnasty
3. anmesty
4. emnesty

113.Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Sam _________ a successful political campaign.

Answers:

1. orchestraited
2. orchestrated
3. orchestreated
4. orcestrated

114.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:

1. Temperamental
2. Tempermental
3. Temperamentle
4. Temparamental