Bee a Good Speller
Can you spell? I dare you to prove it! Take this pretest to see how well you spell.
In each of the following groups of words, only one of the words is misspelled. For each group, select the misspelled word and spell it correctly. Write your answer in the space provided.
___________ 1. arguering knives shepherd thousandth
___________ 2. baggy unreleived canine vengeful
___________ 3. contagious obituary lonliness cadence
___________ 4. millinery sacrafice caramel burglarize
___________ 5. publicity promontory sieze patriarch
___________ 6. bridle loosely breakage symtom
___________ 7. civillian primeval apologetic truancy
___________ 8. uncanny statuesque ajournment aisle
___________ 9. trigonometry exhaust Artic visualize
___________ 10. bewitches satchel vegetable obstinite
Answers
1. arguing 6. symptom
2. unrelieved 7. civilian
3. loneliness 8. adjournment
4. sacrifice 9. Arctic
5. seize 10. obstinate
Score Yourself
8 to 10 correct You can proofread my work anytime.
5 to 7 correct You'll be okay with a good spell checker.
3 to 6 correct Treading on thin ice, kiddo.
0 to 2 correct Are you Mr. Potatoe, Dan Quayle?
Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Style © 2003
