BBC Learning English Quiznet Commonly misspelled words Try the quiz online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html; quiz=1755_spelling Quiz topic: Commonly misspelled words When my father went to school, the boys and girls were taught in classes a) seperate b) separate c) separete d) seperete What are the qualifications for the job? a) necesary b) neccesary c) neccessary d) necessary Most students choose to live in student _ in the first year of their studies as it is convenient and affordable a) accommodation b) acomodation c) accomodation d) acommodation Quiznet © BBC Learning English Page of bbclearningenglish.com Bad news I’m afraid there has been a drop in sales since the same period last year a) definate b) definite c) definete d) defenite Which of the following words is spelt correctly? (look at the use of ‘e’.) a) changeable b) hopeing c) argueable d) haveing It’s important that students studying at university learn to work _ a) independantly b) independintly c) independently d) independentely Quiznet © BBC Learning English Page of bbclearningenglish.com Quiz topic: Commonly misspelled words (the answers) When my father went to school, the boys and girls were taught in classes a) seperate b) separate c) separete d) seperete a) This is not the correct spelling – check your spelling of the middle syllable b) This is the correct spelling c) This is not the correct spelling - check your spelling of the final syllable d) This is not the correct spelling - check your spelling of the middle and final syllable What are the qualifications for the job? a) necesary b) neccesary c) neccessary d) necessary a) This is not the correct spelling – you need more Ss b) This is not the correct spelling – there are too many Cs c) This is not the correct spelling – there are too many Cs d) This is the correct spelling Most students choose to live in student _ in the first year of their studies as it is convenient and affordable a) accommodation b) acomodation c) accomodation d) acommodation a) This is the correct spelling b) This is not the correct spelling – you need more Cs and Ms c) This is not the correct spelling – you need more Ms d) This is not the correct spelling – you need more Cs Quiznet © BBC Learning English Page of bbclearningenglish.com Bad news I’m afraid there has been a drop in sales since the same period last year a) definate b) definite c) definete d) defenite a) This is not the correct spelling – look again at the final syllable b) This is correct spelling c) This is not the correct spelling - look again at the final syllable d) This is not the correct spelling - look again at the middle syllable Which of the following words is spelt correctly? (look at the use of ‘e’.) a) changeable b) hopeing c) argueable d) haveing a) This is the correct spelling b) This word should not have an ‘e’ in the middle Which word is correct? c) This word should not have an ‘e’ in the middle Which word is correct? d) This word should not have an ‘e’ in the middle Which word is correct? It’s important that students studying at university learn to work _ a) independantly b) independintly c) independently d) independentely a) This is not the correct spelling – check the final vowel in the word b) This is not the correct spelling – check the final vowel in the word c) This is the correct spelling d) This is not the correct spelling – there are too many Es Quiznet © BBC Learning English Page of bbclearningenglish.com ... _ a) independantly b) independintly c) independently d) independentely Quiznet © BBC Learning English Page of bbclearningenglish.com Quiz topic: Commonly misspelled words (the answers) When my... you need more Ms d) This is not the correct spelling – you need more Cs Quiznet © BBC Learning English Page of bbclearningenglish.com Bad news I’m afraid there has been a drop in sales... correct spelling d) This is not the correct spelling – there are too many Es Quiznet © BBC Learning English Page of bbclearningenglish.com