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There are 18 words press the palyer and write what you hear.
Check your spellings below.

Spelling test answers
1. Wednesday
2. autumn
3. sign
4. night
5. building
6. guess
7. white
8. listen
9. knock
10. know
11. thumb
12. doubt
13. talk
14. walk
15. half
16. write
17. wrinkle
18. wrong

One-Word Silent Letter Spelling Test

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Write what you hear. Don't worry about mistakes. Check your spelling carefully letter by letter.

1. My doctor gave me a comprehensive examination.

2. My apartment needs decorating.

3. I want to be a retail assistant in the future.

4. The temperature is hot for September.

5. Please phone him immediately.

6. On Wednesday, I have an interview for a job.

7. The expansion of Heathrow is inevitable.

8. I'm very grateful for your excellent advice.

9. What experience and qualifications do you have?

10. I'm very dissatisfied with the way things are going in the company.

syllables test

syllable breakdown spelling test

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Answers  with spelling strategies to remember the word

1. accommodation (There's a lack of cheap accommodation in London.)
memory trick - 2 Cots with 2 Mattresses
Also: accommodate, accommodating (drop the 'e' with -ing rule)

2. achieve ( I want to achieve great things.)
i before e except after c rule
Also: achievement, achieving (drop the 'e' with -ing rule)

3. across (There's a bus stop just across the road.)
a + cross = across

4. aggressive (He's so aggressive in meetings.)
ggr!!! ss
Also: aggression, aggressor

5. apparently (Apparently, she resigned because she had an argument with her boss.)
Can you see the parent in apparently? ap + parent + ly = apparently
Also: apparent

6. appearance (The twins are almost identity in appearance.)
ap + pear + ance = appearance appearance
Also: appear, appearing, appeared

7. argument (I had an argument with my boss yesterday.)
argue + ment (drop the 'e') = argu+ment = argument
Memory trick: Think of gum when you chew on an argument arGUMent
Also: argumentative, arguing, argued

8. assassination (There was an assassination attempt on the president today.)
ass + ass + in + ation or 4 words in ass + ass + i + nation
Also: assassin, assassinate

Common Misspellings Spelling Test Letter A

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Answers with spelling strategies

1. basically (The book is basically a love story)
When a word ends in -ic add -ally basic + ally = basically

2. beginning (Start at the beginning!)
The 1:1:1 doubling up rule applies to this when the last syllable is stressed beGIN double up the 'n' beginner, beginning

3. believe (I believe you can spell well if you work on your spelling.)
i before e except after c rule
Use the word within a word strategy " never believe a lie"
Also: believer, believes, believable, believing, (drop the 'e' with -able and -ing)

4. bizarre (He's a really bizarre character)
biz + ar + re = bizarre
Also: bizarrely

5. business (She has a computer software business.)
busy (change the y to i) busi + ness = business
Also: businesses, businessman, businesswomen

Common Misspellings Spelling Test Letter  B

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Answers with spelling strategies to remember the words

1. calendar (Check the day it's taking place on your calendar.)
Can you see the vowels? a___e___a cal en dar

2. Caribbean ( They're going on a Caribbean cruise next week.)
Carib + bean - Carib is the chocolate bean = Caribbean

3. cemetery (She was buried in the local cemetery)
Notice all the "e's" cem e tery
Memory trick: Cover with earth in a cemetery

4. chauffeur (not a very common word but important if you're a chauffeur) (He's a chauffeur and drives people around all day.)

5. colleague col + league (My colleague is on maternity leave so I'm covering for her.)
col + league = colleague

6. coming (Are you coming to the pub later?)
come + drop the e with -ing = coming

7. committee (There's a committee meeting on Tuesday)
Memory trick: Many Meetings Take Time Everyone's Exhausted

8. completely ( Defrost it completely)
complete + ly = completely
Also: complete, completed, completing, completeness, completion

9. conscious (He was suddenly conscious of everyone looking at him.)
We say "con shush" - the 'sci' makes a "sh" sound
con + sci + ous
Also: consciously, conscientious, conscientiousness, self-conscious, semi-conscious, fashion-conscious

10. curiosity (Curiosity got the better of me, so I called him)
curio + sity = curiosity or curious drop the "u" + ity = curiosity
Also: curious, curiously

Common Misspellings Spelling Test Letter C

Write what you hear, and then check your spellings carefully letter by letter.


Answers 


1. I quit my job because it was quite stressful, now my life is quiet.

2. I give my children a huge hug every evening.

3. I'm writing to tell you my tap is leaking and wrapped in tape.

4. I'm mad with myself because I made a mistake.

5. I hope you'll hop on the bus one day and come and see me soon, we'll have a bite to eat and a bit of my apple pie.

6. I sit and work on this website every evening, I hope you use it.

7. I ate at a really interesting restaurant on Wednesday. (Sorry this not on test.) 

8. When I spin round my spine hurts. (Sorry this not on test.)

9. My life is quite quiet now I live by the sea.

10. It wasn't a mistake to protest about our wages because they gave us a pay rise.

11. The volume button isn't working.

12. Please take a deep breath - breathe in slowly and breathe out.

Magic 'e' Silent 'e' Spelling Test

Write what you hear and then check your spelling carefully letter by letter.

Answers

1. We're moving tomorrow. It's the first time I've ever moved house.

2. I'm having a party on Wednesday evening.

3. I'm writing to complain about the poor service in your restaurant.

4. Every Saturday I used to go swimming but since changing my job I'm always tired.

5. I'm the new manager of this shop and manage the staff. I'm managing OK but it's hard.

6. The weather is changeable at the moment.

7. The sensible thing to do is to keep agreeing with the management.

8. He has a noticeable lack of enthusiasm for the job.

9. She has an incredible imagination.

10. I'm truly sorry about the argument we had.

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Drop the 'e' rule Spelling Test

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Check your spellings letter by letter, correct the mistakes, and see if you can use memory tricks to help with the spellings, or use the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check method (see Lessons)


Answers

1. Monday
2. Tuesday
3. Wednesday
4. Thursday
5. Friday
6. Saturday
7. Sunday



Days of the week spelling test

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Answers

1. What kind of fruit juice do you like?

2. He's a builder, and built my house.

3. My neighbours/(neighbours - American) are a real nuisance; they're always playing their guitars loud.

4. I need a big suitcase for my holidays.

5. When I eat chocolate I feel really guilty.

6. Please read the guidelines carefully.

7. This building is quite quiet.

8. The house was ruined by fire and is no longer suitable to live in - it's a ruin.

-ui- letter pattern spelling test

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Answers - check your spellings letter by letter and correct the mistakes and ask yourself if you can use any strategies or memory tricks to help you spell the word.

1. definitely (My spelling is definitely getting better)
= de + finite + ly
Can you see the two i's? definitely def in it ely

2. dilemma (I'm in a bit of a dilemma over whether to tell them or not.)
Use the word-within-a-word memory trick: "Emma is in a dilemma" dil + emma

3. disappear (They're getting on my nerves I wish they'll disappear.)
= prefix + root word = dis + appear = disappear

4. disappoint (I hate to disappoint you, but the cake's all gone.)
= prefix + root word = dis + appoint = disappoint

5. ecstasy (There was a look of ecstasy on his face when he'd finished the chocolate.)
Ends with –sy. Notice the two s's - ecstasy

6. embarrassed (He gets embarrassed so easily.)
two rs, two s’s
Use a memory trick - I've got 2 Red cheeks because I'm too Shy Shy.

7. environment (In this competitive environment a business needs to be flexible.)
n before the m	environ+ ment - iron in the environment

8. existence (Families struggle to eke out an existence in this harsh environment.)
ends in -ence
exist, existent - existence. Notice all the e's.To eke out an existence



Common Misspellings Spelling Test Letters D - E

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Answers - check your spellings letter by letter and correct the mistakes and ask yourself if you can use any strategies or memory tricks to help you spell the word.

1. familiar (Their faces will be familiar to many of you)
ends with -iar family - change the y to iar famil+iar with -iar

2. finally	(I'm finally learning how to spell) final + ly

3. fluorescent	(A fluorescent jacket must be worn at all times) begins with flu + or + es + cent

4. foreign	 (I need some foreign currency)
e before i

5. foreseeable (The situation is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future)
begins with fore + see+ able

6. forty (The number forty. I'm forty)
Memory trick four, fourteen but U can't be forty

7. forward ( I look forward to hearing from you.)
begins with for-	 forward

8. friend (I'm seeing my friend of Friday)
i before e	fri + end friend Fri day

9. further ( Further information is available from the secretary.)
begins with fur-

Common Misspellings Spelling Test Letter F

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Answers

1. gist ( I only got the gist of what he was saying.)
begins with g-

2. glamorous (Their life is so glamorous)
-mor- in the middle gla/mor/ous
glam/or/ous
glamour (British English) when we add -ous we drop the u glamour + ous = glamorous
It helps if you're American -  the spelling is glamor + ous = glamorous 

3. government (The government has announced plans to raise the minimum wage)
govern + ment = government

4.guard  (She's a security guard)
guard, guarded, guarding, guardian

5.happened (It happened so quickly)
happen - happen + ed = happened, happen + ing = happening,  happens

6. harassing (Stop harassing me!)
harassment one r, two s’s harass, harassing, harassed harassment
to harass is A Real Serious Situation
(Don't get confused with embarrass which has 2 r's)

7. honorary (He's an honorary member)
-nor- in the middle
honour + ary - drop the u when we add -ary

8. humorous (A humorous story)
-mor- in the middle like glamorous, humour + ous = humorous 

Common Misspellings Spelling Test Letters G - H

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I take it you already know
Of tough and cough and dough?
But what about, hiccough, thorough and through?

Beware of heard, a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bird,


And dead: it's said like bed, not bead --
For goodness sake don't call it 'deed'

Watch out for meat and great and threat...
They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.

(meat-suite, great-straight, threat-debt.)

There isn't a moth in mother,
Nor both in bother, or broth in brother,

And here is not in there
But ear is in dear and fear
But not in bear and pear;

And then there's dose and rose
But lose, goose and choose,

And cork and work and card and ward,
And font and front and word and sword,

And do and go and thwart and cart --
Come, come, I've hardly made a start!

A dreadful language? Man alive!
I'd learned to speak it when I was five!

But will I write it before I die?
I hope so, I say with a sigh!

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Sentences in the test
1. My life is good but many people's lives aren't.
2. His wife has lots of scarves/scarfs stacked up on shelves.
3. I love seeing the White Cliffs of Dover from the ferry.
4. Please cut the orange in two halves and give one half to him and the other to her.
5. How many loaves of bread do you want?
6. I live in a tower block and can see loads of roofs and chimneys.
7. In autumn the leaves fall from the trees.
8. She always sniffs the perfume in Selfridges.

"-f" to "-ves" spelling test

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Answers
1. I'm always grateful when it's a beautiful day.
2. I stopped going to the gym altogether.
3. Although I don't have much money I always try and be happy.
4. My manager is always in an awful mood until all his tills are full.
5. I felt ill yesterday but I'm alright now.
6. I won't be fulfilled until I can spell well and write almost perfectly.

Adding all, till, full Spelling Test

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Answers
1. I'm going food shopping on Wednesday.
2. I hope this summer is hotter than last summer and not wetter.
3. She needs a reference and is hoping I'll give her one.
4. The film last night was totally forgettable.
5. He loves running in the evenings.
6. It's forbidden to smoke indoors.
7. My sister is slimmer but shorter than me.
8. They stopped going swimming when the price went up.

1:1:1 doubling up rule spelling test

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Answers
1. A piece of paper.
2. I believe you.
3. The number eight
4. It's a relief the work has finished.
5. I received your parcel today.
6. How much do you weigh?
7. I'll be brief.
8. Never forget that we live in a multicultural society
9. What's the height of this wardrobe?
10. My neighbours are friendly.
11. This freezer is very efficient.
12. Would you like your receipt?



"ie" or "ei" Rule Spelling Test

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Answers - check your spellings letter by letter and check the apostrophe is in the right place.

1. You're driving me crazy.

2. You're (you are) going the wrong way.

3. I think I know your brother.

4. Do you know where you're going?

5. Please turn your computer off!

6. Your spelling will improve if you practise.

7. You're so lovely to everyone!

8. What do you think you're doing?

9. Thanks for all your help.

10. OMG! You're joking!

11. Please start the test when you're ready.

12. She thinks you're very nice.

Your or You're Spelling Test

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Answers

1. I received some exciting news yesterday.

2. To succeed in life it's necessary to keep learning.

3. Can you come to the cinema on Saturday?

4. I've decided to accept the job offer.

5.She's an accountant in Canada.

6. The decision to move out of the city centre/center (American English) was a hard one.

7. In America they call football soccer.

8. I'm certainly looking forward to celebrating my promotion.

Letter "C" Spelling Test

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Answers
1. immediately (She decided to leave immediately.)
ends with -ely
immediate + ly

2. incidentally (That £10bn price tag, incidentally , is more than it would cost to build the Panama Canal today.)
ends with -ally
incidental + ly

3. independent  (Seek independent legal advice before entering into an agreement.) 
ends with -ent 
notice all the e's in de pen dent

4. interrupt (Please don't interrupt her while she's working.)
two rs inter + rupt

5. irresistible (He found the delicious-looking cakes irresistible.)
ends with -ible
resistible (see the 2 i's) res i st i ble

6. knowledge (Her knowledge of English grammar is very extensive.)
remember the "d" know + ledge
know, knowing, knowable, knowledge, knowledgeable, acknowledge, acknowledgement

Common Misspellings Spelling Test Letters  I - K

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Answers

1. liaise
2. liaison
3. millennium
4. necessary
5. noticeable
6. occasion
7. occurred 
8. occurrence

Common misspellings spelling test letters:  L - O

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**Check your spelling letter by letter**

1. Credit cards are accepted here except American Express.
2. My new contract is unacceptable.
3. Just accept the fact that she's exceptionally good at everything except chemistry.
4. Everyone was there except Mark.
5. They offered me the job, and I accepted without hesitation.

Accept Except Spelling Test

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1. accommodation/ accommodate
accomplishments
achievable
acknowledge
administrative
aggressive/aggression
anxiety
ecstasy
basically
capabilities
chronological
communication

QTS spelling test 1

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2. compulsory
cumulative
crucial
embarrass
exaggerated
exhaustive
existence
environmentally
detrimental
definitely
formally
government
grammatical

QTS spelling test 2

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3. illuminating
implementation
inappropriate
independently
ineffectual
irrelevant
justifiably
mathematical
metacognition
meticulous
minuscule
miscellaneous

QTS spelling test 3

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There are 9 sentences. I'll say them quickly at first so if you're quick and finish them, you can check your spelling letter by letter. I'll say them again slowly.

1. I'm writing to complain about the service.

2. The documentary was fascinating.

3. Stop whingeing and  blaming others, and start concentrating on improving yourself.

4. We had an exciting time.

5. I can't stop sneezing when the sun is shining.

6. Stop shuffling around!

7. She's having a party and making lots of food.

8.  He’s still grieving for his wife.

9.  I'm moving next week and hiring a van.

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Drop the 'e' with -ing spelling test

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There are 8 sentences. I'll say them quickly at first so if you finish then you can check your spellings carefully letter by letter. I'll say the sentences again slowly. Or you can pause the player if you need more time.

1. He has long, curly, unmanageable hair.

2.  The city council is responsible for keeping the streets clean.

3.  It's outrageous and unforgivable!

4.  Always set yourself small achievable goals.

5.  The weather is so changeable in the UK.

6. I lost some irreplaceable photos in a fire.

7. They bought an inflatable mattress.

8. They believe only in peaceable, non-violent protest.

Drop or keep  the 'e' with -able & -ible

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There are 8 sentences. I'll say them quickly at first so if you finish then check your spelling carefully letter by letter. Then I'll say them again slowly. If you want to pause the player for more time then please do.

1. I am writing to you with reference to the job advertised in yesterday's newspaper.

2. This class is for beginners only.

3.  The whole experience was unforgettable.

4. We give preference to those who have worked with us for a long time.

5. He prefers watching football to playing it.

6. I submitted my application in June.

7. She admitted making a mistake.

8. I'm sorry, I've forgotten your name.

1:1:1 doubling up longer words spelling test

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There are 6 sentences. I'll say them quickly at first so if you finish then check your spelling carefully letter by letter. Then I'll say them again slowly. If you want to pause the player for more time then please do.

1. He washes and waxes his car every weekend.

2. She has three businesses and pays lots of taxes.

3. They left a load of dirty dishes.

4. He washes his brushes before he mixes the paint.

5. She teaches businesses about greenhouse gases.

6. She relaxes with two glasses of wine and watches some quizzes.

Adding -es spelling test

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There are 10 sentences. I'll say them quickly at first, if you want to pause the player then do, then I'll say them slowly. Check your spellings below. 

Write these ordinals out in words (third, second...).
1.  She won first prize. 
2.  I live on the second floor. 
3.  Take the third turning on the left. 
4.  It's his fourth birthday. 
5.  She's in fifth grade. 
6.  It's their eighth birthday
Now write these in ordinal numbers - number not words (22nd, 23rd)
7.  It's her 21st birthday.
8.  It's his 90th.
9.  March 3rd
10.  My birthday is on 20th May

Ordinals Spelling Test

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There are 7 sentences. I'll say them quickly at first, if you want to pause the player then do, then I'll say them slowly. Check your spellings below. 

1. There's one itsy-bitsy thing I didn't like about him.

2. When you get a new tattoo, swimming is a definite no-no.

3. The area had become a no-man's land.

4. Their car was in a head-on collision.

5. We can compete head-to-head with all the top clubs.

6.  Her bosses think her no-nonsense attitude will be a hit with younger viewers.

7. They decided to meet the problem head-on.

Fun Hyphenated Spelling Test

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There are 7 sentences. I'll say them quickly at first, if you want to pause the player then do, then I'll say them slowly. Check your spellings below. 

1. He's very good-looking but not very bright.

2. She's very bad-tempered in the mornings!

3. He's got an old-fashioned car but a state-of-the art apartment. 

4. It's a classic spine-chilling story.

5. The dog was saved because of his quick-thinking actions.

6.  They're in a long-term relationship.

7 . They have two fair-haired, good-looking kids who are short-sighted.

Hyphens & Adjectives Spelling Test

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There are 12 numbers or sentences. Write all these numbers out in words not numbers.  I'll say them quickly at first, if you want to pause the player then do, then I'll say them slowly. Check your spellings below. 

1. forty-four

2. twenty-two

3. eighty-four

4. The children arrived in twos and threes.  

5. one hundred and twenty-nine dollars

6. one thousand two hundred and thirty-one pounds

7.  I've got two sixes.

8. twenty-first

9. The thirty-second floor.

10. She was born in the sixties.

11. They were born in the eighties.

12. He's in his twenties.

Writing numbers over 20 spelling test

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There are 8  sentences.  I'll say them quickly at first, if you want to pause the player then do, then I'll say them slowly. Check your spellings below. 

1. Where were you yesterday?

2. Where were you born? Was it different to where you were brought up?

3. We were having breakfast when John phoned.

4. I don't know where I'm going to get flowers.

5. We're going to the cinema tonight, do you want to come? We're meeting at 6.

6. We were in Leeds last week.

7.  we're only here for a few days.

8. The place where we're having the party is the same place where we were married.

we're were spelling test

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There are 6 sentences.  I'll say them quickly at first, if you want to pause the player then do, then I'll say them slowly. Check your spellings below. 

1.  We'd better weed the garden.
2.  I promised I'd visit her when I'd saved enough money.
3.  He'd like a better job.
4.  She'd often run away when she'd had enough.
5.  We'd have bought the house if we'd been able to afford it. 
6.  I'd love a coffee.

Apostrophe 'd' spelling test

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There are 6 sentences.  I'll say them quickly at first, if you want to pause the player then do, then I'll say them slowly. Check your spellings below. 

1. I'll go down this aisle, and you that one, and we'll probably find it.

2. I'll try to get the heel on your shoe fixed.

3. You'd better fix that wheel or we'll be stuck here tomorrow.

4. I wish he'll try and heal the rift between them.

5. Stop picking at that spot or it'll never heal.

6. I'd better tell him I'll be working late.

Contractions with 'will' spelling test

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There are 7 sentences.  I'll say them quickly at first, if you want to pause the player then do, then I'll say them slowly. Check your spellings below. 



1.  Whose side are you on?

2.  I wonder who's in charge here.

3.  I wonder whose these are.

4.  The man whose phone was stolen was very upset.

5.  She's a student who's always been interested in people.

6.  I'm still learning who's who around the office.

7.  Do you know whose car that is?

whose/who's spelling test

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