CAAT - Canadian Adult Achievement Identifying Spelling Errors Questions and Answers — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which of the following sentences contains a spelling error?
- The committee will accomodate the request for a later meeting time. (Correct answer)
- Their argument about the budget was unnecessarily loud.
- The new government building is an impressive piece of architecture.
- I believe we can achieve our goals if we work together.
Correct answer: The committee will accomodate the request for a later meeting time.
The word 'accommodate' is misspelled as 'accomodate'. It is a commonly misspelled word that requires two 'c's and two 'm's.
Question 2: The manager needed to _______ the new policies to ensure everyone understood the changes.
- disseminate (Correct answer)
- diseminate
- dissiminate
- disseminnate
Correct answer: disseminate
The correct spelling is 'disseminate', which means to spread or disperse something, especially information, widely.
Question 3: Identify the word that is spelled incorrectly in the following sentence: 'The politician's speach was full of rhetoric but lacked concrete proposals.'
- proposals
- rhetoric
- politician's
- speach (Correct answer)
Correct answer: speach
The word 'speech' is misspelled as 'speach'. The correct spelling uses a double 'e'.
Question 4: A conscientious employee is a great asset to any company. Which of the following words is spelled INCORRECTLY?
- seperate (Correct answer)
- recommend
- privilege
- occurrence
Correct answer: seperate
The word 'separate' is frequently misspelled as 'seperate'. The correct spelling has an 'a' in the middle, not an 'e'. A good mnemonic is that it has 'a rat' in it.
Question 5: The defendant's testimony seemed ________ and inconsistent with the available evidence.
- unbelieveable
- unbelievable (Correct answer)
- unbeleivable
- unbeliveable
Correct answer: unbelievable
The correct spelling is 'unbelievable'. It follows the 'i before e, except after c' rule, and since there is no 'c', 'ie' is the correct letter combination.
Question 6: Which sentence below is spelled entirely correctly?
- It's a matter of personnal preference.
- The cemetary was quiet and peaceful at dawn.
- He felt a great sense of embarrassment after the incident. (Correct answer)
- Definately, we should proceed with the original plan.
Correct answer: He felt a great sense of embarrassment after the incident.
The word 'embarrassment' is spelled correctly with two 'r's and two 's's. 'Personal' is misspelled in the first option, 'cemetery' in the second, and 'definitely' in the fourth.
CAAT - Canadian Adult Achievement Identifying Spelling Errors Questions and Answers
Which of the following sentences contains a spelling error?