California POST Test Spelling 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which word is spelled correctly?
- recieve
- receive (Correct answer)
- recive
- recieve
Correct answer: receive
'Receive' follows 'i before e except after c' — the 'c' here triggers 'ei'.
Question 2: Select the correct spelling:
- harrassment
- harassment (Correct answer)
- harasment
- harrrasment
Correct answer: harassment
'Harassment' has one 'r' and one 's'.
Question 3: Choose the correctly spelled word:
- lisence
- lisense
- licence
- license (Correct answer)
Correct answer: license
In American English, 'license' (with an 's') is the standard spelling for both noun and verb.
Question 4: Which is the correct spelling?
- garentee
- gaurantee
- guarantee (Correct answer)
- guarentee
Correct answer: guarantee
'Guarantee' is spelled with 'guar' at the start and double 'e' at the end.
Question 5: Which word is spelled correctly?
- mischevious
- mischievious
- mischievous (Correct answer)
- mischeivous
Correct answer: mischievous
'Mischievous' is three syllables: mis-chie-vous, not four.
Question 6: Select the correct spelling:
- manageable (Correct answer)
- managable
- manegeable
- managible
Correct answer: manageable
'Manageable' keeps the 'e' from 'manage' before '-able' to preserve the soft 'g' sound.
Question 7: Choose the correctly spelled word:
- writting
- writing (Correct answer)
- writeing
- wrtiting
Correct answer: writing
'Writing' drops the final 'e' from 'write' and does not double the 't'.
California POST Test Spelling 3
Which word is spelled correctly?