California POST Test Spelling 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which spelling is correct?
- persue
- pursue (Correct answer)
- pursiue
- persew
Correct answer: pursue
'Pursue' is spelled p-u-r-s-u-e, with 'pur' at the start.
Question 2: Select the correct spelling:
- supercede
- superceed
- superseed
- supersede (Correct answer)
Correct answer: supersede
'Supersede' ends in '-sede', derived from the Latin 'sedere' (to sit).
Question 3: Which word is spelled correctly?
- wierd
- wired
- weird (Correct answer)
- weired
Correct answer: weird
'Weird' is an exception to the 'i before e' rule — it uses 'ei'.
Question 4: Choose the correctly spelled word:
- existance
- existanse
- existence (Correct answer)
- existince
Correct answer: existence
'Existence' ends in '-ence', not '-ance'.
Question 5: Which is the correct spelling?
- arguement
- argument (Correct answer)
- argumont
- argumant
Correct answer: argument
'Argument' drops the 'e' from 'argue' before adding '-ment'.
Question 6: Which word is spelled correctly?
- priviledge
- privilege (Correct answer)
- privelege
- privelidge
Correct answer: privilege
'Privilege' is spelled priv-i-lege, with no 'd'.
Question 7: Select the correct spelling:
- committment
- commitment (Correct answer)
- comitmant
- comittment
Correct answer: commitment
'Commitment' has one 't' at the end of 'commit' and adds '-ment'.
California POST Test Spelling 4
Which spelling is correct?