MAT Spelling 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
- government (Correct answer)
- goverment
- governmant
- govornment
Correct answer: government
'Government' includes the letter 'n' before the 'm,' a spot where many writers omit a letter.
Question 2: Choose the correctly spelled word.
- definately
- definitly
- definitely (Correct answer)
- definetly
Correct answer: definitely
'Definitely' comes from 'definite' with the suffix '-ly' added, preserving all letters of the base word.
Question 3: Which word is spelled incorrectly?
- environment
- commitement (Correct answer)
- argument
- achievement
Correct answer: commitement
The correct spelling is 'commitment,' which requires double 't' at the end.
Question 4: Select the correctly spelled word.
- priviledge
- privelege
- privilege (Correct answer)
- privelidge
Correct answer: privilege
'Privilege' has no 'd' and follows the pattern p-r-i-v-i-l-e-g-e.
Question 5: Which of the following is spelled correctly?
- occurence
- ocurrance
- occurrence (Correct answer)
- occurrance
Correct answer: occurrence
'Occurrence' has double 'c' and double 'r' before the '-ence' ending.
Question 6: Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.
- perseverance
- aquaint (Correct answer)
- entrepreneur
- conscientious
Correct answer: aquaint
The correct spelling is 'acquaint,' which includes a 'c' before the 'qu.'
Question 7: Which word is spelled correctly?
- noticeable (Correct answer)
- noticeible
- noticable
- noticible
Correct answer: noticeable
'Noticeable' retains the 'e' from 'notice' before '-able' to preserve the soft 'c' sound.
MAT Spelling 2
Which of the following words is spelled correctly?