PSEE Spelling and Language Mechanics 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
- Accomodate
- Accommodate (Correct answer)
- Acommodate
- Accommadate
Correct answer: Accommodate
'Accommodate' is the correct spelling, with double 'c' and double 'm'.
Question 2: Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
- Its a beautiful morning in the office.
- It's a beautiful morning in the office. (Correct answer)
- Its' a beautiful morning in the office.
- It's' a beautiful morning in the office.
Correct answer: It's a beautiful morning in the office.
'It's' is the contraction of 'it is,' so option B is correct; 'its' without an apostrophe is the possessive form.
Question 3: Choose the correctly spelled word from the options below.
- Seperate
- Seprate
- Separate (Correct answer)
- Seperrate
Correct answer: Separate
'Separate' is spelled with an 'a' in the middle: s-e-p-a-r-a-t-e.
Question 4: Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
- Recieve
- Receive (Correct answer)
- Recive
- Receeve
Correct answer: Receive
'Receive' follows the rule 'i before e except after c,' placing the 'e' before 'i' after the letter 'c'.
Question 5: Which sentence contains a grammatical error?
- She and I attended the briefing.
- The decision is between you and me.
- Him and I will file the report. (Correct answer)
- We employees support the new policy.
Correct answer: Him and I will file the report.
'Him and I' is incorrect; the subject pronouns should be 'He and I will file the report.'
Question 6: Choose the correctly spelled word from the options below.
- Occurence
- Occurrance
- Occurrence (Correct answer)
- Occurance
Correct answer: Occurrence
'Occurrence' is spelled with double 'c' and double 'r': o-c-c-u-r-r-e-n-c-e.
Question 7: Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
- Neccessary
- Necesary
- Necessary (Correct answer)
- Neccesary
Correct answer: Necessary
'Necessary' has one 'c' and two 's' letters: n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-y.
PSEE Spelling and Language Mechanics 1
Which of the following words is spelled correctly?