Stanford Achievement Test Stanford Achievement Spelling 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Choose the correctly spelled word:
- supercede
- supersede (Correct answer)
- superceed
- superseed
Correct answer: supersede
'Supersede' is the only correct form — from Latin 'supersedere'.
Question 2: Which word is spelled correctly?
- concious
- conscous
- conscious (Correct answer)
- consious
Correct answer: conscious
'Conscious' has 'sci' in the middle — con-sci-ous.
Question 3: Identify the misspelled word:
- mischievous
- maintenance
- millenium (Correct answer)
- discipline
Correct answer: millenium
'Millennium' has double 'l' and double 'n' — mil-len-ni-um.
Question 4: Select the correct spelling:
- recieve
- receive (Correct answer)
- receve
- receieve
Correct answer: receive
'Receive' follows the i-before-e rule with exceptions: re-ceive.
Question 5: Which option is spelled correctly?
- abscense
- absence (Correct answer)
- absense
- abcense
Correct answer: absence
'Absence' is spelled a-b-s-e-n-c-e.
Question 6: Which word contains an error?
- Caribbean
- bureaucracy
- cemetary (Correct answer)
- lieutenant
Correct answer: cemetary
'Cemetery' is spelled c-e-m-e-t-e-r-y, not 'cemetary'.
Question 7: Choose the correctly spelled word:
- colloquial (Correct answer)
- coloquial
- colloqueal
- coloqueal
Correct answer: colloquial
'Colloquial' has double 'l' and ends in -ial — col-lo-qui-al.
Stanford Achievement Test Stanford Achievement Spelling 3
Choose the correctly spelled word: