Wide Range Achievement Test Wide Range Achievement Spelling Subtest 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which word is the correctly spelled past tense of 'carry'?
- carryed
- caried
- carried (Correct answer)
- caryed
Correct answer: carried
When a verb ends in a consonant + 'y,' change the 'y' to 'i' before adding '-ed.'
Question 2: Which spelling is correct for the word meaning 'to keep from happening'?
- prevent (Correct answer)
- privint
- pervint
- prevant
Correct answer: prevent
'Prevent' uses 'pre-' (before) + 'vent' (come), spelled with an 'e' in each syllable.
Question 3: A student writes 'committment.' What is the correct spelling?
- comitment
- commitment (Correct answer)
- commitmant
- comittment
Correct answer: commitment
'Commitment' has a double 'm' before '-ment,' derived from the verb 'commit.'
Question 4: Which word correctly uses a Latin root meaning 'to carry'?
- portable (Correct answer)
- portible
- portabel
- portible
Correct answer: portable
'Portable' comes from the Latin root 'port' (to carry) and uses the suffix '-able.'
Question 5: Which is correctly spelled?
- accomodate
- accommodate (Correct answer)
- acommodate
- acomodate
Correct answer: accommodate
'Accommodate' has double 'c' and double 'm': ac-com-mo-date.
Question 6: Which word is the correct comparative form of 'happy'?
- happyer
- hapier
- happier (Correct answer)
- happyier
Correct answer: happier
Adjectives ending in consonant + 'y' change 'y' to 'i' before adding '-er,' giving 'happier.'
Question 7: Which of the following is spelled correctly?
- definate
- definite (Correct answer)
- definete
- deffinite
Correct answer: definite
'Definite' ends in '-ite,' not '-ate,' and has only one 'f.'
Wide Range Achievement Test Wide Range Achievement Spelling Subtest 4
Which word is the correctly spelled past tense of 'carry'?