WorksheetsENGLISH SPELLING
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
SPELLING MISTAKES DISTRACT READERS AND GOOD SPELLING SHOWS THE WRITER'S LEVEL OF EDUCATION
TRUE
FALSE
“A long vowel is followed by a single consonant plus a vowel"
LONG VOWEL + SINGLE CONSONANT + VOWEL
TRUE
FALSE
INFLECTIONAL SUFFIXES change the category of the word.
plays
playing
son's
played
smarter smartest
THE FOLLOWING ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF BOUND DERIVATIONAL MORPHEMES
LOYALTY
HOPELESS
EXPIRES
UNBELIEVABLE
YES
NO
CHAT+ ING: CHATTING
INFER+ED: INFERRED
The final consonant of a word is doubled before a suffix beginning with a vowel when....
(C+ SUFFIX STARTING WITH VOWEL)
the word ends in a single consonant
a single vowel comes before the consonant
the syllable before the suffix is stressed
the word ends in a single consonant, a single vowel comes before the consonant and the syllable before the suffix is stressed
–Y is always changed to –I
when adding a suffix.
YES
NO
Homophones are words that are pronounced similarly but have different meanings and spellings. These words are easily confusable.
Access/excess.
altar/alter
bare/bear
capital/capitol.
YES
NO
The variants –ize/-ization are more popular in British English.
YES
NO
A short vowel is followed by a double consonant
STEP, STOP,BEG,
YES
NO
The final –e is KEPT before a suffix beginning with a vowel.
YES
NO
If the 3rd person singular present sinmple for GO is GOES, the plural form for PIANO is PIANOES.
YES
NO
The plural form for bush is bushes and the plural for box is boxes
YES
NO
ARE THE FOLOWING WORDS WELL SPELLED?
TRAFFICING
PANICING
YES
NO
ARE THE FOLOWING WORDS WELL SPELLED?
REFUSE: REFUSEAL
BELIEF: BELIEVES
YES
NO
