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Mysteries of English Spelling Section

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

逆に言えば, 一方で = ?

a)

differently

b)

pronounced

c)

conversely

d)

irregular

2.

学習者 = ?

a)

learning

b)

learner

c)

learn

3.

不規則な = ?

a)

usually

b)

irregular

c)

regular

4.

ギリシャ語 = ?

a)

Greek

b)

Greece

c)

Green

5.

ローマン体の = ?

a)

Roman

b)

Rome

c)

Romani

6.

怒り = ?

a)

anger

b)

angry

7.

大量の = ?

a)

massive

b)

mass

c)

volume

d)

volumy

8.

文書 = ?

a)

document

b)

paper

c)

writing

9.

メディア、媒体 = ?

a)

medium sized

b)

medium

c)

media

10.

~を予測する = ?

a)

predicting

b)

prediction

c)

predict

11.

謎 = ?

a)

wish

b)

mystery

c)

secret

12.

What do the words height, ceiling, and eight have in common?

a)

All these words include the letters ei, but the letters are pronounced differently.

b)

All these words include the letters ei, but the letters are pronounced the same way.

13.

Some words are spelled differently but are pronounced _____, such as eight and ate.

a)

the same

b)

differently

c)

in some ways

14.

English spelling can be a challenge for ______ of the language.

a)

students learning

b)

people

c)

learners

15.

There are two main reasons why English spelling is _____.

a)

normal

b)

irregular

c)

regular

d)

particular

16.

English words come from many different languages, such as Greek, Latin, and French.

a)

What?! Huh?!

b)

TRUE!

c)

FALSE!

17.

Greek, Latin, and French use the same Roman alphabet.

a)

TRUE!

b)

FALSE!

c)

What?!

18.

Most of these languages use the same Roman alphabet, but they had different _____ and different ______.

a)

sounds/ rules of spelling

b)

pronunciations/ rules of spelling

c)

tone/ rules of spelling

19.

When their words became _____ the English language, their spellings remained _____.

a)

part of/ as they were

b)

parting of/ as they were

20.

One example is the word from Italian, ______.

a)

pasta

b)

spaghetti

c)

pizza

21.

In the Italian word spaghetti, the sound [g] is spelled ___, and the sound [t] is spelled ____.

a)

gh/ tt

b)

g/ ti

c)

gh/ t

d)

g/ tt

22.

Another example is the letter g, _____ is pronounced in different ways.

a)

why

b)

where

c)

which

d)

when

23.

In the word anger, which has a _____ origin, the g is a "_____ g."

a)

Scandinavian/ hard

b)

Sweden/ hard

c)

Norway/ hard

d)

Scandinavian/ soft

24.

The word danger, has a _____ origin.

a)

French

b)

Dutch

c)

Spanish

d)

German

25.

The word danger, which has a French origin, the letter g is a "____ g."

a)

soft

b)

hard

c)

short

26.

English spelling ______ show the history of the language.

a)

patterned

b)

patterns

c)

pattern

27.

English is a mixture of ______ languages.

a)

a couple different

b)

many different

c)

a few different

28.

English is a mixture of many different languages and _____ a period of hundreds of years.

a)

developed for

b)

developed over

c)

developed in

29.

The gap between printing technology and language change created irregular spelling.

a)

TRUE!

b)

FALSE!

c)

What?!

30.

In the ___th century, ____ printing of documents became possible.

a)

15th/ mass

b)

16th/ mass

c)

17th/ mass

d)

14th/ mass

31.

[以前は~だった] = ?

a)

used

b)

in front

c)

used to be

d)

before

32.

Today, English is still changing.

a)

TRUE!

b)

FALSE!

c)

What....?

33.

Along with = ~にともなって

a)

What~~?

b)

TRUE!

c)

FALSE!

34.

It is interesting to _____ how the spelling or pronunciation of english will change in the future.

a)

play

b)

predict

c)

try

d)

hear