WorksheetsMysteries of English Spelling Section
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
逆に言えば, 一方で = ?
differently
pronounced
conversely
irregular
学習者 = ?
learning
learner
learn
不規則な = ?
usually
irregular
regular
ギリシャ語 = ?
Greek
Greece
Green
ローマン体の = ?
Roman
Rome
Romani
怒り = ?
anger
angry
大量の = ?
massive
mass
volume
volumy
文書 = ?
document
paper
writing
メディア、媒体 = ?
medium sized
medium
media
~を予測する = ?
predicting
prediction
predict
謎 = ?
wish
mystery
secret
What do the words height, ceiling, and eight have in common?
All these words include the letters ei, but the letters are pronounced differently.
All these words include the letters ei, but the letters are pronounced the same way.
Some words are spelled differently but are pronounced _____, such as eight and ate.
the same
differently
in some ways
English spelling can be a challenge for ______ of the language.
students learning
people
learners
There are two main reasons why English spelling is _____.
normal
irregular
regular
particular
English words come from many different languages, such as Greek, Latin, and French.
What?! Huh?!
TRUE!
FALSE!
Greek, Latin, and French use the same Roman alphabet.
TRUE!
FALSE!
What?!
Most of these languages use the same Roman alphabet, but they had different _____ and different ______.
sounds/ rules of spelling
pronunciations/ rules of spelling
tone/ rules of spelling
When their words became _____ the English language, their spellings remained _____.
part of/ as they were
parting of/ as they were
One example is the word from Italian, ______.
pasta
spaghetti
pizza
In the Italian word spaghetti, the sound [g] is spelled ___, and the sound [t] is spelled ____.
gh/ tt
g/ ti
gh/ t
g/ tt
Another example is the letter g, _____ is pronounced in different ways.
why
where
which
when
In the word anger, which has a _____ origin, the g is a "_____ g."
Scandinavian/ hard
Sweden/ hard
Norway/ hard
Scandinavian/ soft
The word danger, has a _____ origin.
French
Dutch
Spanish
German
The word danger, which has a French origin, the letter g is a "____ g."
soft
hard
short
English spelling ______ show the history of the language.
patterned
patterns
pattern
English is a mixture of ______ languages.
a couple different
many different
a few different
English is a mixture of many different languages and _____ a period of hundreds of years.
developed for
developed over
developed in
The gap between printing technology and language change created irregular spelling.
TRUE!
FALSE!
What?!
In the ___th century, ____ printing of documents became possible.
15th/ mass
16th/ mass
17th/ mass
14th/ mass
[以前は~だった] = ?
used
in front
used to be
before
Today, English is still changing.
TRUE!
FALSE!
What....?
Along with = ~にともなって
What~~?
TRUE!
FALSE!
It is interesting to _____ how the spelling or pronunciation of english will change in the future.
play
predict
try
hear
