oDesk English Spelling (UK Version) Test 2015

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1. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing 
word.
Arthur spent hours admiring the gothic ____________of all those French cathedrals.
Answers:
• architecture
• arkhitecture
• arcitecture
• arckitecture

2. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
_________animals feed almost exclusively on meat.
Answers:
• Carnivorus
• Carnivorous
• Carnivoures
• Carnivoreus

3. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

The church members accused the cult of _______________ practices.
Answers:
• sacreligious
• sacrelegious
• sacrilegious
• sacrilgious

4. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Pronounciation
• Pronuciation
• Pronuncitation
• Pronunciation

5. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.
Answers:
• Sophomore
• Supersede
• Susceptable
• Spontaneous

6. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
My father does not believe in ____________ , but my mother does.
Answers:
• reincanation
• reincarenation
• reincarnation
• reincantation

7. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Many would-be travellers were _____________ by the price of petrol last summer.
Answers:
• flabergasted
• flabberghasted
• flabbergasted
• flabbergashted

8. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
He wrote __________on every topic from shoestrings to string theory.
Answers:
• prollifically
• prolificaly
• prollificaly
• prolifically

9. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Be sure to leave your travel __________with the secretary so he’ll know how to reach you whilst you’re away.
Answers:
• itenreray
• itinerary
• iteneray
• itinirary

10. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.
Answers:
• Accomodate
• Analyse
• Acknowledgement
• Asterisk

11. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Emma has always been fascinated by the way the mind works, so she’s decided to get a degree in __________.
Answers:
• pshycology
• psycology
• psyhcology
• psychology

12. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Idiosyncracy
• Idiosincrasy
• Idiosyncrasy
• Ideosyncracy

13. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.
Answers:
• Wierd
• Wired
• Whined
• Wilful

14. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.
Answers:
• Enhancement
• Elicit
• Enigma
• Ecstacy

15. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.
Answers:
• Fluorescent
• Fullfill
• Facsimile
• Fictitious

16. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Vacuum
• Vaccuum
• Vacumm
• Vaccum

17. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

After my grandfather was diagnosed with chronic_________, he moved to Spain.
Answers:
• Neumonia
• Penumonia
• Pneumonia
• Pnuemonia

18. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Hazel Dormouse is a _________ creature.
Answers:
• nocternal
• nocturnal
• noctarnal
• nacturnal

19. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Let me tie your mittens to your sleeves so you don’t ______________ them.
Answers:
• loose
• looze
• lose
• louse

20. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Helen was surprised by the __________ stature of her blind date.
Answers:
• diminutive
• diminuative
• deminutive
• dimminutive

21. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
He __________ a summer home, an exercise bike and a hamster in the divorce settlement.
Answers:
• accquired
• ecquired
• acquired
• akquired
22. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Mrs. Baker took her ______________ class on a field trip to the zoo.
Answers:
• kindergarden
• kindegarten
• kindergarten
• kindegarden

23. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.
Answers:
• Indivisible
• Irresistable
• Indispensable
• Irresponsible

24. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Reminiscience
• Reminiscence
• Reminescence
• Reminisense

25. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Bureaucrasy
• Buroucracy
• Bureaucracy
• Beuraucracy

26. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Synonymous
• Synonymus
• Synonimous
• Sinonymus

27. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The judge granted the reluctant witness complete ____________ from prosecution for his part in the crime.
Answers:
• amnesty
• amnasty
• anmesty
• emnesty

28. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Priveledge
• Privilage
• Privilege
• Privelege

29. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Unanimus
• Unanemous
• Unanimess
• Unanimous

30. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
No one knew what devious experiments the scientist conducted in his ______________ .
Answers:
• labretory
• laboratary
• laboratory
• labratory

31. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Adress
• Addrress
• Addres
• Address

32. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The purpose of your report should be to ___________ the most relevant facts, not to obscure them.
Answers:
• illumenate
• iluminate
• illuminate
• elluminate

33. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Hienous
• Henous
• Heinus
• Heinous

34. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The clown’s performance was _______________, to say the least.
Answers:
• dissapointing
• dissappointing
• disapointing
• disappointing

35. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Ligitimate
• Legitimate
• Legetimate
• Legitemate

36. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
On the ____________ day of Christmas, Lucy was annoyed to find her garden full of noisy drummers drumming.
Answers:
• twelvth
• twelfth
• twelfeth
• twelth

37. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.
Answers:
• Rhythmical
• Reminiscence
• Rheumatism
• Resevoir

38. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.
Answers:
• Managable
• Millennium
• Minuscule
• Miscellaneous

39. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Definitly
• Definately
• Defenitely
• Definitely

40. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.
Answers:
• Yacht
• Youthful
• Yeilding
• Yesterday

41. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Restaureter
• Restauranter
• Restaurateur
• Restourateur
42. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Posess
• Poesess
• Possess
• Pozess

43. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The savvy dancer acted as a __________ between the detective and the cabaret owner.
Answers:
• liasion
• liaison
• liasone
• leason

44. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Peter always makes such a _____________ of himself!
Answers:
• nuisance
• nuisents
• newsanse
• nuisince

45. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Efficency
• Efficentsy
• Efficiensy
• Efficiency

46. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Their relationship was plagued by __________ problems.
Answers:
• perpetual
• perpechual
• purpetual
• perptual

47. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Sally’s nervous __________ left her standing at the altar.
Answers:
• fiance
• finance
• feance
• fience

48. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The annual _____________ was ruined when a family of bears stole all the sausages.
Answers:
• barbecue
• barbequeue
• barbycue
• barbcue

49. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The crowd ________________ me on my acceptance into Mensa.
Answers:
• congradulated
• congrachulated
• congratulated
• congratilated

50. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The waitress brought me a plate of squid even though I _____________ asked for clams.
Answers:
• specificaly
• specifically
• specifycally
• specificly

51. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The professor made it clear that ___________ would not be tolerated.
Answers:
• plagiarism
• plagiarizm
• plagerism
• plagirism

52. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The protesters hurled ___________ insults at us as we walked by.
Answers:
• vicous
• vicious
• vicoius
• vicius

53. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
• Occasion
• Occurence
• Overrun
• Opponent

54. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Sam _________ a successful political campaign.
Answers:
• orchestraited
• orchestrated
• orchestreated
• orcestrated