26. Choose the correctly spelt word.
- accomodate
- accommodate
- acommodate
- accommadate
Answer: B) accommodate
Explanation: Double "c" and double "m". One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · Spelling
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93 multiple-choice questions on English: One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots from English, each with the correct answer and, where available, a teacher's explanation. Read through them to revise the chapter, then practise the same questions one by one to test yourself.
27. Choose the correctly spelt word.
- riceive
- recieve
- receive
- receeve
Answer: C) receive
Explanation: "i before e except after c". One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · Spelling
28. The root "ver" in "verify" means:
- turn
- truth
- see
- word
Answer: B) truth
Explanation: Verify, verdict, veracity. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · Word roots, prefixes & suffixes
29. Choose the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
- occured
- preferred
- beginning
- occurred
Answer: A) occured
Explanation: Correct: occurred (double r). One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · Spelling
30. The root "anthrop" means:
- animal
- God
- human being
- plant
Answer: C) human being
Explanation: Anthropology, misanthrope. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · Word roots, prefixes & suffixes
31. Choose the correctly spelt word.
- aquaintance
- acquantance
- acquaintance
- acquaintence
Answer: C) acquaintance
Explanation: "acq-" and ends "-ance". One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · Spelling
32. One word for: that which is fit to be eaten
- legible
- visible
- audible
- edible
Answer: D) edible
Explanation: Edible = safe to eat. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · One-word substitution
33. One word for: a speech made without preparation
- monologue
- oration
- extempore
- dialogue
Answer: C) extempore
Explanation: Extempore = spoken without preparation. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · One-word substitution
34. One word for: the study of earthquakes
- meteorology
- geology
- cosmology
- seismology
Answer: D) seismology
Explanation: Seismos = earthquake. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · One-word substitution
35. Choose the correctly spelt word.
- milennium
- millenium
- millennium
- millenneum
Answer: C) millennium
Explanation: Double l, double n. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · Spelling
36. Choose the correctly spelt word.
- necessery
- neccesary
- neccessary
- necessary
Answer: D) necessary
Explanation: One "c", double "s". One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · Spelling
37. One word for: a person who pretends to be what he is not
- cynic
- critic
- martyr
- hypocrite
Answer: D) hypocrite
Explanation: Hypocrite = one who pretends virtue. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · One-word substitution
38. One word for: a sound that cannot be heard
- illegible
- inaudible
- inedible
- invisible
Answer: B) inaudible
Explanation: In (not) + audible. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · One-word substitution
39. Choose the correctly spelt word.
- believe
- belive
- beleeve
- beleive
Answer: A) believe
Explanation: "i before e" (not after c). One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · Spelling
40. The root "tele" means:
- near
- light
- sound
- far
Answer: D) far
Explanation: Telephone, telescope. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · Word roots, prefixes & suffixes
41. One word for: the practice of having many wives
- bigamy
- polygamy
- monogamy
- misogamy
Answer: B) polygamy
Explanation: Poly = many. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · One-word substitution
42. One word for: the life story of a person written by himself
- autobiography
- monograph
- novel
- biography
Answer: A) autobiography
Explanation: Auto = self. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · One-word substitution
43. Choose the correctly spelt word.
- committee
- comittee
- commitee
- committe
Answer: A) committee
Explanation: Double m, double t, double e. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · Spelling
44. Choose the correctly spelt word.
- governmant
- govenment
- government
- goverment
Answer: C) government
Explanation: Don't miss the "n": gover-N-ment. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · Spelling
45. Choose the correctly spelt word.
- conshience
- consciense
- conscience
- concience
Answer: C) conscience
Explanation: "con-SCI-ence". One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · Spelling
46. One word for: a disease that spreads all over the world
- contagion
- endemic
- epidemic
- pandemic
Answer: D) pandemic
Explanation: Pan = all. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · One-word substitution
47. The root "graph" means:
- hear
- write
- speak
- see
Answer: B) write
Explanation: Autograph, graphology. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · Word roots, prefixes & suffixes
48. One word for: one who knows everything
- omnipotent
- omnivorous
- omnipresent
- omniscient
Answer: D) omniscient
Explanation: Omni (all) + scient (knowing). One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · One-word substitution
49. One word for: a disease that spreads over a large area at the same time
- plague
- endemic
- pandemic
- epidemic
Answer: D) epidemic
Explanation: Epidemic = widespread in a community at a particular time. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · One-word substitution
50. One word for: a person who comes into a country to settle there
- nomad
- immigrant
- migrant worker
- emigrant
Answer: B) immigrant
Explanation: One immigrates INTO a country. One-Word Substitution, Spelling & Word Roots · One-word substitution
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