Free Spelling and Usage Errors MCQs with Answers
33 Spelling and Usage Errors MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
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11. Tick the correct spelling of the given word in options.
- A. Condescend
- B. Condascend
- C. Condescand
- D. Condiscend
Explanation: “Condescend” is spelled with “-descend,” just like the related verb “descend.” The forms using “a” or “isc” are misspellings.
Correct answer: Condescend12. Choose the correct spelling of the following word?
- A. Auxuliary
- B. Auxilliary
- C. Auxiliary
- D. Auxuiliarye
Explanation: The correct spelling is “auxiliary,” meaning providing additional help or support. It has the sequence “auxili-,” followed by “-ary,” with no extra “l.”
Correct answer: Auxiliary13. Identify the correct spelling:
- A. Commision
- B. Comission
- C. Comision
- D. Commission
Explanation: The correct spelling is “commission,” with double “m” and double “s.” The other forms omit one of these repeated letters.
Correct answer: Commission14. Choose the correct spelling from the followings?
- A. Cemetary
- B. Cemetery
- C. Cemmetary
- D. Cemmetery
Explanation: The correct spelling is “cemetery,” containing “e” after the initial “c” and ending in “-tery.” The common error is writing “-etary.”
Correct answer: Cemetery15. Which spelling is correct?
- A. Milennium
- B. Millenium
- C. Millennium
- D. Milenium
Explanation: The correct spelling is “millennium,” with double “l,” double “n,” and the ending “-ium.” The other options leave out one of the repeated letters.
Correct answer: Millennium16. Choose Correct Spelling?
- A. Succide
- B. Suicide
- C. Sucide
- D. Suiccide
Explanation: The correct spelling is “suicide,” formed from “sui” and “-cide,” meaning killing. The other choices add or omit letters incorrectly.
Correct answer: Suicide17. Are we ____________ to leave on vacation?
- A. already
- B. altogether
- C. all together
- D. all ready
Explanation: All ready means completely prepared, which fits the question about leaving on vacation. Already means previously or by this time, while altogether means completely or in total.
Correct answer: all ready18. Select the word which is spelled correctly?
- A. Benefited
- B. benifited
- C. benifitted
- D. None of These
Explanation: “Benefited” is correctly formed from “benefit” by adding “-ed.” The other spellings incorrectly replace the second “e” or misspell the word’s middle letters.
Correct answer: Benefited19. Choose the correct spellings.
- A. Qoloquial
- B. Coloquial
- C. Colloqial
- D. Colloquial
Explanation: The correct spelling is “colloquial,” meaning characteristic of informal speech. It contains double l and ends in “-quial,” which distinguishes it from the misspelled options.
Correct answer: Colloquial20. Choose the correct spelling from the following?
- A. Etiquite
- B. Etiquette
- C. Etikuit
- D. None of These
Explanation: Etiquette is the correct spelling for the customary rules of polite behaviour. The other spellings incorrectly replace or rearrange its letters.
Correct answer: Etiquette