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Spelling Quiz - Words beginning with bi... (Questions)

Forget biology, have a biscuit and a break, and play this KS3 spelling quiz on words beginning at bi!

"If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.” - Beverly Cleary, Ramona's World

Can you remember learning to spell the word "library" when you were small? It wasn't easy, was it? In the fourteenth century, the word was spelled "librarie", "libraire" and "librarye". Fifteenth century spellings include "lybrarye" and our current spelling, "library". It really isn't any wonder if the word is difficult to spell! What do you think your teacher would say if you gave this excuse for your misspellings: "But, Sir, I was only spelling it the fifteenth-century way!" Do you think he'd buy it? Probably not. Better get to work then and practise more spellings.

Try this quiz for more spelling fun.

1. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A muscle located on the upper arm
[ ] biseps
[ ] byseps
[ ] bicepps
[ ] biceps
2. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A numerical system based on the use of two digits
[ ] binary
[ ] biniary
[ ] bynary
[ ] binery
3. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Past tense of buy
[ ] bought
[ ] bort
[ ] bourt
[ ] baught
4. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Present participle of brake
[ ] breiking
[ ] brayking
[ ] breaking
[ ] braking
5. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A thing that has been broken
[ ] breakage
[ ] brakage
[ ] breakige
[ ] breakege
6. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Of short duration
[ ] brief
[ ] briefe
[ ] breif
[ ] breef
7. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Past tense and past participle of bring
[ ] brort
[ ] brought
[ ] braught
[ ] braut
8. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The religion and philosophy founded by the Indian teacher Gautama Buddha
[ ] Buddhism
[ ] Budisem
[ ] Budisam
[ ] Budishm
9. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A follower of the Indian religious and spiritual teacher, Buddha
[ ] Buddhist
[ ] Buddhiste
[ ] Budist
[ ] Buddist
10. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
[ ] buryial
[ ] berrial
[ ] buriale
[ ] burial

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Spelling Quiz - Words beginning with bi... (Answers)
1. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A muscle located on the upper arm
[ ] biseps
[ ] byseps
[ ] bicepps
[x] biceps
"Bi" means "two". Can you guess what "ceps" means? Would you be surprised to know it comes from caput, the Latin word for "head"?
2. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A numerical system based on the use of two digits
[x] binary
[ ] biniary
[ ] bynary
[ ] binery
Remember the second syllable of the word contains an a
3. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Past tense of buy
[x] bought
[ ] bort
[ ] bourt
[ ] baught
If you can spell "ought", you can spell "bought"
4. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Present participle of brake
[ ] breiking
[ ] brayking
[ ] breaking
[x] braking
Don't get "braking" mixed up with "breaking"!
5. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A thing that has been broken
[x] breakage
[ ] brakage
[ ] breakige
[ ] breakege
Here's another one of those tricky -age spellings
6. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Of short duration
[x] brief
[ ] briefe
[ ] breif
[ ] breef
The rule "i before e" works here
7. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Past tense and past participle of bring
[ ] brort
[x] brought
[ ] braught
[ ] braut
If you can spell "ought" and "bought", you will have no trouble with "brought"
8. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The religion and philosophy founded by the Indian teacher Gautama Buddha
[x] Buddhism
[ ] Budisem
[ ] Budisam
[ ] Budishm
If you can remember where the h comes in "Buddha", you won't forget its place in "Buddhism"
9. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A follower of the Indian religious and spiritual teacher, Buddha
[x] Buddhist
[ ] Buddhiste
[ ] Budist
[ ] Buddist
Don't forget that h!
10. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
[ ] buryial
[ ] berrial
[ ] buriale
[x] burial
The i and a are the difficult letters in this word
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