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Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Spelling: Unstressed Vowels 2 (Questions)

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This elementary school English spelling quiz takes a further look at unstressed vowels. In the first Unstressed Vowels quiz, you will have learned about the 'schwa' sound which causes so much difficulty with English spelling. With very few exceptions, every polysyllabic word in English is pronounced with at least one schwa sound. This is why learning to spell takes quite a bit of practice.

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Choose the correct spelling.
We enjoyed our school visit to the Houses of ____.

[ ]	Parlement
[ ]	Parliament
[ ]	Parlimint
[ ]	Parlament

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At home, he had a large collection of ____ coins.

[ ]	foragne
[ ]	forine
[ ]	foreign
[ ]	foregne

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In order to become a doctor, it is essential to study ____.

[ ]	medicine
[ ]	medecine
[ ]	medicene
[ ]	medecene

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At the beginning of year seven, there are many ____ to make new friends.

[ ]	opportuneties
[ ]	oppertunities
[ ]	opportunities
[ ]	oppurtunities

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We are ____ not playing cricket in this weather!

[ ]	definately
[ ]	definetly
[ ]	defenitely
[ ]	definitely

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We enjoyed visiting the reptile center, but were glad the ____ snakes were behind glass.

[ ]	poisonous
[ ]	poisunous
[ ]	poisonus
[ ]	poisinous

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My auntie spends a lot of her time doing ____ work.

[ ]	volantary
[ ]	volentery
[ ]	volentary
[ ]	voluntary

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The teacher was horrified that he'd accidentally used his ____ marker on the whiteboard.

[ ]	perminent
[ ]	permenant
[ ]	permanent
[ ]	permenent

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He finished his letter with 'Yours ____' before carefully signing his name.

[ ]	sincirily
[ ]	sincerely
[ ]	sincirely
[ ]	sincerily

10.

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Stuart preferred working ____ to working in a group.

[ ]	indepindently
[ ]	independently
[ ]	indipendently
[ ]	indipendantly

Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Spelling: Unstressed Vowels 2 (Answers)

Choose the correct spelling.
We enjoyed our school visit to the Houses of ____.

[ ]	Parlement
[x]	Parliament
[ ]	Parlimint
[ ]	Parlament

We enjoyed our school visit to the Houses of Parliament. The 'Parli-' of 'Parliament' is related to the word 'parley' - both come from the French 'parler', which means 'to speak'.

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At home, he had a large collection of ____ coins.

[ ]	foragne
[ ]	forine
[x]	foreign
[ ]	foregne

At home, he had a large collection of foreign coins.

Choose the correct spelling.
In order to become a doctor, it is essential to study ____.

[x]	medicine
[ ]	medecine
[ ]	medicene
[ ]	medecene

In order to become a doctor, it is essential to study medicine.

Choose the correct spelling.
At the beginning of year seven, there are many ____ to make new friends.

[ ]	opportuneties
[ ]	oppertunities
[x]	opportunities
[ ]	oppurtunities

At the beginning of year seven, there are many opportunities to make new friends.

Choose the correct spelling.
We are ____ not playing cricket in this weather!

[ ]	definately
[ ]	definetly
[ ]	defenitely
[x]	definitely

We are definitely not playing cricket in this weather! It can be helpful to remember the word 'finite' in 'definite', or to remember that there are two 'i's and two 'e's in 'definite'.

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We enjoyed visiting the reptile center, but were glad the ____ snakes were behind glass.

[x]	poisonous
[ ]	poisunous
[ ]	poisonus
[ ]	poisinous

We enjoyed visiting the reptile center, but were glad the poisonous snakes were behind glass.

Choose the correct spelling.
My auntie spends a lot of her time doing ____ work.

[ ]	volantary
[ ]	volentery
[ ]	volentary
[x]	voluntary

My auntie spends a lot of her time doing voluntary work.

Choose the correct spelling.
The teacher was horrified that he'd accidentally used his ____ marker on the whiteboard.

[ ]	perminent
[ ]	permenant
[x]	permanent
[ ]	permenent

The teacher was horrified that he'd accidentally used his permanent marker on the whiteboard.

Choose the correct spelling.
He finished his letter with 'Yours ____' before carefully signing his name.

[ ]	sincirily
[x]	sincerely
[ ]	sincirely
[ ]	sincerily

You should sign a letter with 'Yours sincerely' when you have addressed a formal letter to a specific person. So it's important to learn how to spell 'sincerely'.

10.

Choose the correct spelling.
Stuart preferred working ____ to working in a group.

[ ]	indepindently
[x]	independently
[ ]	indipendently
[ ]	indipendantly

Stuart preferred working independently to working in a group. 'Depend' has two 'e's and 'dependent' has three 'e's (as does 'independent').