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

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As you will already know, the vowels are a, e, i, o and u. Spelling in English is notoriously difficult: this is especially so in the case of British English. In many words, not all the vowels are stressed: this causes difficulty in spelling such words.

1. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] juwellery
[ ] jewellry
[ ] jewelery
[ ] jewelry
2. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] definitely
[ ] definately
[ ] defenitely
[ ] definitly
3. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] litrature
[ ] literature
[ ] litereture
[ ] liturature
4. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] Wednesday
[ ] Wensday
[ ] Wenesday
[ ] Wensday
5. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] volentary
[ ] voluntery
[ ] voluntary
[ ] voluntry
6. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] misurable
[ ] miserabel
[ ] misrable
[ ] miserable
7. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] factry
[ ] factory
[ ] factori
[ ] factery
8. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] seprate
[ ] seperate
[ ] separate
[ ] sepperate
9. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] marvullous
[ ] marvelous
[ ] marvellous
[ ] marvellus
10. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] desprate
[ ] desperate
[ ] desparate
[ ] despirate
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Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Spelling: Unstressed Vowels 3 (Answers)
1. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] juwellery
[ ] jewellry
[ ] jewelery
[x] jewelry
She wore only the finest jewelry
2. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[x] definitely
[ ] definately
[ ] defenitely
[ ] definitly
Make sure you definitely remember how to spell this one!
3. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] litrature
[x] literature
[ ] litereture
[ ] liturature
Do you enjoy literature?
4. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[x] Wednesday
[ ] Wensday
[ ] Wenesday
[ ] Wensday
Sheffield Wednesday are my favorite football team
5. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] volentary
[ ] voluntery
[x] voluntary
[ ] voluntry
He decided to take voluntary redundancy
6. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] misurable
[ ] miserabel
[ ] misrable
[x] miserable
Don't feel too miserable if you got this one wrong
7. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] factry
[x] factory
[ ] factori
[ ] factery
Are you going to be a spelling bee?
8. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] seprate
[ ] seperate
[x] separate
[ ] sepperate
Separate is often misspelled
9. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] marvullous
[x] marvelous
[ ] marvellous
[ ] marvellus
They had a marvelous time at the circus
10. Which one of the following words has been spelled correctly?
[ ] desprate
[x] desperate
[ ] desparate
[ ] despirate
She was desperate to get her exam results