Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - able and ible words (Questions)

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This 'able and ible words' spelling quiz tests children on words that are frequently said and known but the spellings may be new. The spellings given do not use these letters as suffixes.

When a word has ‘able’ or ‘ible’ at the end of it, it is pronounced ‘uh - bal’. Even though there is an ‘a’ and ‘i’ at the beginning; they are both pronounced as ‘uh’. See how well you know the spellings of these common words.

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I'm being healthy, so please give me one ____.

[ ]	vegetable
[ ]	vegitable
[ ]	vegatable
[ ]	vegetible

Please dedicate a ____ amount of time to your homework.

[ ]	reasonabal
[ ]	reasonaball
[ ]	reasonible
[ ]	reasonable

All work and no play makes Jack ____.

[ ]	miserible
[ ]	miserable
[ ]	mizerable
[ ]	miseraball

I think I am very ____.

[ ]	lovable
[ ]	lovible
[ ]	lovabel
[ ]	lovabal

Don't put it on the ____, take it to the ____.

[ ]	tible and stible
[ ]	table and stable
[ ]	taible and staible
[ ]	tayble and stable

It is ____ how ____ you are!

[ ]	incredible and horrable
[ ]	incredable and horrible
[ ]	incredible and horrible
[ ]	incredable and horrable

Are you ____ to turn ____?

[ ]	able and infisible
[ ]	ible and invisible
[ ]	able and invisable
[ ]	able and invisible

It is very ____ that you are the most ____ donkey in the world!

[ ]	possable and sensible
[ ]	possible and sensible
[ ]	possible and sensable
[ ]	possable and sensable

You are a ____ seamstress.

[ ]	terrable
[ ]	terrible
[ ]	terribel
[ ]	terribal

10.

He asked if it was a ____ price and if so, was it ____.

[ ]	reasonable and valuable
[ ]	reasonible and valuable
[ ]	reasonable and valuible
[ ]	reasonible and valuible

Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - able and ible words (Answers)

I'm being healthy, so please give me one ____.

[x]	vegetable
[ ]	vegitable
[ ]	vegatable
[ ]	vegetible

We know that this ends with 'uh-bal' so you could write both 'ible' and 'able' and see which word looks most familiar.

Please dedicate a ____ amount of time to your homework.

[ ]	reasonabal
[ ]	reasonaball
[ ]	reasonible
[x]	reasonable

This means spend more than a few minutes on it but don't spend hours on your homework - that would be a sign that you need help and you should tell your teacher.

All work and no play makes Jack ____.

[ ]	miserible
[x]	miserable
[ ]	mizerable
[ ]	miseraball

The saying is actually: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

I think I am very ____.

[x]	lovable
[ ]	lovible
[ ]	lovabel
[ ]	lovabal

Lovable means you are able to be loved so love+able = lovable.

Don't put it on the ____, take it to the ____.

[ ]	tible and stible
[x]	table and stable
[ ]	taible and staible
[ ]	tayble and stable

Words that end in ible/able don't have to be long - the shortest version is the word able.

It is ____ how ____ you are!

[ ]	incredible and horrable
[ ]	incredable and horrible
[x]	incredible and horrible
[ ]	incredable and horrable

Incredible means you can't believe it.

Are you ____ to turn ____?

[ ]	able and infisible
[ ]	ible and invisible
[ ]	able and invisable
[x]	able and invisible

In a way, yes. Iguanas can use camouflage to hide themselves and blend in with their background making them difficult to see.

It is very ____ that you are the most ____ donkey in the world!

[ ]	possable and sensible
[x]	possible and sensible
[ ]	possible and sensable
[ ]	possable and sensable

Donkeys look sensible and very serious but be careful not to stand behind one as they love to kick people with their hind legs.

You are a ____ seamstress.

[ ]	terrable
[x]	terrible
[ ]	terribel
[ ]	terribal

A seamstress is a woman who sews; the male equivalent is a tailor.

10.

He asked if it was a ____ price and if so, was it ____.

[x]	reasonable and valuable
[ ]	reasonible and valuable
[ ]	reasonable and valuible
[ ]	reasonible and valuible

The second word, valuable, uses 'able' as a suffix. This means it adds able onto a word (value).