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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Spelling (Common Mistakes) (Questions)

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See if you can find the correct spelling of the following words.

1. Which word means 'covered'?
[ ] Rapt
[ ] Wraped
[ ] Wrapped
[ ] Wrapt
2. Which word means 'left'?
[ ] Excited
[ ] Excitted
[ ] Exited
[ ] Exitted
3. Which word means 'way down'?
[ ] Decent
[ ] Descent
[ ] Desent
[ ] Dissent
4. Which word is a sandy region?
[ ] Derrset
[ ] Derset
[ ] Desert
[ ] Dessert
5. Which word might you find at a harbor?
[ ] Kee
[ ] Key
[ ] Quay
[ ] Quey
6. Which word is fixed and floating?
[ ] Booy
[ ] Bouy
[ ] Boy
[ ] Buoy
7. Which word can mean 'agitated' or 'thrilled'?
[ ] Excited
[ ] Excitted
[ ] Exited
[ ] Exitted
8. Which word means 'peaceful'?
[ ] Quiet
[ ] Quiete
[ ] Quit
[ ] Quite
9. Which word can be eaten?
[ ] Derset
[ ] Deserrt
[ ] Desert
[ ] Dessert
10. Which word means 'to disagree'?
[ ] Decent
[ ] Descent
[ ] Disent
[ ] Dissent
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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Spelling (Common Mistakes) (Answers)
1. Which word means 'covered'?
[ ] Rapt
[ ] Wraped
[x] Wrapped
[ ] Wrapt
'Wrapt' / 'rapt' means 'lost in thought'
2. Which word means 'left'?
[ ] Excited
[ ] Excitted
[x] Exited
[ ] Exitted
'Exit' (no c) means 'way out'
3. Which word means 'way down'?
[ ] Decent
[x] Descent
[ ] Desent
[ ] Dissent
'Decent' = 'suitable/kind', 'dissent' = disagree
4. Which word is a sandy region?
[ ] Derrset
[ ] Derset
[x] Desert
[ ] Dessert
'Dessert' means 'pudding'
5. Which word might you find at a harbor?
[ ] Kee
[ ] Key
[x] Quay
[ ] Quey
'Key' unlocks a door
6. Which word is fixed and floating?
[ ] Booy
[ ] Bouy
[ ] Boy
[x] Buoy
Learn how to spell 'buoy/ant' - 'u' before 'o'
7. Which word can mean 'agitated' or 'thrilled'?
[x] Excited
[ ] Excitted
[ ] Exited
[ ] Exitted
A common mistake is to write 'exited' for 'excited'
8. Which word means 'peaceful'?
[x] Quiet
[ ] Quiete
[ ] Quit
[ ] Quite
Learn 'quite quiet' = 'partially/wholly peaceful'
9. Which word can be eaten?
[ ] Derset
[ ] Deserrt
[ ] Desert
[x] Dessert
'Desert' is 'a sandy region' - see question 4
10. Which word means 'to disagree'?
[ ] Decent
[ ] Descent
[ ] Disent
[x] Dissent
'Descent' means 'way down' - see question 3