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Spelling: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Words beginning with cu... (Questions)

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Currant and current are words beginning with cu which are spelled correctly - dependent on their meaning of course!

"I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleasing." - Mark Twain

1. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Occurring in or belonging to the present time
[ ] currant
[ ] curant
[ ] currunt
[ ] current
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Allows a computer user to point to commands or screen positions
[ ] cursar
[ ] curser
[ ] curseor
[ ] cursor
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A piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater
[ ] curtein
[ ] curtenn
[ ] curten
[ ] curtain
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A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence
[ ] cycle
[ ] cycel
[ ] cicle
[ ] cycul
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Pieces of information
[ ] daiter
[ ] daita
[ ] dayta
[ ] data
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An organized body of related information
[ ] database
[ ] daytabaise
[ ] daitabase
[ ] dattabase
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One's female child
[ ] daughter
[ ] dorter
[ ] daughta
[ ] daurter
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To be false or dishonest
[ ] decieve
[ ] deceev
[ ] deceeve
[ ] deceive
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To choose
[ ] deecide
[ ] decide
[ ] deceid
[ ] deside
10. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A system of counting using ten digits, '0' through '9' (base 10)
[ ] deccimal
[ ] descimal
[ ] dessimal
[ ] decimal
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Spelling: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Words beginning with cu... (Answers)
1. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Occurring in or belonging to the present time
[ ] currant
[ ] curant
[ ] currunt
[x] current
2. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Allows a computer user to point to commands or screen positions
[ ] cursar
[ ] curser
[ ] curseor
[x] cursor
3. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater
[ ] curtein
[ ] curtenn
[ ] curten
[x] curtain
4. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence
[x] cycle
[ ] cycel
[ ] cicle
[ ] cycul
5. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Pieces of information
[ ] daiter
[ ] daita
[ ] dayta
[x] data
6. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
An organized body of related information
[x] database
[ ] daytabaise
[ ] daitabase
[ ] dattabase
7. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
One's female child
[x] daughter
[ ] dorter
[ ] daughta
[ ] daurter
8. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
To be false or dishonest
[ ] decieve
[ ] deceev
[ ] deceeve
[x] deceive
9. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
To choose
[ ] deecide
[x] decide
[ ] deceid
[ ] deside
10. Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A system of counting using ten digits, '0' through '9' (base 10)
[ ] deccimal
[ ] descimal
[ ] dessimal
[x] decimal