Spelling Online Test
Which bold word of the following sentence is misspelled or inappropriate?
Except (a)/ for a few, the majority (b)/ of our staff has been recruited (c)/ temporary. (d)
In place of ‘temporarily’ we should use ‘temporarily’
Though these programmes have proved (a)/ to be extremely (b)/ effective (c)/ they do have certain drawbacks. (d)
All correct
When the young artist returned (a)/ to his village, his family held a festive (b)/ dinner on its lawn to celebrate his triumpant (c)/ homecoming. (d)
The correct spelling should be ‘triumphant’.
The indafatigable (a)/ zeal and fearlessness (b)/ with which the youth worked rejoiced (c)/ me beyond measure. (d)
The correct spelling is ‘indefatigable’.
An exhorbitantly (a)/ rigid attitude may prove (b)/ very dangerous, (c)/ even fatal. (d)
We could use the adverb ‘extremely’ in place of ‘exorbitantly’.
Corporates have benefited tremendously (a)/ from the government’s timely (b)/ decision to waive (c)/ various tax. (d)
It should be ‘taxes’ in place of ‘tax’ because ‘various’ is plural.
To obtain (a)/ a refund you will have to fill (b)/ a claim (c)/ with the appropriate (d)/ authority.
Use ‘file’ instead of ‘fill’.
She had not eaten (a)/ anything (b)/ for a very long time now and her stomach (c)/ was groling. (d)
It should be ‘growling in place of ‘groling’. His stomach growled.
To better understand the challenges (a)/ of starting a new venture (b)/ he read (c)/ up extensively. (d)
It should be ‘reads’ in place of ‘read’.
Half of the harm (a)/ that is done in this world (b)/ is due to people (c)/ who want to feel important. (d)
No correction is required.
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