NAPLAN Language Conventions Spelling — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which word is spelt correctly?
- definately
- definitley
- definitely (Correct answer)
- definatly
Correct answer: definitely
The correct spelling is 'definitely'. It contains the word 'finite'. Spelling is one half of the NAPLAN Language Conventions test.
Question 2: Choose the correctly spelt word to complete the sentence: 'The students went to the school ____.'
- library (Correct answer)
- librery
- libary
- liberry
Correct answer: library
'Library' has two r's and is often misspelt. Sounding out each syllable (li-bra-ry) helps.
Question 3: Which of these is the correct Australian spelling?
- collor
- colour (Correct answer)
- colur
- color
Correct answer: colour
Australian English uses 'colour' with a 'u'. NAPLAN follows Australian spelling conventions.
Question 4: Identify the misspelt word in this sentence: 'The recieve desk was busy on Monday.'
- Monday
- recieve (Correct answer)
- busy
- desk
Correct answer: recieve
'Recieve' should be 'receive' — remember 'i before e except after c'. NAPLAN asks students to find and correct spelling errors.
Question 5: Which word is the correct plural of 'baby'?
- babis
- babies (Correct answer)
- babys
- babyes
Correct answer: babies
When a word ends in a consonant followed by 'y', change the 'y' to 'ies' to form the plural: baby → babies.
Question 6: Choose the correctly spelt word: 'It was a beautiful ____ on the beach.'
- afternooon
- aftenoon
- afernoon
- afternoon (Correct answer)
Correct answer: afternoon
'Afternoon' is spelt with 'after' + 'noon'. Breaking words into known parts aids spelling.
Question 7: Which word adds the suffix correctly? 'hope' + 'ing' =
- hopeing
- hopping
- hooping
- hoping (Correct answer)
Correct answer: hoping
When a word ends in a silent 'e', drop the 'e' before adding 'ing': hope → hoping. (Note: 'hopping' comes from 'hop'.)
Question 8: Which sentence contains a spelling mistake?
- She brought her lunch to school.
- They walked through the forest.
- The wether was cold today. (Correct answer)
- We were happy to see them.
Correct answer: The wether was cold today.
'Wether' should be 'weather' (the condition of the atmosphere). NAPLAN tests homophone spelling like weather/whether.
NAPLAN Language Conventions Spelling
Which word is spelt correctly?