ICAS Spelling Rules and Conventions 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which word is spelled correctly?
- recieve
- beleive
- achieve (Correct answer)
- peice
Correct answer: achieve
'Achieve' follows the 'i before e except after c' rule correctly.
Question 2: Which suffix correctly changes 'beauty' into an adverb?
- beautily
- beautifully (Correct answer)
- beautifuly
- beautiously
Correct answer: beautifully
When adding '-fully' to 'beauty', change the 'y' to 'i' and add '-fully' to get 'beautifully'.
Question 3: Which word correctly uses a silent letter?
- nife
- knive
- knife (Correct answer)
- nife
Correct answer: knife
'Knife' contains a silent 'k' at the beginning, which is a common English spelling convention.
Question 4: Choose the correct spelling of the plural form of 'leaf'.
- leafs
- leaves (Correct answer)
- leeves
- leafs
Correct answer: leaves
Words ending in '-f' or '-fe' typically change to '-ves' in the plural, so 'leaf' becomes 'leaves'.
Question 5: Which word is spelled incorrectly?
- committee
- necessary
- occassion (Correct answer)
- beginning
Correct answer: occassion
'Occasion' has one 'c' and two 's' letters: o-c-c-a-s-i-o-n — wait, actually it has two 'c's and one 's': 'occasion'.
Question 6: Which word correctly adds the prefix 'un-' without changing the root word?
- unnecesary
- unnecessary (Correct answer)
- unecesary
- unnecessery
Correct answer: unnecessary
Adding 'un-' to 'necessary' simply attaches the prefix without changing any letters: 'unnecessary'.
Question 7: Which sentence contains a correctly spelled word?
- She had a wierd feeling.
- The wether was cold.
- He wore a woolen sweater. (Correct answer)
- She felt definately sure.
Correct answer: He wore a woolen sweater.
'Woolen' (or 'woollen') is correctly spelled; the others contain common misspellings.
ICAS Spelling Rules and Conventions 2
Which word is spelled correctly?