Today, many people think they need not worry about spelling, since their word processor will mostly take care of that tedious aspect. Unfortunately, that's not true. First, spell checkers are not smart enough to catch mistakes such as adapt for adopt (both perfectly good words), And second, there are plenty of occasions in business, such as when you step up to a flip chart, when your inability to spell can become embarrassingly obvious.
We'll try to help you in two ways here:
The solutions for both spell tests are posted right here at our web site so you can check how you did!
Choose the correct form:
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absence accessible acquainted analyse assistant attendance auxilliary campagne cancelled category committee coolly correspondence criticise deceive dependant develope dispensible dissipate embarass an envelop equiped exceed federel harebrained innocuous insistent irresistible license liquefy occassion occurred omitted permanant preceed privilege proceed questionnaire recommend responsability schedual separate sieze sieve simplefied sincerly supercede superviser tendancy themself withhold yield |
abscense accessable aquainted analyze assistent attendence auxiliary campaign canceled catagory commitee cooly correspondance criticize decieve dependent develop dispensable disippate embarrass an envelope equipped excede federal hairbrained innocous insistant irresistable licence liquify occasion occured ommited permanent precede priviledge procede questionaire reccommend responsibility schedule seperate seize seive simplified sincerely supersede supervisor tendency themselves withold yeild |
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1. All of us (accept...except) John (accept...except) your apology.
2. When visiting a foreign country, you must (adapt...adopt) yourself to its culture and try to (adapt...adopt) most of its customs.
3. I always tended to (advice...advise) you to be daring. However, thanks to Kim's more prudent (advice...advise), you completed a successful deal.
4. The accident did not (affect..effect) Tim, but the (affect...effect) on his brother was great.
5. I have (all ready...already) seen the movie, so call me when you are (all ready...already) to go to dinner.
6. Is it (all right...alright) to leave the window open?
7. The four of us were (all together...altogether) at the concert, which was (all together...altogether) too long.
8. You have the (allusion...illusion) that I understand classical music, even though I didn't catch your (allusion...illusion) to Bach.
9. You would not believe the (amount...number) of people who came to hear her speak.
10. Bill was (angry at...angry with) the idea of working overtime to finish the project; he was particularly (angry at...angry with) Roger for suggesting it.
11. I am (anxious...eager) to drive the new car, although I am (anxious...eager) about its price.
12. Who, (beside...besides) Patty, is going to sit (beside...besides) the president?
13. We received 90 percent of the (capital...capitol) from the people at the (capital...capitol) building.
14. The attorney must (cite...site) seven cases to support his client's right to build on that (cite...site).
15. I (complement...compliment) you on the menu; the wild rice was a perfect (complement...compliment) to the shrimp.
16. I'm in trouble, and I need your (council...counsel).
17. We invited (fewer...less) people this year, because we have (fewer...less) space.
18. By certain (allusions...illusions) to his opponent's business dealings, the candidate (implied...inferred) that his opponent was dishonest.
19. If you step out of line, you will (loose...lose) your place.
20. If you try to (precede...proceed) the chairman, you will not (precede...proceed) very far.
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