Spelling quiz

Being able to spell well in English will improve your reading and writing fluency. It will also help with vocabulary and comprehension.

Spelling is especially important for the written section of IELTS, TOEFL and ESOL English exams. You will lose marks for poor spelling; it will also make it harder for you to get your point across.

Do you agree? How important is being able to spell English words to you?

Choose the correct spelling of these ten words. Can you get them all correct?

• 1 - My birthday is in ___.
  
  February
  Febuary
  Febrary
  
  
• 2 - I had another ___ with my sister. We are always fighting.
  
  arguement
  argument
  argement
  
  
• 3 - We need to find some ____ for our trip.
  
  acomodation
  acommodation
  accommodation
  
  
• 4 - You have such a busy ___.
  
  skedule
  schedule
  shedule
  
  
• 5 - In summer we always swim in the ___.
  
  see
  sey
  sea
  
  
• 6 - I won't see her ___ Friday.
  
  untill
  until
  untille
  
  
• 7 - She was ___ for all your help.
  
  greatful
  grateful
  greatfull
  
  
• 8 - ___ ideas were much better than ours.
  
  They're
  Their
  There
  
  
• 9 - She took the day off ___ she was ill.
  
  becose
  because
  becase
  
  
• 10 - Did you ___ my email?
  
  recive
  recieve
  receive