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