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