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SSC CGL Spellings and Detecting Mis-spelt Words — practice questions

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Spot the correct form of the verb meaning to become aware of something through the senses.Read the answer and worked solution →The top inner surface of a room is called what, spelled correctly?Read the answer and worked solution →Find the properly spelled verb that means to measure how heavy a thing is.Read the answer and worked solution →Cargo carried by lorry or ship is called by which correct spelling?Read the answer and worked solution →A visitor from another country is described with which correct adjective spelling?Read the answer and worked solution →A king or queen holding supreme power is described by which correct spelling?Read the answer and worked solution →A player who must give up a deposit as a penalty must do what, spelled correctly?Read the answer and worked solution →A tower's vertical measurement is named by which correct spelling?Read the answer and worked solution →An odd, eerie happening may be called by which correct spelling?Read the answer and worked solution →Which correct spelling names the spare time one has for hobbies?Read the answer and worked solution →Someone you enjoy company with, and share secrets with, is a what, spelled correctly?Read the answer and worked solution →Biology and physics are branches of which correctly spelled field?Read the answer and worked solution →A community of people living together is named by which correct spelling?Read the answer and worked solution →A worker who wastes no time or effort is described by which correct spelling?Read the answer and worked solution →Pyramids of Egypt are described by which correct spelling meaning very old?Read the answer and worked solution →The Himalayan ice mass flowing downhill is called by which correct spelling?Read the answer and worked solution →Which correct spelling names the door keeper of a French apartment block or hotel?Read the answer and worked solution →Tea and coffee contain a stimulant. Which spelling of its name is correct?Read the answer and worked solution →Pulses, eggs and meat are rich in which correctly spelled nutrient?Read the answer and worked solution →By the I before E rhyme, which letter pair may follow the letter c?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair of words does the rhyme extension 'or when sounding like A' cite?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word contains ie directly after the letter c?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the standard British spelling?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word keeps the -our ending in both British and American spelling?Read the answer and worked solution →A funny person who makes people laugh is described by which spelling?Read the answer and worked solution →Which spelling describes a task needing painful, hard work?Read the answer and worked solution →British English spelling of the district where one lives among nearby houses is?Read the answer and worked solution →Which dictionary of 1828 is credited with promoting the -or spelling in the United States?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1755 dictionary spelled governour and errour with -our?Read the answer and worked solution →Which spelling is British for the unit of length?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Spot the correct form of the verb meaning to become aware of something through the senses.

  1. percieve
  2. preceive
  3. perceive
  4. perseive
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Correct answer: C. perceive

Verbs ending in -ceive keep e before i after c, so perceive, deceive and receive follow the rhyme.

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The top inner surface of a room is called what, spelled correctly?

  1. cieling
  2. ceiling
  3. seiling
  4. celing
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Correct answer: B. ceiling

Ceiling is one of the few common words with the cei sequence the rule predicts.

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Find the properly spelled verb that means to measure how heavy a thing is.

  1. wieigh
  2. weigh
  3. wiegh
  4. weihg
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Correct answer: B. weigh

Words with the long a sound written eigh, such as weigh and neigh, put e before i.

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