What’s That I Spell?

Want to make your Labor Day party the hit of the season? During a lull, pull out this spelling test and challenge your guests. Nothing endears you to your friends and neighbors quite like making them feel foolish in public.

You’ll find the answers directly below.

1. Maria looked sharp in those ___ pants.

A) kakhi
B) khakhi
C) khaki
D) kakki

2. The ___ blaze was too much for the firemen.

A) firey
B) firy
C) fierey
D) fiery

3. The speed ___ on my car is broken.

A) gauge
B) guage
C) gage
D) gayge

4. Why would anyone show up in such a ___ outfit?

A) garisch
B) garrisch
C) garrish
D) garish

5. The ___ made the proper call.

A) refferee
B) referee
C) referree
D) refferree

6. The ___ was behind the old church.

A) cemetary
B) cemetery
C) cematery
D) cematary

7. We try to ___ all the different needs of our clients.

A) accomodate
B) accomadate
C) accommadate
D) accommodate

8. I prefer mustard, never ___.

A) mayonnaise
B) mayonaise
C) mayonaisse
D) mayonnaisse

9. Bobby was an ___ who thought of himself as an artist.

A) entrepeneur
B) entrepaneur
C) entrepreneur
D) entrapreneur

10. Javon and KoKo just got back from the ___.

A) Philipines
B) Phillippines
C) Philippines
D) Phillipines

 

ANSWERS

1: C) khaki

2: D) fiery

3: A) gauge

4: D) garish

5: B) referee

6: B) cemetery

7: D) accommodate

8: A) mayonnaise

9: C) entrepreneur

10: C) Philippines

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One response to “What’s That I Spell?”

1. Anthony D. says:

   September 5, 2015, at 3:20 pm

   Every one of these (except for cemetery (all vowels are ‘e’) kills me when I have to write them. To my surprise, I managed 9/10, only falling down on accommodate (yes, ‘cc’ and ‘mm’), but it’s easier when one can look at the choices, I think.

   No amount of memorizing seems to help these days. I think that, to some degree, typing instead of writing is responsible: there’s a tactile muscle memory from writing days that’s lost with typing – if what I do on a keyboard can be called typing, likely making correct spelling more of a challenge, not to mention the temptation to right click the mouse.

   Anyway, thanks for an enjoyable challenge!