Free Spelling and Usage Errors MCQs with Answers

33 Spelling and Usage Errors MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.

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11. Tick the correct spelling of the given word in options.

  • A. Condescend
  • B. Condascend
  • C. Condescand
  • D. Condiscend

Explanation: “Condescend” is spelled with “-descend,” just like the related verb “descend.” The forms using “a” or “isc” are misspellings.

Correct answer: Condescend

12. Choose the correct spelling of the following word?

  • A. Auxuliary
  • B. Auxilliary
  • C. Auxiliary
  • D. Auxuiliarye

Explanation: The correct spelling is “auxiliary,” meaning providing additional help or support. It has the sequence “auxili-,” followed by “-ary,” with no extra “l.”

Correct answer: Auxiliary

13. Identify the correct spelling:

  • A. Commision
  • B. Comission
  • C. Comision
  • D. Commission

Explanation: The correct spelling is “commission,” with double “m” and double “s.” The other forms omit one of these repeated letters.

Correct answer: Commission

14. Choose the correct spelling from the followings?

  • A. Cemetary
  • B. Cemetery
  • C. Cemmetary
  • D. Cemmetery

Explanation: The correct spelling is “cemetery,” containing “e” after the initial “c” and ending in “-tery.” The common error is writing “-etary.”

Correct answer: Cemetery

15. Which spelling is correct?

  • A. Milennium
  • B. Millenium
  • C. Millennium
  • D. Milenium

Explanation: The correct spelling is “millennium,” with double “l,” double “n,” and the ending “-ium.” The other options leave out one of the repeated letters.

Correct answer: Millennium

16. Choose Correct Spelling?

  • A. Succide
  • B. Suicide
  • C. Sucide
  • D. Suiccide

Explanation: The correct spelling is “suicide,” formed from “sui” and “-cide,” meaning killing. The other choices add or omit letters incorrectly.

Correct answer: Suicide

17. Are we ____________ to leave on vacation?

  • A. already
  • B. altogether
  • C. all together
  • D. all ready

Explanation: All ready means completely prepared, which fits the question about leaving on vacation. Already means previously or by this time, while altogether means completely or in total.

Correct answer: all ready

18. Select the word which is spelled correctly?

  • A. Benefited
  • B. benifited
  • C. benifitted
  • D. None of These

Explanation: “Benefited” is correctly formed from “benefit” by adding “-ed.” The other spellings incorrectly replace the second “e” or misspell the word’s middle letters.

Correct answer: Benefited

19. Choose the correct spellings.

  • A. Qoloquial
  • B. Coloquial
  • C. Colloqial
  • D. Colloquial

Explanation: The correct spelling is “colloquial,” meaning characteristic of informal speech. It contains double l and ends in “-quial,” which distinguishes it from the misspelled options.

Correct answer: Colloquial

20. Choose the correct spelling from the following?

  • A. Etiquite
  • B. Etiquette
  • C. Etikuit
  • D. None of These

Explanation: Etiquette is the correct spelling for the customary rules of polite behaviour. The other spellings incorrectly replace or rearrange its letters.

Correct answer: Etiquette