Free Spelling and Usage Errors MCQs with Answers

• A. Metropolitan
• B. Metropoleton
• C. Metropulitan
• D. None of these

Explanation: Metropolitan is the correct spelling, formed from metropolis with the ending -politan.

• A. bureaucracy
• B. bereaucracy
• C. buraucracy
• D. berocracy

Explanation: Bureaucracy begins with “bureau” and ends with “-cracy,” producing bureaucracy.

• A. Bettalion
• B. Battalion
• C. Bettalean
• D. Battalian

Explanation: The correct spelling is “battalion,” meaning a large military unit. The common error is inserting an extra “e” or placing the “i”…

• A. Cessation
• B. Cession
• C. Session
• D. cestion

Explanation: Cessation means a stopping or ending, so “the cessation of war” means the end of hostilities.

• A. Morgage
• B. Morguage
• C. Mortgage
• D. Morgauge

Explanation: Mortgage is the standard spelling for a loan secured against property. The other forms incorrectly place or omit letters after “Mortg-”.

• A. In
• B. Un
• C. Dis
• D. None

Explanation: The prefix “un-” forms the opposite of believable: unbelievable. “In-” and “dis-” do not form the standard word in this context.

• A. Hail
• B. Hale
• C. Hell
• D. Hall

Explanation: Hale means healthy, and the fixed expression is “hale and hearty.” Hail means frozen precipitation or a call to someone, while hell and…

• A. raising
• B. rising
• C. growing
• D. lifting

Explanation: Prices “rise” by themselves, whereas people “raise” prices or other things.

• A. Thiefs
• B. Thiefes
• C. Thievse
• D. Thieves

Explanation: The plural of “thief” changes the final “f” sound to “v” and takes “-es,” producing “thieves.” The other forms do not follow this spelling…

• A. Harrass
• B. Harass
• C. Harras
• D. Herrass

Explanation: The correct spelling is “harass,” with one “r” and two “s” letters. “Harrass” incorrectly doubles the first consonant.

• A. Perseverance
• B. Persevarance
• C. Perceverence
• D. Perseverence

Explanation: The correct spelling is perseverance, meaning continued effort despite difficulty. The middle sequence is -sever-, not -sevar- or -cever-.

• A. Brutility
• B. Brutality
• C. Brutelity
• D. Brutilety

Explanation: The correct spelling is brutality, formed from brutal with the suffix -ity.

• A. hare
• B. heir
• C. hair
• D. here

Explanation: An heir is a person who is legally entitled to receive someone’s property or fortune.

• A. I asked them to leave their luggage at the hotel room.
• B. I asked them to leave their luggages at the hotel room.
• C. I asked them to leave one's luggage at the hotel's room.
• D. I asked them to leave their luggages at the room of the hotel.

Explanation: - "Luggage" is an uncountable noun, which means it refers to a general category of items (in this case, suitcases, bags, etc.) rather than…

• A. Write
• B. For
• C. Make
• D. Approaching
• E. Bushes

Explanation: Option A is correct. This option is correct. Write is a misspelling of right, which refers to the direction from which the traffic is…

• A. suit
• B. suite
• C. dress
• D. gown

Explanation: A suit is a set of matching garments typically consisting of a jacket and trousers.

• A. Discremination
• B. Discrimenation
• C. Discrimination
• D. Disscrimnation

Explanation: The correct answer is Option C: Discrimination. This spelling accurately reflects the standard English form of the word.

• A. Mnemonics
• B. Mnenomics
• C. Nemonics
• D. Nenomics

Explanation: Mnemonics is the correctly spelled word for memory aids or memory techniques. The initial combination mn is retained, as in mnemonic.

• A. pedagogical
• B. pediagogical
• C. pedagogcial
• D. padegogical

Explanation: Pedagogical is the correctly spelled word, meaning related to teaching or education. The other forms wrongly arrange or omit letters.

• A. Temparary
• B. Temperary
• C. Temporary
• D. Temprary

Explanation: Temporary is spelled with the sequence “-porary,” as in temporary work. The extra or missing vowels in the other forms make them incorrect.