Name: Date:
Spelling Challenge
For each question below a number of similar words appear,
but only one is spelled correctly and matches the clue that is
provided. Write the letter of the correctly spelled word in the
space by the question number.
C 1. A. tage B. tah C. tag D. tyg
A game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next
chaser.
B 2. A. hygher B. higher C. highar D. highr
Antonym of "lower."
D 3. A. animil B. animel C. animl D. animal
A creature.
A 4. A. giving B. giveng C. givving D. givng
"______ his word of honor seemed to come too easily."
C 5. A. yourrs B. yors C. yours D. yowrs
Belonging to you.
B 6. A. one B. on C. one D. one
Antonym of "off."
C 7. A. westirn B. wesstern C. western D. whestern
Antonym of "eastern."
B 8. A. footbalm B. football C. footbal D. foottball
Any of various games played with a ball in which two teams try to kick, carry, or propel the
ball into each other's goal.
C 9. A. wop B. wone C. won D. wen
"To be the winner in a contest or competition, you must have ______ the game."
C 10. A. dairc B. dary C. dairy D. daire
Relating to milk or milk products.
D 11. A. rotes B. ratis C. rater D. rates
To have a certain rating.
B 12. A. prouz B. proud C. prod D. prouk
Feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth.
D 13. A. offir B. offar C. ofer D. offer
Make available.
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A 14. A. rockets B. romkets C. rocketse D. rocsets
Vehicles propelled by a rocket engine.
D 15. A. garag B. garrage C. garege D. garage
Where you might park your car.
B 16. A. finde B. find C. finde D. finde
To find the location of something that was missing or lost.
A 17. A. broken B. brojen C. brokin D. brokan
Shattered into pieces.
B 18. A. cyrpet B. carpet C. carper D. karpet
Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric .
A 19. A. nails B. naels C. nals D. nailq
Thin pointed pieces of metal that are hammered into materials as fasteners.
B 20. A. powdir B. powder C. powdere D. poder
A substance consisting of ground particles.
A 21. A. growth B. grouth C. growtq D. groth
A progression from simpler to more complex forms.
B 22. A. possibel B. possible C. posible D. posssible
Something that can be done; antonym of "impossible."
D 23. A. counbries B. countrues C. kountries D. countries
Plural form of "country."
B 24. A. keepng B. keeping C. keepeng D. keaping
The responsibility of a guardian; "He left the car in my ______."
D 25. A. coucq B. cowch C. kouch D. couch
Someone who sits in front of the television all day is known as a ______ potato.
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