TACHS Language : Spelling

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for TACHS Language

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Spelling

Select the word from the given options that is misspelled. If all the given words are spelled correctly select "No mistakes."

Possible Answers:

Excessive

Deficent

No mistakes

Diverse

Conspicuous

Correct answer:

Deficent

Explanation:

This question tested your ability to spot an often easy to overlook error, a missing "i" verb. The reason this is easy to miss is purely visual, in the middle of a visually complex word like "deficient" it is almost natural to overlook a missing letter. It is important, when proofreading or having your spelling tested, to give words an extra look, to make sure that your eye hasn't naturally filled in a missing letter.

The rest of these adjectives are all spelled correctly.

Example Question #2 : Spelling

Select the word from the given options that is misspelled. If all the given words are spelled correctly select "No mistakes."

Possible Answers:

No mistakes

Zelously

Instantaneously

Urgently

Wryly

Correct answer:

Zelously

Explanation:

The correct spelling for the word "zealously" has an "a" after the "e." You could have known this by simply knowing the correct spelling, or realizing that this adverb would be based on the word "zeal," which includes an "a" after the "e." The rest of the options were correctly spelled adverbs.

Example Question #1 : Tachs: Language

Select the word from the given options that is misspelled. If all the given words are spelled correctly select "No mistakes."

Possible Answers:

Promotion

No mistakes

Comotion

Explanation

Demotion

Correct answer:

Comotion

Explanation:

The only word that is misspelled is "comotion," which is missing an "m." "Commotion" is the correct spelling. All the other given options are spelled correctly.

Example Question #2 : Tachs: Language

Select the word from the given options that is misspelled. If all the given words are spelled correctly select "No mistakes."

Possible Answers:

Calamitty

Chicanery

Solemnity

No mistakes

Amity

Correct answer:

Calamitty

Explanation:

"Calamity," when spelled correctly, uses only one "t" preceding the "y." All the other options are correctly spelled.

Example Question #2 : Tachs: Language

Select the word from the given options that is misspelled. If all the given words are spelled correctly select "No mistakes."

Possible Answers:

No mistakes

Virtuoso

Goon

Diciple

Pundit

Correct answer:

Diciple

Explanation:

The given options are all words used to describe different kinds of people (making them all, obviously, nouns). "Disciple," however, needs to have an "s" preceding the "c."

Example Question #4 : Tachs: Language

Select the word from the given options that is misspelled. If all the given words are spelled correctly select "No mistakes."

Possible Answers:

Vex

No mistakes

Brood

Impress

Appease

Correct answer:

No mistakes

Explanation:

The given words are all verbs describing emotional changes or states. All of them are spelled correctly.

Example Question #5 : Tachs: Language

Select the word from the given options that is misspelled. If all the given words are spelled correctly select "No mistakes."

Possible Answers:

Impede

No mistakes

Drench

Soak

Dry

Correct answer:

No mistakes

Explanation:

The given options are all verbs pertaining to the act of changing something's physical state. They are all spelled correctly, so the only correct answer is "no mistakes."

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