Spelling Pretest #23 (The penultimate pretest of the year!)
 

1. "Don’t ever try to give us chairity and then act all high and mighty about it…"
2. The chart had two rows and three collums.
3.  Do not interfear with the game.
4. He wished he had a gardien angel.
5. My throat was scratchy, and my voice was horse.
6. Some students think that Mr. Coward is too leanient, but others say he is too mean.
7. He was a hansome man.
8. What is your father's proffession?
9. He made four atempts to fly.
10. "Idol hands are the Devil’s workshop."
11.  "Necesity is the mother of invention."
12. Pony and Johnny hoped on a frate train.
13. Tom felt he could be independant  of Becky now.
14. I felt embarrassed when I went sliping on the banana peel.
15. You have only yourselfves to blame if you don’t study.
16. "I think, therfore I am."
17. He kept trying until he suceeded.
18. She was a very gracous hostess.
19. I got a letter of exceptance from the collage I applied for.
20. Make a duplacate of this document for your files.
21. When it is day in the Northern Hemasphere, it is night in the South.
22. Make sure that you inclued everyone. Don’t leave anyone out.
23. The announcement was very breaf and to-the-point.
24. Please lay down and take a nap; you apeer to be very tired.
25. Many people are superstisious about the number 13.
26. Eat a sencible diet with lots of vegatables.
27. He made ten cunsecutive baskets without a miss.
28. He was well-liked; he had no enamys.
29. The arguement was between my brother and I.
30. My teacher refferred me to the vice-principal.

Check the sentences numbered below. One in each group may have an error. Decide which one has the error, and fix it. If all four sentences are correct, write"all correct."

1. 16, 12, 14, 1, all correct
2. 2, 4, 19, 20, all correct
3. 21, 17, 25, 27, all correct
4. 28, 29, 30, 3, all correct
5. 6, 7, 8, 9, all correct
6. 24, 5, 11, 13, all correct

EXTRA CREDIT: Explain what #10, #11, and #16 mean. What does "penultimate" mean?