Spelling Pretest #8 -- In your notebook, write the
correct spelling of each boldfaced, underlined word, then click. Also be
on the lookout for any other mechanical mistakes to fix for extra credit.
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The ________ seems to be the most difficult form of dance. a)
ballay b) balley c) ballet d) baillet e) balay
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Will you teach me your painting __________? a) tecnique
b) technique c) teqnique d) technic e) techniche
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The long hike left us weak with _____. a) fatigue b) fateege
c) fateage d) fateegue e) fategue
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The young actor was nervous about his _______. a) dabue
b) debue c) debut d) debute e) debuy
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She is too tall to be called _______. a) pettite b) petite
c) petitte d) pitite e) pitete
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An _____ boxer does not compete for money. a) amature b)
amatuer c) ameture d) amateur e) ameteur
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The bride carried a beautiful ________ of flowers. a) boukay
b) bouquet c) booquet d) bouket e) bouquay
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A ________ will relax those tight mussels. a) message
b) masage c) mesage d) massage e) massaj
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His _________ chair is hundreds of years old. a) antique b) anteek
c) anteeque d) anteque e) anteak
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His directions were so ________ --"Go for a little bit, untill you see
a tree..."--that we got lost. a) vaige b) vauge c) vaugue
d) vaigue e) none of the above
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Please sit still while I finish your _________ . a) potrate
b) portait c) portrait d) portraite e) pourtrait
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The bus crawled along the crowded _________. a) boulevard
b) boulavard c) boulavarde d) boulevarde e) bolevard.
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Heavy rains filled the __________(s), like Lake Nacimiento. a)
reservoire b) reserver c) researvoir d) resevoir
e) reservoir
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The storm blew _______ all over the yard. a) debrit b) debrise
c) debrite d) debris e) none of the above
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The dress _________ is having a sale. a) boutike b) bootique
c) bouteke d) boutique e) none of the above
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The view from the ________ is splendid. a) plato b) plateau
c) platteau d) plattoe e) platoe
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I have a _______ for a $1.99 pizza. a) qupon b) quepon
c) coupon d) quopon e) none of the above
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The train leaves the ________ at noon. a) depoe b) depote
c) deepot d) deepoe e) depot
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Our names were engraved on the ________ by the door. a) plack
b) plaque c) placque d) placke e) none of the above
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My aunt would ________ a scarf for you. a) croshay b) croshet
c) crochay d) crochet e) none of the above
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Ponyboy had experienced too much to be called innocent or ________.
a) naive b) niave c) neive d) nieve e) none of
the above
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The criminal's actions were caught by the store ________ camera.
a) surveilance b) surveillence c) surviellance d) surveillance
e) none of the above
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It was just a _________ day nothing special hapenned. a) rutine
b) routine c) routien d) rutiene e) routiene
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The singing ________ made beautiful music. a) onsomble b)
enemble c) ensamble d) enseamble e) none of the above
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The road construction created a ________. a) detoure b)
deatour c) deature d) detour e) deatoure