Commonly Misspelled Words: Quiz 7

These quizzes test spelling based on our list of 100 commonly misspelled words. You can do this quiz online or print it on paper.

Choose the correct spelling of the missing word in each sentence:

1. Her doctor ______________ her to a skin specialist.

referred refered
a) referred b) refered

2. She doesn't wear make-up or worry about her ______________ .

appearance appearence
a) appearance b) appearence

3. If I feel ______________ , my face goes red.

embarassed embarrassed
a) embarassed b) embarrassed

4. We're on the ______________ of another world war.

threshold threshhold
a) threshold b) threshhold

5. Who's on the new ______________ ?

commitee committee
a) commitee b) committee

6. Climate change could threaten our ______________ .

existance existence
a) existance b) existence

7. Don't ______________ me when I'm talking!

interrupt interupt
a) interrupt b) interupt

8. That ______________ has lots of scary old graves.

cemetary cemetery
a) cemetary b) cemetery

9. Don't worry. The mistakes were barely ______________ .

noticeable noticable
a) noticeable b) noticable

10. Everyone missed you during your ______________ .

abscence absence
a) abscence b) absence

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