Spelling Quizzes for Year 5 English Primary School Students

Question 1

When adding the suffix '-ly' to a word that ends in '-y', what should you do?

Accepted Answer

Drop the 'y' and add '-ly'

Answer

Keep the 'y' and add '-ly'

Question 2

What is the correct spelling for a large body of water?

Accepted Answer

Ocean

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Ocian

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Oceon

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Osean

Question 3

Select the option with the correct spelling of the following word:

Accepted Answer

receipt

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reciept

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reseipt

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receat

Question 4

Which of the following is the plural form of 'child'?

Accepted Answer

children

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childs

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childes

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childen

Question 5

Which of the following words is correctly hyphenated?

Accepted Answer

mother-in-law

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mother in law

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motherinlaw

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mother-inlaw

Question 6

Select the option with the correct spelling of this word:

Accepted Answer

believe

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beleive

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beleeve

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beleefe

Question 7

Which of the following is the correct past participle of the verb 'take'?

Accepted Answer

taken

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taked

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tooken

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teaken

Question 8

Identify the word that is an example of a compound word:

Accepted Answer

homework

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beautiful

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quickly

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slowly

Question 9

Which word is spelled correctly with the sound 'igh'?

Accepted Answer

high

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hie

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hiegh

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hi

Question 10

Which word is spelled correctly with the prefix 'un-'?

Accepted Answer

unnecessary

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unnessasary

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unnesesary

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unnessary

Question 11

Which word is spelled correctly according to the rule 'i before e, except after c'?

Accepted Answer

weird

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wierd

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weerd

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weirdd

Question 12

Select the correctly spelled word.

Accepted Answer

accommodate

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accomodate

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acommodate

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acomodate

Question 13

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?

Accepted Answer

definitely

Answer

definitly

Question 14

Choose the correct plural form of 'leaf':

Accepted Answer

leaves

Answer

leafs

Question 15

Which of these suffixes means 'without'?

Accepted Answer

-less

Answer

-ful

Question 16

Choose the homophone of 'there':

Accepted Answer

they're

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their

Question 17

Which of these words is correctly hyphenated?

Accepted Answer

over-ride

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overide

Question 18

Which spelling strategy involves breaking a word down into individual sounds?

Accepted Answer

phonetic spelling

Answer

look-say

Question 19

Choose the word that is correctly capitalised:

Accepted Answer

Monday

Question 20

Which of these words contains an intrusive 'r' sound?

Accepted Answer

library

Question 21

Which word has the correct spelling?

Accepted Answer

accommodate

Answer

accomodate

Answer

acommodate

Question 22

What is the root word of 'friendliness'?

Accepted Answer

friend

Answer

friendly

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friendship

Question 23

Which spelling rule is used in the word 'believe'?

Accepted Answer

ie comes before e, except after c

Answer

Drop the final e before adding -ing

Answer

Change y to i before adding -es

Question 24

What is the correct way to write the plural of 'child'?

Accepted Answer

children

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childrens

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childs

Question 25

What is the meaning of the word 'synonym'?

Accepted Answer

a word with a similar meaning

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a word with opposite meaning

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a word that sounds the same

Question 26

Which of the following is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'not able to be moved'?

Accepted Answer

immovable

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immoveable

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imoveable

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imoveable

Question 27

What is the correct way to pluralize the word 'knife'?

Accepted Answer

knives

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knifes

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knifs

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knifves

Question 28

What type of word is 'slowly'?

Accepted Answer

Adverb

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

Question 29

Which of the following sentences is spelled correctly?

Accepted Answer

The dog barked at the man in the street.

Answer

The dog barks at the man in the street.

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The dog barked at the man in the streat.

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The dog barks at the man in the streat

Question 30

Which of the options below is the correct spelling of the word 'accommodate'?

Accepted Answer

accommodate

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accomodate

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acommdate

Question 31

What is the correct spelling of the past tense of the verb 'swim'?

Accepted Answer

swum

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swimm

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swimed

Question 32

Which of these prefixes means 'not'?

Accepted Answer

un-

Answer

re-

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pre-

Question 33

What is the correct spelling of the comparative form of 'good'?

Accepted Answer

better

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gooder

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more good

Question 34

Which of these words is an example of a proper noun?

Accepted Answer

London

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teacher

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book

Question 35

Which of the following is a spelling strategy that involves breaking down a word into smaller parts?

Accepted Answer

Chunking

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Phonics

Answer

Look and say

Question 36

What is the correct plural form of the word 'child'?

Accepted Answer

Children

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Childs

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Childrens

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Child's

Question 37

What is the correct past tense form of the verb 'eat'?

Accepted Answer

Ate

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Eated

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Eatted

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Eaten

Question 38

Select the word that is spelled correctly.

Accepted Answer

accommodate

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accomodate

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acommodate

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acommidate

Question 39

What is the correct spelling of the past tense of 'run'?

Accepted Answer

ran

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runned

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runnedd

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renn

Question 40

What is the correct spelling of the word that means 'not present'?

Accepted Answer

absent

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abscent

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absant

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abscentt

Question 41

What is the correct spelling of the word for a young horse?

Accepted Answer

foal

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fole

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foleee

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foalle

Question 42

Which suffix is used to form the past participle of regular verbs?

Accepted Answer

-ed

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-ing

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-en

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-ly

Question 43

What is the correct spelling of the word that means 'a large, heavy book'?

Accepted Answer

tome

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tom

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toom

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tomee

Question 44

Which of these words is spelled correctly?

Accepted Answer

accommodation

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accomodation

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acommodation

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accomodationn

Question 45

What is the correct spelling of the word for 'a person who writes'?

Accepted Answer

writer

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writter

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ryter

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writerr

Question 46

Which spelling of the word **separate** is correct?

Accepted Answer

separate

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seperate

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sepparate

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seporate

Question 47

What is the correct plural form of the word **child**?

Accepted Answer

children

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childs

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childrens

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childes

Question 48

Which word has a **prefix**?

Accepted Answer

disappear

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beautiful

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happy

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quickly

Question 49

Which spelling of the word **pronunciation** is correct?

Accepted Answer

pronunciation

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pronounciation

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pronounciationn

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pronounciatione