📖Definition
Spelling Errors questions ask you to identify the word that is spelt incorrectly.
Knowledge Required
Learn common 11+ spelling traps: double consonants, silent letters, ie/ei words, soft c and g, and endings such as -able, -ible, -ance and -ence.
✅How To Answer
Read all options slowly. Do not stop at the first word that looks unusual.
Test likely danger points: missing double letters, swapped vowels, silent letters and endings.
If two spellings look possible, picture the word in a sentence or think of a related word.
✏️Example
Find the word that is spelt incorrectly.
acommodate, accident, address, adventure, approval
✅Solution
The correct spelling is accommodate. It has double c and double m. Therefore acommodate is the incorrectly spelt word.
💡Multiple Choice Tip
The incorrect option often sounds right when read aloud. English spelling is visual as well as phonetic, so check the letters carefully.
💡Tips/hints
Make a personal spelling list for words you miss more than once.
Cover the answers and try writing the correct spelling mentally before choosing.