All Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #7 : Use Correct Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2.C
Which of the following provides the proper spelling for a word that means “understated” or “refined”?
Subttle
Subtle
Suttle
Suttel
Subtel
Subtle
Answer: Subtle
Example Question #4 : Use Correct Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2.C
Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that means “very likely to happen” or “happening very soon”?
Inimate
Iminint
Intimate
Eminent
Imminent
Imminent
Among the other answer choices, some are words but with different meanings. “Intimate” means “close” as in people who are intimate friends. “Eminent” means “prominent.”
Example Question #9 : Use Correct Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2.C
Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that means a long duration, typically a long lifespan?
Longeivty
Longgevity
Longievity
Longivety
Longevity
Longevity
Answer: Longevity
Example Question #10 : Use Correct Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2.C
Which of the following provides the correct spelling of a word that would describe a treat?
Indulligence
Endulgince
Indulgince
Endulgence
Indulgence
Indulgence
Answer: Indulgence
Example Question #81 : Language
Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that means “more than is usual or necessary”?
Excessive
Ecsessive
Exescive
Exessive
Exsessive
Excessive
Answer: Excessive
Example Question #82 : Language
Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that best describes someone with extremely colorful or elaborate behavior?
Flameboyent
Flamboyant
Flambuoyant
Flamboyint
Flemboyiant
Flamboyant
Answer: Flamboyant
Example Question #83 : Language
Which of the following properly spells a word that would describe an attractive or enviable life?
Glamourous
Glamaurous
Glammerous
Glamerus
Glamorous
Glamorous
Glamorous