All Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #4 : 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
Suttel
Subtel
Subtle
Suttle
Subtle
Answer: Subtle
Example Question #74 : Language
Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that means “very likely to happen” or “happening very soon”?
Inimate
Iminint
Imminent
Eminent
Intimate
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 #5 : 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?
Longievity
Longevity
Longivety
Longgevity
Longeivty
Longevity
Answer: Longevity
Example Question #6 : 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
Indulgince
Indulgence
Endulgince
Endulgence
Indulgence
Answer: Indulgence
Example Question #11 : Use Correct Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2.C
Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that means “more than is usual or necessary”?
Exsessive
Exescive
Exessive
Excessive
Ecsessive
Excessive
Answer: Excessive
Example Question #12 : Use Correct Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2.C
Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that best describes someone with extremely colorful or elaborate behavior?
Flameboyent
Flemboyiant
Flambuoyant
Flamboyant
Flamboyint
Flamboyant
Answer: Flamboyant
Example Question #13 : Use Correct Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2.C
Which of the following properly spells a word that would describe an attractive or enviable life?
Glammerous
Glamaurous
Glamorous
Glamerus
Glamourous
Glamorous
Glamorous
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