Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts : Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2

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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”?

Possible Answers:

Subttle

Subtle

Suttle

Suttel

Subtel

Correct answer:

Subtle

Explanation:

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”?

Possible Answers:

Inimate

Iminint

Intimate

Eminent

Imminent 

Correct answer:

Imminent 

Explanation:

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?

Possible Answers:

Longeivty

Longgevity

Longievity

Longivety

Longevity

Correct answer:

Longevity

Explanation:

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?

Possible Answers:

Indulligence

Endulgince

Indulgince

Endulgence

Indulgence 

Correct answer:

Indulgence 

Explanation:

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”?

Possible Answers:

Excessive

Ecsessive

Exescive

Exessive

Exsessive

Correct answer:

Excessive

Explanation:

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?

Possible Answers:

Flameboyent

Flamboyant

Flambuoyant

Flamboyint

Flemboyiant

Correct answer:

Flamboyant

Explanation:

Answer: Flamboyant

 

 

Example Question #83 : Language

Which of the following properly spells a word that would describe an attractive or enviable life?

Possible Answers:

Glamourous

Glamaurous

Glammerous

Glamerus

Glamorous

Correct answer:

Glamorous

Explanation:

Glamorous

 

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