Check out 20 spelling questions commented by our experts and train your knowledge in the correct spelling of words.
question 1
"The set of letters in the alphabet is called ______." Of the alternatives below, the one that correctly fills the gap is
a) alphabet
b) nose
c) abcdarian
d) alphabet
e) abcedary
Correct alternative: a) alphabet
The alphabet (or alphabet) is a masculine noun that can also be called ABC (a-be-cê).
question 2
In the sentence "The place where meat is sold is called ______." The word that fills the gap correctly is
a) butcher
b) blow
c) butcher
d) store
e) butcher
Correct alternative: e) butcher shop
As much as in oral language people say the term butcher shop without the "u", this masculine noun is written with c cedilla (ç) and the semivowel u.
question 3
"The teacher asked them to open the notebooks and write the ______." The correct spelling of the word is
a) headboard
b) header
c) header
d) cabezalion
e) head
Correct alternative: b) header
The masculine noun "header" is written with c cedilla (ç) and the digraph "lh".
question 4
Enough of creating _____! The term that fills the gap correctly is
a) impediment
b) plaster
c) impediment
d) hindrance
e) ill
Correct alternative: d) hindrance
The masculine noun "hinder" has as its first letter "e"", being written with "c" and the digraph "lh".
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question 5
Tick the option where there is a spelling error
a) Do you know the properties of water?
b) Nobody believes in weather forecasts anymore.
c) I swear I'm innocent, your dear.
d) Every day I pass that beggar.
d) The knot is loose.
Correct alternative: c) I swear I'm innocent, your very deserving.
The masculine adjective "your honor" is a form of treatment used to refer to judges. It is written with "e" in the first syllable and "i" in the second syllable: me-ri-tis-si-mo.
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question 6
Check the grammatically correct sentence
a) We go to the supermarket because we need to buy vegetables.
b) Aren't you going to the concert tonight? Why?
c) I didn't go to school yesterday because I got sick.
d) Why was dinner not served?
e) Why didn't she come back?
Correct alternative: d) Why was dinner not served?
About the uses of whys, we have:
- Because: used in questions, in interrogative sentences
- Why: used in answers, in causal and explanatory affirmative sentences.
- Because: used in questions, at the end of interrogative sentences.
- Because: noun meaning "reason" or "reason"
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question 7
The alternative where all words are spelled correctly is
a) youngest, weir, paçoca, açaí and saffron
b) cassula, dam, passaca, açaí and saffron
c) youngest, asude, paçoca, assai and saffron
d) youngest, asude, paçoca, açaí and assaffrão
e) cassula, weir, passaca, assaí and assaffrão
Correct alternative a) youngest, dam, paçoca, açaí and saffron
Despite being pronounced with a double ss sound, all the words in the exercise are written with c cedilla.
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question 8
All alternatives are correct, except
a) slide - slide
b) rooted - root
c) standstill - standstill
d) realization - carry out
e) neighborhood - neighbor
Correct alternative: c) standstill - standstill
The "s" is used, among other rules, in words derived from another that is written with that letter. An example of this are the terms "downtime" and "downtime".
Likewise, the "z" is used in words derived from another that are written with that letter, for example:
- slide - slide
- rooted - root
- achievement - perform
- neighborhood - neighbor
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question 9
“Where” and “Where” are words that indicate place, however they are used in different situations. Of the alternatives below, the one that is incorrect is
Where is she?
b) Where do you want to go?
c) I don't know where to start the walk.
d) Where is the money?
e) Where are you going in such a hurry?
Correct alternative: c) I don't know where to start the walk.
The essential difference between the words "where" and "where" is that:
- Where: idea of permanence. It indicates the place where an event is or is taking place and is linked to verbs that express permanence.
- Where: idea of movement. It indicates movement or approximation and is linked to verbs that express this idea.
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question 10
Correctly fill in the blanks with the terms session, section or assignment
a) Therapy _____ is delayed.
b) That girl works in my _____.
c) The _____ of the requested material will be done tomorrow morning.
d) We will be late for cinema _____.
e) Look for this in the _____ of dairy products.
Correct alternatives:
a) session
b) section
c) assignment
d) session
e) section
Session, Section, Assignment are homophone words, that is, they have identical pronunciation, but different spellings.
- Session: represents the time of a meeting, a meeting, an assembly.
- Section: represents a subdivision, a segment, a division, part of a whole.
- Assignment: is related to the act of giving in, giving, renounce.
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question 11
Complete with x or ch:
a) en__urrada
b) __uvisco
c) cai__a
d) me__er
e) __antagem
Correct alternatives:
a) flurry: after the syllable “en” the letter “x” is used.
b) drizzle: noun derived from the verb “to rain”.
c) box: after diphthongs the letter “x” is used.
d) move: after the syllable “me” the letter “x” is used.
e) blackmail: derived from words with ch.
question 12
Fill in the blanks with the correct keywords
a) _____ there are more explanations that will end your doubts. (below/below)
b) The computer _____ was too expensive. (repair/concert)
c) Make a good _____. (trip/trip)
d) You are getting _____ smarter (more/but)
e) We had never talked about _____ of this. (about/about)
Correct alternatives:
a) below
- The word "below", written together, is an adverb of place meaning that something is in an inferior position in relation to something else. It is synonymous with below, below, below, below and antonymous with above, above and above.
- The word "below", written separately, plays the role of an adjective in the sentence. That is, in this case, it qualifies a noun.
b) repair
- The word repair, with "s", means repair, that is, to restore or correct something; make something work again, fix something.
- The word concert, with "c", designates a musical session and is synonymous with "show".
c) travel
- The word travel, with "g", is a noun.
- The word viajem, with "j", is a conjugation of the verb to travel, written with "j".
d) more
- The word "more" indicates the addition or increase of the quantity of something, and has as an antonym "less".
- The word "but" can play the role of a noun, conjunction or adverb. As a noun it is associated with some defect. As an adversative conjunction, it is used when the speaker wants to expose an idea contrary to what was said above, having the same meaning as: however, however, however, as long as. And finally, as an adverb, it is used to emphasize some information.
e) about
- The word "about", written together, is an adverb that means something is near.
- The word the fence, written separately, means “approximate” being synonymous with the adverb “near”. It is formed by the article “a” and the noun “about”. This term is usually accompanied by the preposition “of”: about.
question 13
“Evil” and “evil” are two homophone words. That is, they are pronounced the same way, but written in different ways. The alternative below where the word is used correctly is
a) I'm feeling bad this afternoon.
b) I went a lot bad in the chemistry test.
c) Henry was very bad with me.
d) The head of the company was always on bad humor
e) The teachers say that Peter is bad student.
Correct alternative: c) Henrique was very mean to me.
The word bad with "u" is the opposite adjective of "good". On the other hand, the word evil with "l" is the opposite of "good" and can play the role of an adverb of mood, noun and temporal subordinative conjunction.
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question 14
(Idecan-2016) Tick the statement that has a spelling ERROR.
a) Thousands of people commit suicide each year.
b) Sadness refers to anguish or hopelessness.
c) Depression is a serious illness and should be treated as such.
d) It is not clear whether medication for depression affects the risk of suicide.
Correct alternative: b) Sadness refers to anguish or hopelessness.
The word sadness is written with "z", since words that have the suffixes -ez, -eza form abstract nouns from adjectives: sad-sadness.
question 15
(Copese-2020) All words in the sequence are CORRECTLY spelled in:
a) Cizania – hates – appease – slip – varnished.
b) Usury – setbacks – contempt – cornstarch – graying.
c) Pretension – suspension – expansive – convertible – defensive.
d) Submission – discussion – remission – intercession – restriction.
e) Intervention – exception – presumption – redemption – containment.
Correct alternative: a) Cizania – hates – appease – slip – varnished.
All words in the alternative "a" are pronounced and written with "z". In the other alternatives, the correct words are:
b) contempt
c) suspension
d) restriction
e) presumption
question 16
(São Marcos-SP) Check the alternative whose words are correctly spelled:
a) shaman, chess, arrow, mixed, coziness
b) abolition, tribe, pretension, obsessed, tiredness
c) tip, gutter, pool, bloom, consiliate
d) chess, token, gossip, swarm, flood
e) page, chess, arrow, mecherico, swarm
Correct alternative: d) chess, token, gossip, swarm, flurry
The correct words for the other alternatives:
a) chess, mixed
b) obsessed
c) gutter, pool, reconcile
e) shaman, chess, arrows, gossip
question 17
(Fundatec-2019) The word “anxiety” is written with 's'. Which of the words below is correctly spelled with that same letter?
a) Anestral.
b) Bracelet.
c) Progress.
d) Nightser.
e) Precaution.
Correct alternative b) Bracelet.
One of the rules for using the "s" is that it is used after a diphthong. Thus, the word bracelet is a diphthong, since it has a vowel and a semivowel in the same syllable: pul-sHey-frog.
The correct words in the other alternatives are:
a) Ancestor
c) Progress
d) Dusk
e) Precaution
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question 18
(Quadrix-2019) Check the alternative in which the spelling of the words in the excerpts is in accordance with the rules of the official Brazilian spelling and with the appropriate meanings.
a) I'm having trouble absorbing so much information.
b) In this heat, I can't stop sweating.
c) There are new measures to combat drug trafficking.
d) Don't worry, I won't dilate anyone.
e) It is necessary to ratify these wrong data.
Correct alternative b) In this heat, I can't stop sweating.
In the other alternatives, paronyms were used, that is, that are similar in spelling and pronunciation, however, they differ in meaning.
a) the correct thing is to "absorb": absolve (forgive) and absorb (aspirate)
c) the correct one is "traffic": traffic (traffic) and traffic (illegal trade)
d) the correct thing is to "report": dilate (widen) and denounce (denounce)
e) the correct thing is to "rectify": ratify (confirm) and rectify (correct)
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question 19
(Quadrix-2019) According to the official Brazilian spelling rules for the use of “g” and “j”, mark the alternative that presents the word correctly spelled.
a) foreigner
b) sergeant
c) eggplant
d) slab
e) bowl
Correct alternative: c) eggplant
Of the alternatives, the only word spelled correctly is eggplant. It is important to note that "eggplant" with g is also correct.
- Eggplant, with a j, is the correct form of writing in Brazilian Portuguese.
- Aubergela, with g, is the correct spelling in Portuguese from Portugal.
The correct form of the words in the other alternatives:
a) foreigner
b) sergeant
d) slab
e) bowl
question 20
(Cesgranrio-2018) The words judge, sweat and floodplain, when transferred to the plural, have the following spelling:
a) judges; sweats; floodplains
b) judges; sweats; floodplains
c) judges; sweats; floodplains
d) judges; sweats; floodplains
e) judges; sweats; floodplains
Correct alternative: a) judges; sweats; floodplains
In the plural formation, the term "judge" is added with the suffix -es because it is a word ending in -z. It has an acute accent because it is a paroxytone formed by the hiatus "ui": ju-Í-zes. However, in the singular, the term "judge" has no accent because it is an oxytone word, where the last syllable is stressed: ju-IZ.
Likewise, in the formation of the plural of the word "sweat", the suffix -es (suores) is added. This happens for all words ending in -r, -z, or -n.
The word várzea is proparoxytone, where the stressed syllable is the first: vár-ze-a. To form the plural, the "s" is added, as it is a word ending in a vowel.
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