Verbal Ability Spelling – Practical Test 1
Questions where you have to identify incorrectly spelt words are common in all levels of verbal ability tests. The test designer needs to choose commonly misspelled words which are in regular use, as it would be unfair to use obscure words which only a small percentage of candidates could be expected to know. This means that the test designer has a relatively restricted list of words to choose from and you will find that the same words tend to appear in many different suppliers tests.
Please note that many test suppliers frame their spelling questions in a different way to those in this practice test. For example:
Choose the pair of words that best completes the sentence.
The ________ of the timetable caused some _______________.
A) rivision B) revision C) revission D) revition
A) inconvenience B) inconvenince C) inconveneince D) inconveniance
However, what is being tested here is your ability to spell these words correctly rather than anything else. Improving your performance on these spelling questions is straightforward. Work through these test papers methodically and make a note of the ones you get wrong. This will give you a list of words that you need to learn to spell correctly.
Test 1 – 50 Questions
Instructions: Answer as many questions as you can in 15 minutes. Select the letter which corresponds to the correctly spelled word.
