Primary 4 · English · Spelling & Editing
Spelling & Editing questions for Primary 4 English
12 questions to work through online, 6 of them written out the way the paper asks. Answer and you get the working straight away, then a score at the end. No sign-up, and you can retake it as often as you like.
- Agreement across a phrase
- Choosing the correct spelling
- Spotting a misspelt word
- Words that sound the same
- Spotting a grammar error
- Writing the correction
- Writing the correct spelling
Answers and explanations for all 12 questions
Every answer with the reasoning behind it. Worth reading after you have tried the set — or on its own, if you are a parent marking it.
Which word is wrong? The box of coloured pencils belong to the girl in the front row.
Answer: belong
It is the box that belongs, not the pencils, so the verb is belongs. The phrase of coloured pencils sits between them to catch you out.
Which spelling is correct? The handwriting on the envelope was barely ______ .
Answer: legible
Legible means able to be read, and it ends in -ible.
Which word in this sentence is spelt wrongly? The principal congratulated the team on their acheivement.
Answer: acheivement
It is achievement: the i comes before the e here, because the rule only puts e first after c.
Which word is wrong? The new timetable had a strange affect on the length of our break.
Answer: affect
After a and strange the sentence needs a noun, and the noun is effect. Affect is the verb — the timetable affects the break, and it has an effect on it.
Which word is wrong? Neither of the answers were marked correct by the teacher.
Answer: were
Neither means not one, which is singular, so the verb is was.
Which spelling is correct? We had to write a short ______ of the story for homework.
Answer: summary
A summary is a short account, with a double m and an a before the r.
Write the correct form of the marked word. When we got there, the shop [close] for the afternoon.
Answer: had closed
Two things happened in the past and the shutting came first, so it takes had closed.
Spell the marked word correctly. The two teams played a [freindly] match on Saturday.
Answer: friendly
It is friendly — friend keeps the i before the e.
Write the correct form of the marked word. There [is] fewer cars in the car park on a Sunday.
Answer: are
Cars is plural and the sentence is about now, so the verb is are.
Spell the marked word correctly. My brother is [studing] for his examinations next month.
Answer: studying
Study keeps its y before -ing, giving studying.
Write the correct form of the marked word. This is the [worse] result our class has ever had.
Answer: worst
Comparing one against all the others takes worst, not worse.
Write the correct form of the marked word. The librarian asked us to return the atlases [quiet] to the shelf.
Answer: quietly
The word describes how the returning is done, so quiet becomes quietly.