Friday 27 May 2011

English Spelling Errors : Answer Key

Canara Bank Clerk Exam : 18th July 2010

Directions (1 - 5) : In each question below, four words printed in bold type are given. These are numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these word printed in bold may either be wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word that is inappropriate or wrongly spelt, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the word printed in bold are correctly spelt and appropriate in the context of the sentence then mark (5) i.e. ‘All corrects’ as your answer.


1. Quality (1) / is never an accident (2) / and is always the result of sincere (3) / effort. (4) / All correct (5)

Answer : (5), All correct


2. The mother and her daughter (1) / were happily selling milk which got them enough (2) / money to leed (3) / a comfortable (4) / life. All correct (5)

Answer : (3) The correct spelling is : lead.


3. One of the monkeys was keeping (1) / a track (2)/ of the things (3)/ done by the king’s men from a distance (4) / All correct (5)

Answer : (5) All correct


4. Shabbir consoled (1) / Ajay and asured (2) / him that his son would return (3) / home by sunset. (4) / All correct (5)

Answer : (2) The correct spelling is : assured.


5. The swan lived in a pawned (1) / and had striking (2) / golden (3) / feathers (4) / All correct (5)

Answer : (1) The correct spelling is : pond.

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