Spelling Rules Quiz #2

His abilitees were speedily recognized by his classmates.

• abilities

• abilitease

• ability's

• correct as is

_____________ is an important skill beyond the classroom.

• Sumerizing

• Summeryzing

• Summarizing

• Summaryzing

Authors love to use _____________ to deepen understanding by comparing two unlike things. For example, “The words bounced off her like a stone skipping over the surface of a lake. A stone may skip a long way, but it always sinks eventually.”

― Rachel Hartman, Tess of the Road

• analogy

• analogees

• analogeese

• analogies

The dissatisfied customer was unhappy with her new haircut.

• disatisfied

• disatisfyed

• dissatisfeed

• correct as is

The three boys journied for many miles.

• journeyed

• jurneyed

• journeed

• correct as is

The soldier disobayed the general's orders.

• disobeyed

• disobayed

• disobade

• correct as is

"Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection." --Mark Twain

• deelay

• delaid

• deelayed

• correct as is

"You won't be free from guilt if you are constantly _________ the negative memories of your past. If you're going to replay anything, replay your victories." --Joel Osteen

• reeplaying

• replying

• replaying

In 1851 he brought forth a bill embodying these proposals.

• embodeeing

• emboding

• correct as is

The troops __________ the perimeter.

• fordified

• fourtyfied

• fortified

• fortifyed