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Memory aids quiz
Level A
1. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly?
A)
B)
C)
D)
immediate
immediate
immediete
immediate
2. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly?
A)
B)
C)
D)
onion
onion
onion
onian
3. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly?
A)
B)
C)
D)
ominous
ominus
ominous
ominous
4. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly?
A)
B)
C)
D)
already
allready
already
already
5. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly?
A)
B)
C)
D)
listened
listened
lissened
listened
6. Which of these words doesn't make sense when you add the prefix -un?
A)
B)
C)
D)
bind
wind
find
kind
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7. Which of these words doesn't make sense when you add the prefix -dis?
A)
B)
C)
D)
appear
taste
connect
know
8. Which of these words doesn't make sense when you add the prefix -pre?
A)
B)
C)
D)
view
mature
diction
speak
9. Which word can you join with stroke to describe a style of swimming?
A)
B)
C)
D)
air
sun
brush
back
10. Which word can you join with spread to describe something that can keep you warm at night?
A)
B)
C)
D)
sandwich
jam
bed
wide
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Memory aids quiz
Level B
1. Which word can you join with bull to make a household pet?
A)
B)
C)
D)
rush
dog
fight
ring
2. Which word can you join with cross to make a type of puzzle?
A)
B)
C)
D)
road
cut
talk
word
3. Which word can you join with drop to make a word that means to listen to someone else's
conversation.
A)
B)
C)
D)
back
snow
eaves
down
4. Which word can you join with hand to make something to carry your purse in?.
A)
B)
C)
D)
pick
some
rail
bag
5. Which suffix can you add to child to describe the early years of a person's life?
A)
B)
C)
D)
ish
ren
hood
like
6. Which suffix can you add to hand to describe something convenient?
A)
B)
C)
D)
less
y
ful
fast
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7. Which of these words has four syllables?
A)
B)
C)
D)
aubergine
grapefruit
watermelon
tomato
8. Which of these words doesn't have five syllables?
A)
B)
C)
D)
disintegration
privatisation
assimilation
concentration
9. Which of these words has six syllables?
A)
B)
C)
D)
unashamed
biodegradable
unforgivable
environmental
10. How many syllables are there in antidisestablishmentarianism?
A)
B)
C)
D)
ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
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Memory aids quiz
Level C
1. Which one of these words sounds different?
A)
B)
C)
D)
wound (meaning a cut)
bound
found
sound
2. Which one of these words sounds different?
A)
B)
C)
D)
could
would
should
mould
3. Notice the -eigh sound in these words. Which one sounds different?
A)
B)
C)
D)
weight
freight
height
neighbour
4. Notice the -augh sound in these words. Which one sounds different?
A)
B)
C)
D)
daughter
taught
laughter
caught
5. Which word could fit this clue?
A)
B)
C)
D)
arithmetic
artificial
artistic
arbitrary
6. Which word could fit this clue?
A)
B)
C)
D)
ar _ i _ i _ _ _ _
_e_ _u_u_
century
meticulous
pendulum
detritus
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7. Which word could fit this clue.
A)
B)
C)
D)
__m_r___e
marmalade
humorous
farmhouse
memorable
8. Which word would not fit this clue? _ e _ _ _ _ i _ g
A)
B)
C)
D)
defending
repeating
depending
presenting
9. Which word would not fit this clue?
A)
B)
C)
D)
sensation
formation
foundation
imitation
10. Which word would not fit this clue?
A)
B)
C)
D)
____a__o_
_i__u_e
fixture
picture
mixture
whistler
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Answers
Level A
1. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly?
The answer is: C. immediete. The correct spelling is immediate.
2. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly?
The answer is: D. onian. The correct spelling is onion.
3. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly?
The answer is: B. ominus. The correct spelling is ominous.
4. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly?
The answer is: B. allready. The correct spelling is already.
5. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly?
The answer is: C. lissened,. The correct spelling is listened.
6. Which of these words doesn't make sense when you add the prefix -un?
The answer is: C. find. Unbind, unwind and unkind are all meaningful words. Unfind doesn't
make sense.
7. Which of these words doesn't make sense when you add the prefix -dis?
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The answer is: D. know. Disappear, distaste and disconnect are meaningful words. Disknow
doesn't make sense.
8. Which of these words doesn't make sense when you add the prefix -pre?
The answer is: D. speak. Preview, premature and prediction are meaningful words.
Prespeak doesn't make sense.
9. Which word can you join with stroke to describe a style of swimming?
The answer is: D. back. Backstroke is a style of swimming.
10. Which word can you join with spread to describe something that can keep you warm at night?
The answer is: C. bed. A bedspread is a covering for a bed.
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Level B
1. Which word can you join with bull to make a household pet?
The correct answer is: B. The answer is dog. A bulldog is a type of dog that could be a pet.
2. Which word can you join with cross to make a type of puzzle?
The correct answer is: D. The answer is word. A crossword is a type of word puzzle.
3. Which word can you join with drop to make a word that means to listen to someone else's
conversation.
The correct answer is: C. The answer is eaves. To eavesdrop means to listen in to other
people talking, for example you might overhear a conversation on a bus.
4. Which word can you join with hand to make something to carry your purse in?.
The correct answer is: D. The answer is bag. A handbag is useful for carrying purse, keys
etc.
5. Which suffix can you add to child to describe the early years of a person's life?
The correct answer is: C. The answer is hood. Childhood refers to the first ten to fifteen years
of a person's life.
6. Which suffix can you add to hand to describe something convenient?
The correct answer is: B. The answer is y. Handy describes something that is convenient or
useful.
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7. Which of these words has four syllables?
The correct answer is: C. The answer is watermelon. Wat-er-mel-on has four syllables
8. Which of these words doesn't have five syllables?
The correct answer is: D. The answer is concentration. Con-cent-rat-ion only has four
syllables.
9. Which of these words has six syllables?
The correct answer is: B. Bi-o-de-grad-a-ble has six syllables, the other words all have five.
10. How many syllables are there in antidisestablishmentarianism?
The correct answer is: C. An-ti-dis-est-ab-lish-ment-ar-i-an-is-m has twelve syllables.
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Memory aids quiz
Level C
1. Which one of these words sounds different?
The correct answer is: A. Wound has an oo sound, the others sound like ground
2. Which one of these words sounds different?
The correct answer is: D. Mould sounds like old, the other words sound like good.
3. Notice the -eigh sound in these words. Which one sounds different?
The correct answer is: C. Height sounds like bite. The other words sound like bay.
4. Notice the -augh sound in these words. Which one sounds different?
The correct answer is: C. Laughter sounds like after. The other words sound like water.
5. Which word could fit this clue?
ar _ i _ i _ _ _ _
The correct answer is: B. Artificial fits the clue.
6. Which word could fit this clue?
_e_ _u_u_
The correct answer is: C. Pendulum fits the clue.
7. Which word could fit this clue.
__m_r___e
The correct answer is: D. Memorable fits the clue.
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8. Which word would not fit this clue?
_e_ _ _ _i_g
The correct answer is: D. Presenting would not fit - it has too many letters.
9. Which word would not fit this clue?
____a__o_
The correct answer is: C. Foundation would not fit. It has too many letters.
10. Which word would not fit this clue?
_i__u_e
The correct answer is: D. Whistler would not fit, It has too many letters.
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