Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts : Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2

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Example Question #31 : Capitalization, Punctuation, And Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2

Which of the following provides the proper spelling for a word that means “understated” or “refined”?

Possible Answers:

Suttle

Subtel

Subttle

Subtle

Suttel

Correct answer:

Subtle

Explanation:

Answer: Subtle

 

 

Example Question #32 : Capitalization, Punctuation, And Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2

Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that means “very likely to happen” or “happening very soon”?

Possible Answers:

Intimate

Inimate

Eminent

Iminint

Imminent 

Correct answer:

Imminent 

Explanation:

Among the other answer choices, some are words but with different meanings. “Intimate” means “close” as in people who are intimate friends. “Eminent” means “prominent.”  

 

 

Example Question #33 : Capitalization, Punctuation, And Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2

Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that means a long duration, typically a long lifespan?

Possible Answers:

Longivety

Longgevity

Longevity

Longievity

Longeivty

Correct answer:

Longevity

Explanation:

Answer: Longevity

 

Example Question #34 : Capitalization, Punctuation, And Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2

Which of the following provides the correct spelling of a word that would describe a treat?

Possible Answers:

Indulgence 

Indulligence

Endulgince

Endulgence

Indulgince

Correct answer:

Indulgence 

Explanation:

Answer: Indulgence

 

 

Example Question #35 : Capitalization, Punctuation, And Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2

Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that means “more than is usual or necessary”?

Possible Answers:

Ecsessive

Exsessive

Excessive

Exescive

Exessive

Correct answer:

Excessive

Explanation:

Answer: Excessive

 

 

Example Question #36 : Capitalization, Punctuation, And Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2

Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that best describes someone with extremely colorful or elaborate behavior?

Possible Answers:

Flemboyiant

Flameboyent

Flamboyint

Flamboyant

Flambuoyant

Correct answer:

Flamboyant

Explanation:

Answer: Flamboyant

 

 

Example Question #37 : Capitalization, Punctuation, And Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.8.2

Which of the following properly spells a word that would describe an attractive or enviable life?

Possible Answers:

Glamaurous

Glamerus

Glammerous

Glamorous

Glamourous

Correct answer:

Glamorous

Explanation:

Glamorous

 

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