Choose the correctly spelt word.
Correct: C — accommodate. Accommodate has two c’s and two m’s — picture "two cars, two motorbikes".
Spelling: The Common Traps
The mangled spellings that cost 11+ marks — accommodate, definitely, separate and necessary — with memory tricks for each.
11+ spelling questions rarely test obscure words. They test the handful of common words everybody gets wrong. Learn the trick for each one and these become guaranteed marks.
Practising: Common misspellings · Double letters · Spelling memory tricks
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Which spelling is correct?
Correct: B — definitely. Definitely contains the word "finite": de + finite + ly.
Which spelling is correct?
Correct: B — separate. There is "a rat" in sep-a-rate.
Which spelling is correct?
Correct: C — necessary. One c and two s’s — "one collar, two sleeves".
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