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Spelling Self-Test


Question 1

"The king had no alternative but to acceed to these demands."

Question 2

"Ageism rather than elitism makes medicine the least accessable degree for mature students."



Question 3

"The Council is finding it increasingly difficult to lease its high-rise accommodation."

 


Question 4

"In accordence with the guidelines, she enclosed a CV with the letter."


Question 5

"The letter of acknowledgment arrived the next day."

 


Question 6

"His essay indicated a less than perfect aquaintance with the text under consideration."



Question 7

"The test confirmed they all had acquired the desired skills."

 


Question 8

"He continued to allege that he had exercised due care and attention, but few believed him."


Question 9

"Concern for a fashionable appearence is not negligible as a driver of the economy."

 


Question 10

"His refutation of the arguement hinged on showing that it traded on an ambiguity between real and apparent magnitude."

 

Question 11

"The position of research assistants continues to be a concern."


Question 12

"It is back to the begining again."



Question 13

"He was mistaken in thinking her arrival at that juncture to be sheer coinsidence."

 


Question 14

"The committee decided the matter fell within its remit."


Question 15

"Comparitive analysis was demanded by each question in the Modern European paper."

 


Question 16

"The results of the experiments were fully compatible with the starting hypothesis."



Question 17

"The introduction of this evidence was challenged on the grounds of competance."

 


Question 18

"Even if we conceed this point, there remain major challenges to the view."


Question 19

"The actual experience was more painful than they had ever concieved."

 


Question 20

"What virtue is there in being consistently wrong?"

 


Question 21

"No plea had been entered on behalf of the defendant."


Question 22

"The claim, when qualified in that way, is much more defencable."



Question 23

"This is definately correct."

 


Question 24

"His concern extended beyond the future welfare of his own children to include various other dependents."


Question 25

"The loss of generating capacity made the business dependant on external suppliers."

 


Question 26

"The first stages in the development of the disease are easy to miss."



Question 27

"The flames did not take long to envelope the victim."

 


Question 28

"She remembered to enclose a stamped addressed envelope."


Question 29

"It was more than very good; it was quite exellent."

 


Question 30

"The Argument from Design was advanced as a proof of the existance and characteristics of God."

 


Question 31

"He was accused of falsifying his expenses."


Question 32

"If this shows it is true for one, then by extention it shows that it is true for all."



Question 33

"They were blamed for not adopting a more focussed approach to the task."

 


Question 34

"The ending in the genative is usually -ou."


Question 35

"Examples should be a help not a hindrance to understanding."

 


Question 36

"The association between the ideas of politics and hypocracy has never been closer."



Question 37

"Of his several idiosyncracies, none was more irritating than the unrelenting way he jangled the change in his pocket throughout his lectures."

 


Question 38

"The blockade was immediatly effective."


Question 39

"He was a patient man but his patience was not infinite."

 


Question 40

"Their insistance in demanding compensation eventually brought its reward."

 


Question 41

"Such matters need to be left to the jugement of the panel."


Question 42

"His knowlege of the subject was soon shown to be superficial."



Question 43

"Her driving licence had expired."

 


Question 44

"He had a license to sell alcohol."


Question 45

"Parking meters are not the most elegant items of street furniture."

 


Question 46

"She simultaneously held World Records for the 100 metres hurdles and the long jump."



Question 47

"The question on the meter of the poem was avoided by most of the candidates."

 


Question 48

"Someone less niaive would have questioned those assumptions about the author's intentions."


Question 49

"She was one of the most observent critics of his work."

 


Question 50

"It was an occasion to celebrate."

 


Question 51

"This is the second occurence of the word in the poem."


Question 52

"He omited this detail when describing the features of the painting."



Question 53

"He quickly percieved the weakness of his position."

 


Question 54

"Persistent offenders would be treated more severely."


Question 55

"His reputation as a playwrite rose as quickly as his reputation as a poet fell."

 


Question 56

"Posession is often hotly contested."



Question 57

"This has been an area of recent change in accountancy practice."

 


Question 58

"She was highly practiced in such matters. "


Question 59

"The effect was preceded by its usual cause."

 


Question 60

"The preferred solution to the problem is the one which minimises damage to the plant."

 


Question 61

"It was held to be a right rather than a privelege."


Question 62

"Before you procede further, make sure you deal with all the necessary preliminaries."



Question 63

"With her pronounciation of Rectory, it was not surprising to find she received occasional mail addressed to Wreck Tree Lane."

 


Question 64

"It was a period when psycology departments appeared to adopt the maxim that the proper study of mankind was the rat."


Question 65

"The treatment he received became the subject of bitter complaint."

 


Question 66

"It was decided to ask candidates to give the names of three referrees."



Question 67

"She referred in her essay to several recent articles on the subject."

 


Question 68

"The relevence of his discussion to the point of the set question eventually became clear."


Question 69

"Showing not the slightest sign of remorse or repentence, he appeared untouched by it all."

 


Question 70

"Repitition is as important to the budding mathematician as it is to the piano player."

 


Question 71

"The appointment of a writer in residance was warmly welcomed."


Question 72

"These people were highly resistent to change."



Question 73

"The limerick is absolutely dependent on rhyme."

 


Question 74

"The piece had a distinctive and expressive rythm."


Question 75

"The Viking legacy in Scotland goes beyond Scandanavian place-names"

 


Question 76

"There was an audible gasp in the court at the sentence imposed by the judge. "



Question 77

"The parents opposed surgical intervention to seperate the twins."

 


Question 78

"They redoubled their efforts in their determination to succeed."


Question 79

"This form of treatment was quickly superceded by more effective methods."

 


Question 80

"One of the requirements was to demonstrate the sustainability of the project when the funding ceased."

 


Question 81

"Resources are likely to be wasted if they are not firmly targeted."


Question 82

"The tenents had not expected this series of rent rises."



Question 83

"Reflections on the transience of fame and fortune are commonplace."

 


Question 84

"The second series of experiments showed less varience in the results."