ELECT GRADED SPELLING TEST

Instructions for administering the test.

1. Download this page. Do not allow the students to see it - even after they have completed the test.
Download the student answer sheet that follows and give one to each student.

2. Instruct the students to relax, not to worry about their results and to simply do the best they can.

3. Say each word being tested once, put it into a sentence, say the word again.
EXAMPLE: “up ----- The man looked up into the sky. ----- up.”

4. The student writes the word on the answer sheet marked “ELECT GRADED SPELLING TEST-
Answer Sheet”. If they can’t write a word they are to put a dash.

5. Give no further assistance to the student. Do not repeat the word even if asked.

6. Students should attempt as many words as possible.

7. A student may stop writing words when he/she believes that they have attempted 10 words in a
row that are too difficult for them.

8. Carefully mark the words and record the number correct. Use the Conversion Table that follows to
find a realistic approximation as to their Spelling Age and its Equivalent Grade Level.

1. up 18. born 35. decide

2. top 19. change 36. occupy
3. my 20. bridge 37. application
4. time 21. tonight 38. session
5. must 22. perfect 39. extremely
6. ring 23. getting 40. imagine
7. live 24. travel 41. responsible
8. that 25. desire 42. organization
9. stand 26. property 43. development
10. told 27. written 44. intelligent
11. hope 28. search 45. explosion
12. boot 29. consider 46. financial
13. paint 30. treasure 47. enthusiasm
14. two 31. arrive 48. physician
15. push 32. estimate 49. disappearance
16. third 33. difference 50. guarantee
17. provide 34. invitation

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Answer Sheet
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