SPELLING – ANSWER KEY

Find the incorrectly spelt word or phrase in the following sentences

and correct it.
1. Although Tina and Matt are married, they keep their money in
separate accounts.
2. During the incubation period, the female bird is totally
dependent on the male for food.
3. It's a pity I didn't receive this information earlier.
4. It's the hospital's responsibility to ensure that proper
precautions are taken to protect patients from infection.
5. Young children have the habit of saying the most embarrassing
things in public.
6. Don't lose your nerve! I know it's dangerous, but you can do it.
7. I don't quite know what's happening, but there's a lot of people
out in the street.
8. Congestion has been eased in the centre of the city by closing
the main roads to motorists during daytime.
9. Her fast development in languages has been fairly notable in
recent years.
10. The judge could not tell the difference between the pair of
twins. They are as like as two peas in a pod.
11. They definitely get on well with each other. They usually play
together in John's bedroom.
12. We simply didn't expect her to arrive so soon; the party should
have been a surprise!
13. Having crossed the desert several times, she felt like she could
survive anywhere.
14. I just can't believe they didn't want to help her. That's so unfair!
15. The pie looked very good, but it wasn't very easily digestible.

Circle the incorrectly spelt –ing form of the verbs in the following lists.

1. referring travelling preferring

2. forbidding writing smelling
3. contrasting embarrassing giving
4. loving expecting making
5. attributing focussing melting
6. coordinating spelling reasoning
7. listening wearing surrounding
8. succeeding fulfilling submitting
9. explaining reminding remembering
10. waiting demanding helping
11. installing separating gaining
12. rolling ruining becoming