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Area Description Correct Your AU %
Number
Answer answer correct

1 Dictation bone: spell a word with a long 'o' sound - ✔ 98

hiding: spell a word applying a rule

2 Dictation - ✔ 85
(drop silent 'e') to add a suffix (ing)

caught: spell a word with an irregular

3 Dictation - ✘ 70
past tense form
flown: spell a word with an initial
4 Dictation consonant blend (fl) and a vowel- - ✔ 63
consonant digraph (ow)
balloon: spell a common word with
5 Dictation double medial consonants and double - ✔ 72
vowels
relatives: spell a plural word with a
6 Dictation - ✘ 39
schwa and an unstressed ending

species: spell a subject-based word

7 Dictation - ✔ 50
with long vowel sounds
sprained: spell a word with a
8 Dictation consonant trigraph (spr) and a vowel - ✔ 57
digraph (ai)
archive: spell a word with a less
9 Dictation common initial syllable (ar) and a hard - ✘ 14
'ch' sound
twelfth: spell a word with different
10 Dictation - ✔ 6
consecutive consonants

February: spell a common word with a

11 Dictation - ✘ 27
commonly elided medial consonant (r)

dedication: spell a word with different

12 Dictation - ✔ 45
vowel sounds and a suffix (tion)

Rules & course: identify the correct vowel

13 C A 63
Conventions digraph (ou)

Rules & feet: identify the correct word from

14 B ✔ 95
Conventions other similar sounding words

Rules & gloomy: identify the correct spelling

15 A ✔ 67
Conventions when 'y' is added

Rules & miner: identify the correct word when

16 D ✔ 47
Conventions 'er' is added

Rules & passed, threw: identify the correct use

17 C D 74
Conventions of homophones

Rules & bear, claws: identify the correct use of

18 D ✔ 93
Conventions homophones

Rules & cupboard: identify an error in omitting a

19 B ✔ 60
Conventions silent medial consonant [cuboard]

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 cheesecake: identify an error in
Rules &
20 omitting a letter in a compound word B C 61
Conventions
[cheescake]
Rules & towel: identify an error in the final
21 D ✔ 47
Conventions vowel sound [towl]
responsible: identify an error in a
Rules &
22 commonly confused suffix B D 26
Conventions
[responsable]
Rules & glue: identify an error in a word with a
23 A ✔ 88
Conventions long 'oo' sound [gloo]

Rules & chemicals: identify an error in a plural

24 C A 31
Conventions word with an 'al' ending [chemicles]

Rules & irrelevant: identify an error in a prefix

25 A ✔ 30
Conventions [irelevant]

mysterious: identify an error in a short

26 Proofreading - ✔ 56
vowel sound [misterious]

sailors: identify an error in a suffix

27 Proofreading - ✔ 14
[sailers]

tales: identify an error in a plural

28 Proofreading - ✘ 20
homophone [tails]

Ocean: identify an error in a medial 'sh'

29 Proofreading - ✔ 78
sound [Osean]
tentacles: identify an error in a
30 Proofreading commonly confused final syllable - ✘ 52
[tentacels]
rotating: identify an error in a long 'o'
31 Proofreading - ✘ 49
sound [roatating]
adventurers: correct errors in a medial
32 Correcting consonant and a long vowel sound - ✘ 22
[advencherers]
achievements: correct an error
33 Correcting applying a rule ('i' before 'e' except - ✘ 20
after 'c') [acheivements]
constructed: correct an error in a hard
34 Correcting - ✘ 52
'c' sound [construckted]
exclusively: identify an error in
35 Correcting dropping the silent 'e' to add 'ly' - ✔ 22
[exclusivly]
obstacle: correct an error in a short
36 Correcting - ✘ 16
vowel sound [obsticle]

acquire: correct an error in an initial

37 Correcting - ✘ 6
syllable with Latin roots [aquire]

embarked: correct an error in a prefix

38 Correcting - ✔ 13
[imbarked]

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 exhibition: correct an error in a silent
39 Correcting - ✘ 10
consonant [exibition]

patients: correct an error in a medial

40 Correcting - ✘ 15
consonant with a 'sh' sound [pashents]

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