Memory aids quiz. Level A. 1. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly? A) immediate B) immediate C) immediete D) immediate

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1 Level A 1. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly? A) immediate B) immediate C) immediete D) immediate 2. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly? A) onion B) onion C) onion D) onian 3. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly? A) ominous B) ominus C) ominous D) ominous 4. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly? A) already B) allready C) already D) already 5. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly? A) listened B) listened C) lissened D) listened 6. Which of these words doesn't make sense when you add the prefix -un? A) bind B) wind C) find D) kind

2 7. Which of these words doesn't make sense when you add the prefix -dis? A) appear B) taste C) connect D) know 8. Which of these words doesn't make sense when you add the prefix -pre? A) view B) mature C) diction D) speak 9. Which word can you join with stroke to describe a style of swimming? A) air B) sun C) brush D) back 10. Which word can you join with spread to describe something that can keep you warm at night? A) sandwich B) jam C) bed D) wide

3 Level B 1. Which word can you join with bull to make a household pet? A) rush B) dog C) fight D) ring 2. Which word can you join with cross to make a type of puzzle? A) road B) cut C) talk D) word 3. Which word can you join with drop to make a word that means to listen to someone else's conversation. A) back B) snow C) eaves D) down 4. Which word can you join with hand to make something to carry your purse in?. A) pick B) some C) rail D) bag 5. Which suffix can you add to child to describe the early years of a person's life? A) ish B) ren C) hood D) like 6. Which suffix can you add to hand to describe something convenient? A) less B) y C) ful D) fast

4 7. Which of these words has four syllables? A) aubergine B) grapefruit C) watermelon D) tomato 8. Which of these words doesn't have five syllables? A) disintegration B) privatisation C) assimilation D) concentration 9. Which of these words has six syllables? A) unashamed B) biodegradable C) unforgivable D) environmental 10. How many syllables are there in antidisestablishmentarianism? A) ten B) eleven C) twelve D) thirteen

5 Level C 1. Which one of these words sounds different? A) wound (meaning a cut) B) bound C) found D) sound 2. Which one of these words sounds different? A) could B) would C) should D) mould 3. Notice the -eigh sound in these words. Which one sounds different? A) weight B) freight C) height D) neighbour 4. Notice the -augh sound in these words. Which one sounds different? A) daughter B) taught C) laughter D) caught 5. Which word could fit this clue? ar _ i _ i A) arithmetic B) artificial C) artistic D) arbitrary 6. Which word could fit this clue? _ e u _ u _ A) century B) meticulous C) pendulum D) detritus

6 7. Which word could fit this clue. m _ r _ e A) marmalade B) humorous C) farmhouse D) memorable 8. Which word would not fit this clue? _ e i _ g A) defending B) repeating C) depending D) presenting 9. Which word would not fit this clue? a o _ A) sensation B) formation C) foundation D) imitation 10. Which word would not fit this clue? _ i u _ e A) fixture B) picture C) mixture D) whistler

7 Answers Level A 1. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly? The answer is: C. immediete. The correct spelling is immediate. 2. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly? The answer is: D. onian. The correct spelling is onion. 3. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly? The answer is: B. ominus. The correct spelling is ominous. 4. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly? The answer is: B. allready. The correct spelling is already. 5. Spot the difference. Which of these words is spelled wrongly? The answer is: C. lissened,. The correct spelling is listened. 6. Which of these words doesn't make sense when you add the prefix -un? The answer is: C. find. Unbind, unwind and unkind are all meaningful words. Unfind doesn't make sense. 7. Which of these words doesn't make sense when you add the prefix -dis?

8 The answer is: D. know. Disappear, distaste and disconnect are meaningful words. Disknow doesn't make sense. 8. Which of these words doesn't make sense when you add the prefix -pre? The answer is: D. speak. Preview, premature and prediction are meaningful words. Prespeak doesn't make sense. 9. Which word can you join with stroke to describe a style of swimming? The answer is: D. back. Backstroke is a style of swimming. 10. Which word can you join with spread to describe something that can keep you warm at night? The answer is: C. bed. A bedspread is a covering for a bed.

9 Level B 1. Which word can you join with bull to make a household pet? The correct answer is: B. The answer is dog. A bulldog is a type of dog that could be a pet. 2. Which word can you join with cross to make a type of puzzle? The correct answer is: D. The answer is word. A crossword is a type of word puzzle. 3. Which word can you join with drop to make a word that means to listen to someone else's conversation. The correct answer is: C. The answer is eaves. To eavesdrop means to listen in to other people talking, for example you might overhear a conversation on a bus. 4. Which word can you join with hand to make something to carry your purse in?. The correct answer is: D. The answer is bag. A handbag is useful for carrying purse, keys etc. 5. Which suffix can you add to child to describe the early years of a person's life? The correct answer is: C. The answer is hood. Childhood refers to the first ten to fifteen years of a person's life. 6. Which suffix can you add to hand to describe something convenient? The correct answer is: B. The answer is y. Handy describes something that is convenient or useful.

10 7. Which of these words has four syllables? The correct answer is: C. The answer is watermelon. Wat-er-mel-on has four syllables 8. Which of these words doesn't have five syllables? The correct answer is: D. The answer is concentration. Con-cent-rat-ion only has four syllables. 9. Which of these words has six syllables? The correct answer is: B. Bi-o-de-grad-a-ble has six syllables, the other words all have five. 10. How many syllables are there in antidisestablishmentarianism? The correct answer is: C. An-ti-dis-est-ab-lish-ment-ar-i-an-is-m has twelve syllables.

11 Level C 1. Which one of these words sounds different? The correct answer is: A. Wound has an oo sound, the others sound like ground 2. Which one of these words sounds different? The correct answer is: D. Mould sounds like old, the other words sound like good. 3. Notice the -eigh sound in these words. Which one sounds different? The correct answer is: C. Height sounds like bite. The other words sound like bay. 4. Notice the -augh sound in these words. Which one sounds different? The correct answer is: C. Laughter sounds like after. The other words sound like water. 5. Which word could fit this clue? ar _ i _ i The correct answer is: B. Artificial fits the clue. 6. Which word could fit this clue? _ e u _ u _ The correct answer is: C. Pendulum fits the clue. 7. Which word could fit this clue. m _ r _ e The correct answer is: D. Memorable fits the clue.

12 8. Which word would not fit this clue? _ e i _ g The correct answer is: D. Presenting would not fit - it has too many letters. 9. Which word would not fit this clue? a o _ The correct answer is: C. Foundation would not fit. It has too many letters. 10. Which word would not fit this clue? _ i u _ e The correct answer is: D. Whistler would not fit, It has too many letters.