All About English Spelling

8 Questions | By Jomango | Last updated: Dec 14, 2012 | Total Attempts: 241

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This is a quiz to see how much you know about English spelling. Quite hard, but it's not a spelling test.

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1.

What is the most common 'digraph' (two letters together in a word) in English spelling?
- A.
  
  Er
- B.
  
  In
- C.
  
  Th
- D.
  
  He
2.

British or American spelling? Which is the odd one out?
- A.
  
  Woolen
- B.
  
  Skeptic
- C.
  
  Mustache
- D.
  
  Distil
3.

An English word with 9 letters but only one vowel (a,e,i,o,u).
4.

A word containing the letters 'pph' pronounced as 'f'.
5.

Which of the following was not thought to be dyslexic?
- A.
  
  Agatha Christie
- B.
  
  Abraham Lincoln
- C.
  
  Albert Einstein
- D.
  
  Leonardo da Vinci
6.

Who said "You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi'
- A.
  
  Humphrey Bogart
- B.
  
  David Beckham
- C.
  
  Groucho Marx
- D.
  
  Tom Cruise
7.

What was the spelling that George Bernard Shaw famously said could spell the word 'fish'?
8.

According to the NATO spoken alphabet (alpha, bravo, charlie, etc) how would you spell out 'knowledge'?(write each word in lower case with a space but no commas between them)