Primary 3 · English · Spelling & Editing
Spelling & Editing questions for Primary 3 English
16 questions to work through online, 6 of them written out the way the paper asks. Answer and you get the working straight away, then a score at the end. No sign-up, and you can retake it as often as you like.
- Spotting a misspelt word
- Choosing the correct spelling
- Spotting a grammar error
- Plurals
- Subject-verb agreement
- Doubling before -ing and -ed
- Sound-alike spellings
- Writing the correction
- Writing the correct spelling
- Writing the correct plural
Answers and explanations for all 16 questions
Every answer with the reasoning behind it. Worth reading after you have tried the set — or on its own, if you are a parent marking it.
Which word in this sentence is spelt wrongly? The libary opens at nine on Saturday mornings.
Answer: libary
It is library — there is an r before the a, from the word libr-ary.
Which spelling is correct? The museum trip was the most ______ part of the term.
Answer: interesting
Interest plus -ing gives interesting, with the e kept in the middle.
Which underlined word is wrong? Yesterday we walk to the market and buy two kilograms of mangoes.
Answer: walk
Yesterday puts the sentence in the past, so it should be walked. (Buy needs fixing to bought as well, but walk is the first error.)
Which spelling is correct? Three ______ were resting under the flame tree.
Answer: puppies
Puppy ends in a consonant plus y, so the y becomes i and -es is added: puppies.
Which word in this sentence is spelt wrongly? Nurul recieved a certificate for perfect attendance.
Answer: recieved
It is received. After c, the e comes before the i.
Which word is wrong? My cousins is coming over during the school holidays.
Answer: is
Cousins is plural, so the verb must be are: My cousins are coming over.
Which spelling is correct? The rain ______ against the classroom window all afternoon.
Answer: tapped
A short vowel before a single consonant doubles that consonant: tap becomes tapped.
Which word in this sentence is wrong? The team was proud of their new uniform, which they wore too the assembly.
Answer: too
It should be to. Too means also, or more than enough.
Which spelling is correct? We could hear the ______ of the crowd from the field.
Answer: cheering
Cheer plus -ing is cheering: the -eer spelling stays and nothing doubles.
Which word is wrong? There is too much chairs in the hall for the number of pupils.
Answer: much
Chairs can be counted, so it takes many, not much: There are too many chairs in the hall.
Write the correct form of the marked word: Ma had [keep] the photographs for thirty years.
Answer: kept
Keep is irregular: keep, kept, kept. After had it becomes kept.
Spell the marked word correctly: Rina left her [umberella] on the bus.
Answer: umbrella
It is umbrella: no e after the b, and a double l.
Write the correct form of the marked word: Each of the boys [have] a locker by the door.
Answer: has
Each means one at a time, however many boys there are, so the verb is has.
Write the correct form of the marked word: Pa bought three [loaf] of bread at the bakery.
Answer: loaves
Loaf ends in f, so the plural changes the f to v and adds -es: loaves.
Write the correct form of the marked word: Last night the puppy [bark] at every passing car.
Answer: barked
Last night puts the sentence in the past, so bark becomes barked.
Spell the marked word correctly: We had a [delicous] lunch at my aunt's house.
Answer: delicious
It is delicious — the ending is -cious, not -cous.