Subprofessional · Civil Service Exam
Spelling items print several versions of a word and ask which is correct.
The words tested are the ones people write often and get wrong: doubled consonants, unstressed vowels, and endings that sound identical.
Sounding a word out will not settle these, because every option sounds the same. Look instead at the specific feature the item is testing - the doubled letter, the vowel before the ending - and recall the word in writing rather than in speech.
Where two options differ only in a British or American convention, both may be defensible; the exam uses the form in standard Philippine official writing.
Worked examples
Written for this platform and generated from the same bank the practice sets draw on. Every wrong option is explained, because knowing why a distractor was tempting is most of the learning.
Choose the correctly spelled word.
The correct spelling is liaison. When a word looks wrong, say it in syllables and check the doubled consonants and the suffix separately; those are where most spelling errors sit.
Three examples show you the format. Finding out whether spelling is actually costing you marks takes a measured set, which is what the free diagnostic is for.