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This is the second set of practice questions for MaRRS Spelling Bee International Championship Contest. The questions are useful for the Word Application Round of the contest. These questions are aimed at the students of Category I (Class I) participants. More details of contest can be obtained from www.marrsspellingbee.com or marrslearningcentre.com . MaRRS Spelling Bee is an international Spelling Bee Championship conducted at School, Inter – School, State, National and International levels. Following are some practice questions for Word Application section of the contest. After finishing the test, you can practice more at Part -1 and Part – 3 of the series of model questions.

1. She —- the letter yesterday. (receives, received)
2. I —- my childhood at Dehra Dun. (spend, spent)
3. The young man — off the horse. (fell, fall)
4. Our aircraft — over the mountains. (fly, flew)
5. Two and two —- four. (makes, make)
6. There —- several mistakes in your essay. (is, are)
7. Much of my time — been wasted. (has, have)
8. Neither of these two books — interesting. (is, are)
9. Everyone in the family — him. (respects, respect)
10. The great poet and scholar — been honoured. (has, have)
11. The songs of this film —- very sweet. (is , are)
12. Both of these houses —- well built. (is, are)
13. One of the passengers —- a qualified doctor. (was, were)
14. There —- dark clouds in the sky. (is, are)
15. Tandoori Chicken —- his favorite dish. (is , are)
16. Javed, and not his friends —- to be blamed. (is, are)
17. The doctor —- examined my father. (carefully, care)
18. Peter bowled — than Sam. (fast, faster)
19. The sun shines —- than the moon. (bright, brighter)
20. The table is lying —- the two chairs. (between, among)
21. The police charged him —– theft. (in, with)
22. Sunil is different —- his father. (from, for)
23. He is pure of heart, —- he remains cheerful. (therefore, there by)
24. How —– time do you need? (much, many)
25. There are seven —- in a week. (days, months)
26. I keep my socks in the bottom —– (drawer, table)
27. Would you like to come to my —- for dinner? (garden, house)
28. A hearty meals was prepared by the —– at the summer camp. (painter, cook)
29. A —- will be known by his paintings. (teacher, painter)
30. —- are used on the floors. (cupboards, carpets)

Answers:

1) received 2) spent 3) fell 4) flew 5) make 6) are 7) have 8) is 9) respect 10) has 11) are 12) are 13) was 14) are 15) is 16) is 17) carefully 18) faster 19) brighter 20) between 21) with 22) from 23) there by 24) much 25) days 26) drawer 27) house 28) cook 29) painter 30) carpets

MaRRS Spelling Bee International Championship is a contest held for the school children to test the spelling abilities at various levels. The Spelling Bee contest will be conducted across the country from Class I to Class XII. There are various rounds in the contest. Important among these is the Word Application round. In this round, there will be a sentence with a blank space and candidates have to identify the correct word to be filled in the blank space from the given two words. The difficulty levels of the examination change while the students go for upper levels. You can get more details of the contest from www.marrsspellingbee.com or www.marrslearningcenter.com . If you like to practice more questions, see Part – 2 and Part – 3 of the series.

1. Kindly bear with me for the —– trouble I gave you.(little, few)
2. —- people got hurt in the accident. (Much, Many)
3. The bus was only —– minutes late(few, a few)
4. Our team has —— batsmen than bowlers.(good, better)
5. Akbar was a —- Mughal king.(great, greatest)
6. Jupiter is the —– planet.(larger, largest)
7. —– are woollen gloves.( These, This)
8. —– is the mail train?( What, Which)
9. —– do you like to have for breakfast?( Which, What)
10. Mary saw —– in the mirror.( herself, myself)
11. We enjoyed —– playing in the garden.(yourselves, ourselves)
12. He locked —– inside the room.(myself, himself)
13. Where is the man —- gave you this news?( who, which)
14. This is the book —– you have been looking for.(what, which)
15. These people —– houses were destroyed in the earthquake need our help.(whose, which)
16. —– gave you the book myself yesterday. (I, me)
17. He is taller than —– (I, me)
18. Our parents care for —– (me, us)
19. We got this car in a lucky draw. Now this car is —- (mine, ours)
20. The Principal wants to see —- room. (you, your)
21. Don’t blame us as —- have not even seen your purse.( we, our)
22. The saint —— to the forest.(gone, went)
23. I —– two dictionaries.(has, have)
24. —– Susan got any story books?(Have, Has)
25. The earth —– round the sun.(revolve, revolves)
26. Leaves —— in autumn.( falls , fall)
27. Children —– fairy tales.( likes , like)
28. Cricket world cup —– place every four years.( take, takes)
29. This shop —– all kinds of books.( sell, sells)
30. I —- the school last month. (joins, joined)

Answers:

1) little 2) Many 3) a few 4) better 5) great 6) largest 7) These 8) Which 9) What 10) herself 11) ourselves 12) himself 13) Where 14) which 15) whose 16) I 17) me 18) us 19) ours 20) you 21) as 22) went 23) have 24) Has 25) revolves 26) fall 27) like 28) takes 29) sells 30) joined