Spelling Practice Questions (1–40)

1. Which is the correct spelling?

A) Accommodate
B) Acommodate
C) Accomodate
D) Acomodate

Answer: A

Reason: Double "c" and double "m" — "accommodate." Common error: dropping one set of doubled letters.

2. The nurse documented the patient's ______ to the medication.

A) response
B) responce
C) responsse
D) reponse

Answer: A

Reason: "Response" — no "c" (that's "responce" — wrong). Ends with -se, not -ce.

3. Which is correct?

A) Seperate
B) Separate
C) Sepparate
D) Seporate

Answer: B

Reason: "Separate" — middle vowel is "a," not "e." Memory trick: there is "a rat" in separate.

4. The physician ordered a ______ evaluation.

A) psychological
B) psychologial
C) psycological
D) psycholigical

Answer: A

Reason: "Psychological" — "psy" beginning, "cho" middle, "logical" ending. Silent p, then ch.

5. Which is correct?

A) Neccessary
B) Necessary
C) Necesary
D) Necassary

Answer: B

Reason: "Necessary" — one "c," double "s" (nece-ss-ary). Common error: reversing the double letters.

6. The patient experienced ______ bleeding.

A) excessive
B) excessive
C) excesive
D) exccessive

Answer: A (excessive)

Reason: "Excessive" — double "s" after prefix "ex-," only one "c."

7. Which is correct?

A) Maintenance
B) Maintainance
C) Maintenence
D) Maintnance

Answer: A

Reason: "Maintenance" — retains "ten" from "maintain" but spelling shifts. No "ai" in second syllable.

8. The surgeon used a ______ blade.

A) scalpel
B) scalpell
C) scalple
D) scalpil

Answer: A

Reason: "Scalpel" — one "p," one "l," ends with -el (not -le).

9. Which is correct?

A) Priviledge
B) Privelege
C) Privilege
D) Priveledge

Answer: C

Reason: "Privilege" — no "d" after the "e." Common error: adding a "d" (like "knowledge").

10. The lab reported a ______ result.

A) false
B) fause
C) fawlse
D) phalse

Answer: A

Reason: "False" — silent "l," but correct spelling is "false."

11. Which is correct?

A) Recommend
B) Reccommend
C) Recomend
D) Reccomend

Answer: A

Reason: "Recommend" — one "c," double "m." Prefix "re-" + "commend."

12. The nurse provided ______ care.

A) palliative
B) pallative
C) paliative
D) paliative

Answer: A

Reason: "Palliative" — double "l," then "iative."

13. Which is correct?

A) Occasion
B) Ocassion
C) Occassion
D) Ocation

Answer: A

Reason: "Occasion" — double "c," one "s."

14. The patient signed the ______ form.

A) consent
B) concent
C) conscent
D) consint

Answer: A

Reason: "Consent" — "sent" (not "cent" like money).

15. Which is correct?

A) Perscription
B) Prescription
C) Perscription
D) Prescripshun

Answer: B

Reason: "Prescription" — prefix "pre-" (not "per-"), "scrip."

16. The medication caused a ______ reaction.

A) allergic
B) allergik
C) alergic
D) allegic

Answer: A

Reason: "Allergic" — double "l."

17. Which is correct?

A) Diarrhea
B) Diarrhoea
C) Diarea
D) Both A and B

Answer: D (Both A and B)

Reason: "Diarrhea" (US spelling) and "diarrhoea" (UK/British). TEAS accepts US spelling as primary.

18. The nurse monitored for ______.

A) hemorrhage
B) hemorrage
C) hemmorrhage
D) hemorhage

Answer: A

Reason: "Hemorrhage" — "hemo" + double "r" + "rhage."

19. Which is correct?

A) Vomit
B) Vomet
C) Vomitt
D) Vomat

Answer: A

Reason: "Vomit" — one "m," one "t."

20. The patient had a ______ heartbeat.

A) irregular
B) irreguler
C) irreglar
D) irregualr

Answer: A

Reason: "Irregular" — prefix "ir-" + "regular."

21. Which is correct?

A) Pneumonia
B) Neumonia
C) Pnumonia
D) Pneumonea

Answer: A

Reason: "Pneumonia" — silent "p," "eu" digraph.

22. The doctor ordered an ______.

A) X-ray
B) Xray
C) ex-ray
D) Xrayed

Answer: A

Reason: "X-ray" — hyphenated.

23. Which is correct?

A) Anesthesia
B) Anestheisia
C) Anasthesia
D) Anestesia

Answer: A

Reason: "Anesthesia"

24. The patient had ______ surgery.

A) laparoscopic
B) laproscopic
C) laproscopic
D) laparascopic

Answer: A

Reason: "Laparoscopic" — "laparo" + "scopic."

25. Which is correct?

A) Benign
B) Benigne
C) Benigin
D) Benine

Answer: A

Reason: "Benign" — silent g.

26. The surgeon used a ______.

A) cautery
B) cautary
C) cawtery
D) cauterie

Answer: A

Reason: "Cautery"

27. Which is correct?

A) Edema
B) Oedema
C) Edima
D) Both A and B

Answer: D (Both A and B)

Reason: "Edema" (US) and "oedema" (UK).

28. The nurse applied a ______.

A) tourniquet
B) torniquet
C) tourniquete
D) turniquet

Answer: A

Reason: "Tourniquet" — silent t.

29. Which is correct?

A) Febrile
B) Fibrile
C) Feberile
D) Febrel

Answer: A

Reason: "Febrile"

30. The patient was ______ after the fall.

A) lethargic
B) lethargic
C) lithargic
D) lethorganic

Answer: A

Reason: "Lethargic"

31. Which is correct?

A) Viscous
B) Viscus
C) Vicious
D) Viscious

Answer: A

Reason: "Viscous" = thick fluid.

"Vicious" = mean.

"Viscus" = organ.

32. The lab measured blood ______.

A) viscosity
B) viscocity
C) viscocity
D) viscossity

Answer: A

Reason: "Viscosity" — no "u."

33. Which is correct?

A) Pruritus
B) Pruritis
C) Pruritis
D) Prurutis

Answer: A

Reason: "Pruritus" (itching) ends with -us, not -itis.

34. The patient complained of ______.

A) nausea
B) nausia
C) nauseau
D) nasea

Answer: A

Reason: "Nausea"

35. Which is correct?

A) Dyspnea
B) Dyspnea
C) Dyspnoea
D) Both A and C

Answer: D (Both A and C)

Reason: "Dyspnea" (US) and "dyspnoea" (UK).

36. The nurse noted ______ bleeding.

A) mucosal
B) mucosol
C) mucousal
D) mucusal

Answer: A

Reason: "Mucosal" — from "mucosa."

37. Which is correct?

A) Pediatrics
B) Paediatrics
C) Pedriatrics
D) Both A and B

Answer: D (Both A and B)

Reason: "Pediatrics" (US) and "paediatrics" (UK).

38. The surgeon performed an ______.

A) anastomosis
B) anastamosis
C) anastomosis
D) anastamosis

Answer: A

Reason: "Anastomosis"

39. Which is correct?

A) Cauterize
B) Cauterise
C) Cauterrize
D) Both A and B

Answer: D (Both A and B)

Reason: "-ize" (US) vs "-ise" (UK).

TEAS expects US spelling: cauterize.

40. The patient developed a ______ infection.

A) nosocomial
B) nosocomial
C) nosocomial
D) nosocomeal

Answer: A

Reason: "Nosocomial" — correct spelling:

n-o-s-o-c-o-m-i-a-l

Spelling Rules Tested (Quick Review for TEAS)

Rule	Example
Double consonants	accommodate, necessary, recommend
Silent letters	pneumonia, benign, psychology
-ise vs -ize	cauterize (US), recognise/recognize
-ence vs -ance	maintenance (not maintainance)
ie/ei	receive (i before e except after c)
US vs UK spelling	diarrhea (US), diarrhoea (UK)
Medical prefixes	dyspnea, hemorrhage, laparoscopic
Greek/Latin roots	anastomosis, nosocomial, pruritus

Wednesday, 13 May 2026