Majority of the OET candidates lose score in listening due to poor spelling.
Below, read and understand the correct spelling of the following words and then take your test by activating the “Let’s Play” button.
- Absence Absense
- Acceptable – Acceptible
- Accidentally – Accidently
- Accommodate – Accomodate (cc mm)
- Achieve – Acheive
- Acknowledge – Acknowlege, Aknowledge
- Acquaintance – Acquaintence, Aquaintance (CQ)
- Acquire – Aquire, Aquire (cq)
- Address – Adress, Addres (dd, ss)
- Adultery – Adultary, Adultry
- Advisable – Adviseable, Advizable
- Aggression – Agression
- Aggressive – agressive ()
- Almost – Allmost (Single l)
- A lot – Alot
- Amateur – Amatuer, Amature
- Annually – Anually, Annualy
- Apparent – Apparant, Aparent, Apparrent, Aparrent
- Arctic – Artic
- Argument – Arguement
- Atheist – Athiest, Athist
- Awful – Awfull, aweful
Tips: Only “full” has 2 Ls. When full comes at the end of other words (beautiful, wonderful, dutiful, etc.), there is a single L. However, in adverb forms (beautifully, wonderfully, etc.), there are 2 Ls.
Below is a test to improve your spelling skills. Remember, they are found in the OET samples.
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Question of
He was carrying a _________.
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suetcase
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suitcase
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suitecase
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She had __________ pain.
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intence
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intense
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She __________ needed some comfort from someone.
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really
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rially
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realy
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The _______ packs gave her some ____________.
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compresion; relief
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compression; relief
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compression; releaf
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Question of
She was referred to ____ _____________.
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a osteopath
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an austeopath
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an osteopath
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Question of
___________ can relieve certain kinds of pain.
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accupuncture
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acupancture
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acupuncture
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Question of
Mrs Wight _______ as she ___________ the stairs.
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sliped; descended
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slipped; descended
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slipped; discended
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Question of
The problem was a ________ ______.
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herniated disc
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haerniated disc
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herniated disk
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Question of
Having _______ in an area with blisters is _________.
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ichting; chaotic
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itching; cheotic
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itching; chaotic
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Question of
The _________ will die down soon.
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affects
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effects
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iffects
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She will ________ your care happily, _______ when she is in her bad temper.
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accept; except
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except; accept
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accept; expect
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