In the following sentences, choose the correct spelling from the choices in parentheses.
For help with this exercise, see Chapter 27.
example
Sometimes, I have trouble in school because I act a little too (conceited, concieted) in class.
a. conceited
b. conceited
I (believe, beleive) I did well on the English paper I wrote last week.
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I’m (assumeing, assuming) that I didn’t make any spelling mistakes, even though I was (hurrying, hurriing) to turn it in on time.
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(Luckily, Luckyly), my girlfriend proofread a rough draft and caught a few errors that I then (corrected, correctted) in my final version.
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I had (omited, omitted) the letter e in forming the plural of the word potato, and I had (flipped, fliped) the letters e and i in the word achieve.
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Until I started checking everything in the dictionary, I used to be so (worried, worryed) whenever I (submited, submitted) an assignment.
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My papers always came back from the teacher with comments (saing, saying) that (sloppyness, sloppiness) was my main problem.
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My teacher, Professor Bauer, grades us based on our writing (portfolios, portfolioes), and she expects to see a lot of (improvment, improvement) during the semester.
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She doesn’t care if you wear a nose ring or are covered with (tattoos, tatooes)—she just can’t stand (laziness, lazyness).
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I can’t (concieve, conceive) of a more (encourageing, encouraging) teacher than Professor Bauer, and I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to take another class with her.
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This year at graduation, she (clapped, claped) and (cheerred, cheered) when two of her former students gave speeches.
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