spelling test

Example Sentences

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It’s a little bit like a spelling test, but instead of single words, students are copying down several paragraphs of writing.

From NewsForKids.net • Jun. 8, 2023

I remember getting grounded for a week for cheating on a spelling test.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2021

"We've been doing scrabble instead of spelling as I decided I couldn't do another spelling test," said Rebecca Morgan.

From BBC • May 23, 2020

But there was one problem with his otherwise well-executed dig: It wouldn’t have passed a grade-school spelling test.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2015

Not a spelling test or a vocabulary test.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge