Spelling - to double or not to double

How good is your spelling in English? Try these quizzes to find out!
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There are a lot of words in English which have double consonants and it can be difficult to know when to double and when not to double. Sometimes there is a logical reason but other times it's best just to learn the word. There are a few that even native speakers have difficulty with!

The answers are at the end of the post.

Quiz 1
1 a) begining
   b) beggining
   c) beginning
2 a) necessary
   b) necesary
   c) neccessary
3 a) acomodation
   b) accommodation
   c) acommodation
4 a) broccoli
   b) broccolli
   c) brocolli
5 a) millenium
   b) milennium
   c) millennium

​6 a) embarrassed
   b) embarrased
   c) embarassed
7 a) recomend
   b) reccommend
   c) recommend
8 a) satelite
   b) satellite
   c) sattellite
9 a) successfull
   b) successful
   c) sucessfull
10 a) tomorrow
   b) tommorow
   c) tomorow

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Quiz 2
​Here's a list of difficult words. There are 10 spelling mistakes. Can you find them?

​comittee
address
mispell
possession
accumulate
harrassment
disappointing
​parallel

editted
happened
excellent
generally
baloon
​occurrence
personell
​disappeared

occasionally
questionaire
millionnaire
​reference
finally
offered
prefered
​preferrable

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​Answers​

​Quiz 1 answers:
​1c 2a 3b 4a 5c 6a 7c 8b 9b 10a

Quiz 2 answers:

committee
address
misspell
possession
accumulate
harassment
disappointing
​parallel

edited
happened
excellent
generally
balloon
​occurrence
personnel
​disappeared

occasionally
questionnaire
millionaire
​reference
finally
offered
preferred
​preferable