One word or two: Separate or together?

The Language Portal’s navigation menu

Good news: the Language Portal of Canada has a new menu that will help you to easily navigate between our language resources and quickly find answers to your language-related questions!

Want to learn how to use the menu? Check out this short tutorial on the new features.

English contains many terms that may be written as either one word or two, depending on their meaning and function. Choosing the right spelling can be a challenge!

For each pair of terms below, see if you can fill in the blank with the correct spelling.

1. Vivianne exercises Placeholder for the answer.
2. This set of ironstone china is sturdy enough for Placeholder for the answer use.
3. We saw the sound and light show on Parliament Hill Placeholder for the answer last summer.
4. It will take Placeholder for the answer before he accepts the truth.
5. This accident could have happened to Placeholder for the answer of us.
6. Placeholder for the answer can join us for lunch.
7. The mid-rise boot-cut jean is the perfect fit for Placeholder for the answer.
8. My art teacher says that Placeholder for the answer can learn to draw.
  
Date modified:

Search with Language Navigator

Language Navigator searches through the Language Portal of Canada’s resources to help you quickly find answers to questions about language or writing, in English and French.

Quiz categories

Click on a quiz category.

Other resources on the Language Portal