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Think you can spell? Take our test for teachers

Do you know your pairs from your pears and your muscles from your mussels?

Published Sep 2, 2015

As it emerges that one in five children in Wolverhampton are leaving primary school without the required standards of reading, writing and mathematics, we've compiled some simple spelling questions from a test that prospective teachers must pass.

Try our test and let us know how you get on (anyone caught using spell check will be put in detention).

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