Choose from the options lettered A - E the one that most appropriately completes the sentence The...........is visiting next week,

Analyze the question: This is a spelling question. You need to pick the correctly spelled word that fits the blank in "The ........... is visiting next week."

Explain the concept: The word commissioner comes from commission + -er. Commission has a double m and a double s: com-m-i-ss-ion. When you add -er, both doubles stay.

Check each option:

• A. commissioner: double m, double s, so it is correct.
• B. commisioner: only one s, so it is wrong.
• C. comessioner: one m, and "e" in place of "i", so it is wrong.
• D. commesioner: "e" in place of "i", and one s, so it is wrong.
• E. comissioner: only one m, so it is wrong.

Tip: Remember the pattern 2 m's + 2 s's for words in the commission family (commission, commissioner, commissioned). Similar words are committee (double m, double t) and possession (double s, double s). Breaking a long word into syllables, such as com-mis-sion-er, makes the spelling easier to recall.