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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 1

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1. A Christmas treat is _ pudding

a plum

b plumb

2. A _ expression mixes both humor and disbelief

a rye

b wry

3. A _ in shining armor is every girl's dream

a night

b knight

4. A _ is a female deer

a doe

b dough

5. A _ is a gadget

a device

b devise

6. A _ is a narrow passage of water

a straight

b strait

7. A _ is a type of shellfish

a muscle

b mussel

8. A _ of children attacked the treats on the picnic table

a hoard

b horde

9. A _ of water buffalo were resting beside the river when the lions attacked

a heard

b herd

10.A deer can also be called a _

a hart

b heart

11.A delicious fruit is the French _

a peer

b pier

c pear

12.A dolphin and a _ are similar

a porpoise

b purpose

13.A favorite orange is the _

a naval

b navel

14.A great _ burst from her lips as she realized that the child was dead

a wail

b whale

15.A healthy pond should _ with life

a team

b teem

16.A low mark on one quiz should not have a strong _ on your grade

a affect

b effect

17.A man of his _ is impressive

a statue

b stature

c statute

18.A member of the House of Lords is known as a _

a peer

b pier

c pear

19.A place I remember from my childhood is the little brown church in the _

a vale

b veil

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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 2

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1. A popular grain for bread and whiskey making is _

a rye

b wry

2. A popular sport in Hawaii is _ boarding

a serf

b surf

3. A rank lower than general is _

a colonel

b kernel

4. A row boat needs at more than one _

a oar

b ore

c or

5. A samurai's most valued possession was his _

a soared

b sword

6. A show dog is a thorough

a bread

b bred

7. A single _ dropped on to her cheek

a tear

b tier

8. A skunk smells its own _ first

a scent

b sent

c cent

9. A snowy owl _ upon mice, rabbits and other small animals

a praise

b prays

c preys

10.A son is a _ child

a mail

b male

11.A vein of gold in a mine is known as the mother _

a load

b lode

12.A wheel _ is someone who fixes or makes wheels

a right

b rite

c wright

d write

13.A wild pig is also known as a _

a boar

b bore

14.A woman can become a _ or a priest in the Anglican Church

a known

b none

c nun

15.After all that I have been _, you want me to give this up?

a thorough

b through

16.After she passed the bar exam she began to _ as a lawyer in New York

a practice

b practise

17.All those opposed should say _

a nay

b neigh

18.All was _ at the farm on the night before the storm

a quiet

b quite

19.Although she was untidy, April did not complain because she was a _ friend

a dear

b deer

20.Always try to buy low and _ high

a sell

b cell

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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 3

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1. An _ is a pot or vessel

a urn

b earn

2. An area of land without trees is a _

a step

b steppe

3. Andrew _ his bicycle to school every day

a road

b rode

c rowed

4. Apple sauce is a nice _ to roast pork

a complement

b compliment

5. Are there any amusement parks in this _?

a local

b locale

6. Are you _ dressed?

a already

b all ready

7. Are you a boy _ a girl?

a oar

b ore

c or

8. Are you for _ or is this just an act?

a real

b reel

9. Are you in _?

a pain

b pane

10.As _ falls the stars start to appear in the sky

a night

b knight

11.Bad news reporting makes me see _

a read

b red

12.Be careful not to _ that big fish in too fast

a real

b reel

13.Be sure there is enough daylight to make your _ down the mountain

a decent

b descent

c dissent

14.Better _ than never

a later

b latter

15.Birds catch worms that come out with the morning _

a dew

b do

c due

16.Bread tastes better the longer you _ the dough

a need

b knead

17.Brian invited _ of his friends to his birthday party

a known

b none

c nun

18.But I it would be all right

a though

b thought

19.Can you _ a way for me to carry three bags at one time?

a device

b devise

20.Can you _ the apples for me?

a peal

b peel

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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 4

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1. Can you make any _ of this note?

a sense

b since

2. Carol eats _ with every meal

a bread

b bred

3. Carry the water in a _

a pail

b pale

4. Categories are only valid if they are _

a discreet

b discrete

5. Cathy was the _ survivor of the plane crash

a sole

b soul

6. Change your _ and put the dirty ones in the laundry basket

a cloths

b clothes

7. Changing the bandage often will help it _

a heal

b heel

8. Chickens can also be referred to as poultry or _

a foul

b fowl

9. Chuck heard his team mates _ when his shot missed the goal

a groan

b grown

10.Cocaine is an _ drug

a elicit

b illicit

11.Come over _ and say that again!

a hear

b here

12.Company _ dropped when the cutback and layoffs were announced

a moral

b morale

13.Decaying fish makes an extremely _ smell

a foul

b fowl

14.Diane Fossey was famous for her work with the mountain _ groups in Rwanda

a gorilla

b guerrilla

15.Do not _ illness to get out of work

a fain

b feign

16.Do not _ in the affairs of other

a medal

b meddle

c mettle

17.Do not _ the lily Simple is best

a gild

b guild

18.Do not _ to me

a lie

b lye

19.Do you _ the way to San Jose?

a know

b no

20.Do you know _ I can get a map?

a ware

b wear

c where

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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 5

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1. Do you know _ way he went?

a which

b witch

2. Do you prefer _ corn or corn on the cob?

a colonel

b kernel

3. Do you really _ the money?

a knead

b need

4. DonƠt be a _, be more interesting

a boar

b bore

5. Einstein won the Noble prize for _

a physics

b psychics

6. Everyone went to the party _ John

a accept

b except

7. Exercise and dieting will help you to lose _ weight

a access

b excess

8. Exercise builds _ and reduces fat

a muscle

b mussel

9. Fabric _ takes a lot of skill

a dyeing

b dying

10.February is the time of the year that many people get colds and _

a flew

b flue

c flu

11.Films must be screened by a _ before they are shown

a censor

b censure

c sensor

12.Flowers are a natural source of fabric _

a die

b dye

13.For better texture you must _ the dough longer

a knead

b need

14.For what _ shall we meet?

a propose

b purpose

c porpoise

15.Frank and _ are best friends

a earnest

b Ernest

16.Gary stood as still as a _

a statue

b stature

c statute

17.Geraldine came and _ for three weeks last summer

a staid

b stayed

18.Get me the gift _ that I left on the counter

a rap

b wrap

19.Get to the _ of the problem

a root

b route

20.Give me _, please

a to

b too

c two

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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 6

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1. Go _ down the road and then turn left at the lights

a straight

b strait

2. Go _ in peace

a forth

b fourth

3. Go away! _!

a shoe

b shoo

4. Go out and check the _ box, will you

a mail

b male

5. Go to the corner, _ wait five minutes

a than

b then

6. Go to the end of the _ and wait your turn

a queue

b cue

7. Good shoes provide _ support

a arc

b arch

8. Grandfather was a _ and hearty man

a hail

b hale

9. Harold _ his thanks before he eats every meal

a praise

b prays

c preys

10.Have _ and do not get angry

a patience

b patients

11.Have a _ Give me another chance

a hart

b heart

12.Have you _ that bread prices will be going up again this week?

a heard

b herd

13.He _ flowers to his mother on MotherƠs Day

a cent

b scent

c sent

14.He _ her fingers loose from the package

a pride

b pried

15.He _ my day when he said he liked my hair

a made

b maid

16.He always wanted to sail the _

a sea

b see

17.He came in _ so he did not get a medal

a forth

b fourth

18.He came in right on _

a cue

b queue

19.He car broke down so he called for a _ truck

a toe

b tow

20.He challenged Seymor to a _

a duel

b dual

c duet

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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 7

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1. He found a new _ to go to school

a root

b route

2. He had _ a bad cough but it did not get any worse

a quiet

b quite

3. He had _ radial tires put on his car

a duel

b dual

c duet

4. He had a _ complexion so he had to avoid too much sun

a fair

b fare

5. He had a _ for news

a knows

b nose

6. He has a few screws _

a loose

b lose

7. He has nothing to _

a loose

b lose

8. He is a privileged owner of one the few _ pieces of ancient pottery

a extant

b extent

9. He made a _ to the right to catch his opponent off guard

a faint

b feint

10.He made an _ to her, but it was not clear that he was talking directly about her

a allusion

b illusion

11.He ran so fast that he _ all of the other runners

a beat

b beet

12.He showed his _ by continuing despite an injury

a medal

b meddle

c mettle

13.He squeezed out a _ of power at the end of the race

a serge

b surge

14.He stood for a long time on the _ watching the ships pass by

a peer

b pier

c pear

15.He stubbed out his cigarette _ in the ashtray

a but

b butt

16.He threw the to the second base man

a ball

b bawl

17.He took the _ of a policeman in the school play

a role

b roll

18.He walked for days in the _ without seeing another living thing, only sand

a desert

b dessert

19.He was _ himself with worry

a beside

b besides

20.He was _ to help the children read

a scent

b sent

c cent

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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 8

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1. He was _ unprepared for the warm reception that her family gave him

a holy

b wholly

2. He was a _ enough fellow even if he was not wealthy

a decent

b descent

c dissent

3. He was a _ killer

a cereal

b serial

4. He was in a _ after she broke up with him

a days

b daze

5. He was in high _ because he was so unfairly treated

a dudgeon

b dungeon

6. He was promoted to _ in the army

a colonel

b kernel

7. He was released from jail after he posted $50,000 _

a bail

b bale

8. He was so cold that his lips turned _

a blew

b blue

9. He wrote an _ that compared his brother and father's appearance

a assay

b essay

10.Her face turned as red as a _

a beat

b beet

11.Her novels regularly _ the depths of human despair

a plum

b plumb

12.Her skirt was the color of _

a done

b dun

13.Herbert was a _ old bachelor until he met Molly

a staid

b stayed

14.His _ attention was focussed on the film

a rapt

b wrapped

15.His behavior is _ boorish and rude

a altogether

b all together

16.His military rank carries some _ at the bargaining table

a wait

b weight

17.Hoist the _ and head out to sea

a sail

b sale

18.How about eating a nice thick juicy _?

a stake

b steak

19.How can you hope to become a professional musician if you will not _

a practice

b practise

20.How do you get _ from here?

a their

b there

c they're

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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 9

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1. How late are you _ to stay up at night?

a aloud

b allowed

2. How much did you _ during the summer?

a urn

b earn

3. I _ you not to drink and drive

a advice

b advise

4. I _ all about it in the morning newspaper

a read

b red

5. I _ her a letter but she did not reply

a rote

b wrote

6. I _ my right to an attorney

a waive

b wave

7. I _ that you are in good health

a pray

b prey

8. I am _ to take chemistry this term

a hoping

b hopping

9. I am glad that it is over and _ with

a done

b dun

10.I am just _ to see you!

a dyeing

b dying

11.I am not sure but _ I will go

a maybe

b may be

12.I am very honored to _ you

a meat

b meet

c mete

13.I can _ many references to support this position

a cite

b sight

c site

14.I can hardly _ in this smoky room!

a breath

b breathe

15.I can not _ you Speak up

a hear

b here

16.I can not get that _ stain out of your shirt

a berry

b bury

17.I cannot _ to put on long sleeves on a sunny day

a bare

b bear

18.I did _!

a not

b knot

19.I do my best to be frank and _

a earnest

b Ernest

20.I do not care _ you stay or leave

a weather

b whether

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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 10

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1. I do not mind if you _ the fruit as long as you can still eat dinner

a halve

b have

2. I have a _ and a daughter going to school

a son

b sun

3. I have known him _ we were school children

a sense

b since

4. I haven't got a thing to _

a ware

b wear

c where

5. I heard a _ when she hung up the phone

a click

b clique

6. I hope you _ drop in to see us soon

a dew

b do

c due

7. I just can not _ to go climbing

a wait

b weight

8. I keep an extra _ of shoes at my office

a pear

b pair

c pare

9. I learned to _ when I was eleven years old

a sew

b so

c sow

10.I like spaghetti _ I donƠt eat it often

a but

b butt

11.I like to read _ to my children

a aloud

b allowed

12.I love him in _

a always

b all ways

13.I need a _ of fresh air

a breath

b breathe

14.I need to put some _ in my bicycle tire

a air

b heir

15.I often read _ I eat

a while

b wile

16.I plan to give the living room a _ cleaning today

a thorough

b through

17.I pray for the soul of the dearly departed

a sole

b soul

18.I really should have _ better

a known

b none

c nun

19.I think of you _ time you go away

a ever

b every

20.I told _ not to go but he would not listen

a him

b hymn

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