Commonly Confused Words

Both meditation and aerobic exercise can sharpen ___________ memory.

• you're

• your

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

Border collies are prized by dog owners for ______ intelligence.

• their

• there

• they're

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

______ impossible to prevent an infection by putting a dab of honey on a cut before applying a bandage.

• Its

• It's

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

Most people text faster when _____ texting someone they like.

• their

• there

• they're

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

The National Guard spent $26.5 million to sponsor NASCAR racing to bolster its marketing and recruitment but failed to sign a single new soldier to _____ ranks.

• its

• it's

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

British politician John Montagu, _____ official title was the Earl of Sandwich, is credited with naming the sandwich.

• who's

• whose

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CCSS.L.5.5C

The company's sales of ____ Nintendo games have remainded remarkably steady.

• it's

• its

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CCSS.L.5.5C

If everyone in the world washed _____ hands properly, a million lives a year could be saved.

• they're

• there

• their

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

Aztec emperor Montezuma had a nephew, Cuitlahac, _____ name meant "plenty of excitement."

• who's

• whose

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

______ are various explanations for how Stonehenge, a huge ring of stones set in place 4,000 years ago in southern England, came to be.

• There

• They're

• Their

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A