Words easily confused (RNE)

Did you_____the tie he was wearing? It had pink elephants on it!

• look

• notice

• observe

• glance

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

CCSS.L.6.2B

He doesn't______with crisis situations very well.

• deal

• manage

• cope

• succeed

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The police came to_____the murder immediately.

• look for

• look up

• research

• investigate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

As soon as the five friends got to the cave, they decided to____it.

• investigate

• discover

• explore

• invent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

CCSS.L.6.2B

It takes a lot of_____and patience to learn how to play a musical instrument.

• effort

• attempt

• trial

• experiment

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The athlete failed in his last_____to break the world record.

• effort

• attempt

• trial

• experiment

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

At the end of the play, the____applauded enthusiastically.

• onlookers

• witnesses

• audience

• viewers

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

I didn't____her at first. She'd changed a lot!

• remember

• recognize

• recall

• remind

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

CCSS.L.6.6

The sun affects my____when I'm driving so I always wear sunglasses.

• view

• vision

• scene

• sight

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

CCSS.L.6.6

The child started to cry at the____of the dogs.

• scene

• view

• sight

• image

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

CCSS.L.6.6