Commonly Confused Words

She worked harder ____ she had ever worked before.

• than

• then

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

The program changes will not ____ you.

• effect

• affect

What is your ____ reason for wearing a parrot on your head?

• principle

• principal

Last year Beckham ____ the soccer league in goals.

• lead

• led

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Get your facts first, and ____ you can distort them as much as you please.

• than

• then

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

What ____ did the plant's closing have on the economy?

• effect

• affect

Although the recording device was primitive, ____ voice came across clearly.

• you're

• your

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

I was alert after the collision, but ____ frightened ____ move.

• to, too

• too, to

• too, too

• to, to

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Following the ice storms, ____ may be a plague of locusts and a swarm of frogs.

• their

• there

• they're

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

_____ possible that he wrote the appointment down incorrectly.

• it's

• its

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A