Confusing Words

Please ________the book on the table.

• set
• sit

It was ______ marvelous invention.

• a
• an

Pulling the rabbit from the hat was the best _________________ I had ever seen.

• allusion
• illusion

The freezing weather will not have a good_________________on my plants.

• effect
• affect

Which f the following means to rise or climb?

• ascent
• assent

At the picnic, we had a large ______________ of people.

• amount
• number

The argument is ________________ my sister and her friend.

• between
• amoung

_________________ cake, we are having pizza for the party.

• beside
• besides

My teacher gets really upset if we do not put a ________________ letter at the beginning of a sentence.

• Capitol
• capital

I am always happy to ____________ pencils to my friends.

• borrow
• lend