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Commonly Confused/Misused Words # 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the noun meaning the result of a cause?

a)

affect

b)

effect

2.

Which of the following is the verb meaning to touch something in some way?

a)

affect

b)

effect

3.

Which of the following is the verb meaning to dispense suggestions or recommendations?

a)

advise

b)

advice

4.

Which of the following is the noun meaning guidance, help or recommendation?

a)

advise

b)

advice

5.

Which of the following is the verb meaning to leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another?

a)

immigrate

b)

emigrate

6.

Which of the following is a verb meaning to come into another country to live permanently?

a)

emigrate

b)

immigrate

7.

Which of the following is a noun meaning an official order issued by a legal authority?

a)

degree

b)

decree

8.

Which of the following is a verb meaning to give an offical order; to declare?

a)

degree

b)

decree

9.

Which of the following is a noun meaning the amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present; and a unit of measurement in angles?

a)

degree

b)

decree

10.

Which of the following is a verb meaning to come up with, as in a plan or strategy?

a)

device

b)

devise

11.

Which of the following is a noun meaning a gadget or instrument?

a)

devise

b)

device

12.

Which of the following is a verb meaning to make fit or to change, often by modification?

a)

adopt

b)

adapt

13.

Which of the following is a verb meaning to take by choice or to accept?

a)

adapt

b)

adopt

14.

After talking with school counselor, I decided to take her _________ and start using a planner to help stay organized.

a)

advice

b)

advise

15.

When animals and other creaters were unable to ___________ to their environments, many became extinct.

a)

adapt

b)

adopt

16.

The king issued a formal _______________ declaring whoever killed the evil dragon would have his daughter's hand in marriage.

a)

degree

b)

decree

17.

The child's lack of a proper education will ______________ her the rest of her life.

a)

affect

b)

effect

18.

What _____________________ did the tornado have on the area where you live?

a)

affect

b)

effect

19.

When the family _____________ from Czechoslovakia, they left behind many dear family and friends.

a)

emigrated

b)

immagrated

20.

My family ___________________ to our home here in the U.S. in the early 1900s.

a)

immigrated

b)

emigrated