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Commonly Confused Words

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Do you ________ payment by credit card?

a)

accept

b)

except

2.

When you were hiking that mountain, what ________________ did the high altitude have on you?

a)

affect

b)

effect

3.

He decided that he should no longer try to _____ his little sister about the struggles of high school, since she wasn't listening to him and would find out soon enough herself.

a)

advise

b)

advice

4.

Please give this bag of groceries ____ mom.

a)

too

b)

to

5.

I grabbed way ______ many grocery bags from the car; now I can't even fit through the door, my arms are so full!

a)

too

b)

to

6.

After hours of investigating, the officers still could not determine ______ stole the money and murdered the victim.

a)

who

b)

whom

7.

_______ did the detectives decide their prime suspect is?

a)

who

b)

whom

8.

The elephant, _________ trunk was long and flexible, reach out into the crowd and shook the hand of a smiling 5-year-old.

a)

whose

b)

who's

9.

The soldiers are not sure where _______ going.

a)

they're

b)

there

c)

their

10.

The two soldiers found _____ way back to the battalion just as the sun was beginning to set.

a)

they're

b)

their

c)

there

11.

__________ never going to believe what I heard in the lunchroom yesterday.

a)

Your

b)

You're

12.

The horse kicked _____ hind legs up and whinnied in dismay after seeing the snake slither through the pasture.

a)

its

b)

it's

13.

We ______ going to the store, but we need to grab _____ reusable grocery bags first.

a)

are; our

b)

our; are

c)

are; are

d)

our; our

14.

She needed to ______ her sources, but couldn't find the ____ that she used on the internet again.

a)

cite; sight

b)

site; sight

c)

sight; cite

d)

cite; site

15.

The laces of my track shoes came _____ in the final stretch of the 400 and I tripped and fell, _____ my lead.

a)

lose; losing

b)

loose; losing

c)

loose; loosing

d)

lose; loosing

16.

____ I've been in high school, I've realized just how much I need to pay attention in order to stay on top of my work; completing things on-time makes the most _____ when trying to earn a passing grade.

a)

Since; sense

b)

Since; since

c)

Sense; since

d)

Sense; sense

17.

I had to _____ the news to my dad about his driver's-side _____ being rusted out, and he wasn't please.

a)

break; break

b)

brake; brake

c)

break; brake

d)

brake; break

18.

Steven _____ out from the immense heat, for the beach had never been this hot in the ______ and he was not prepared.

a)

passed; passed

b)

past; past

c)

past; passed

d)

passed; past

19.

I wasn't sure _______ the _______ would be sunny or rainy, so I packed my tank-top and my rain jacket for the camping trip.

a)

whether; weather

b)

weather; whether

c)

whether; whether

d)

weather; weather

20.

My doctor told me that my pain would be ___________ as long as I took my medicine and __________ my foot.

a)

alleviated; alleviated

b)

alleviated; elevated

c)

elevated; alleviated

d)

elevated; elevated

21.

She threw the discus 12 feet _______ than I did, which put her ______ up in the rankings than me.

a)

further; further

b)

farther; farther

c)

further; farther

d)

farther; further

22.

My dad told my sister that she has ______ homework than I do, but that I have _______ chores to complete.

a)

fewer; less

b)

less; fewer

c)

less; less

d)

fewer; fewer

23.

That football game was so ______; even my teammates who usually struggle played _______.

a)

well; well

b)

good; well

c)

well; good

d)

good; good

24.

Ms. English read _______ to the class, sharing The Giver, one of her favorite books, with her students.

a)

aloud

b)

allowed