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Commonly Misused Words | Vocab

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 3hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

affect / effect


1: unfortunately they all had been _______ with the flu.

2: The lack of studying took its _______ after the marking period.

a)

1: effect

2: affected

b)

3: affect

4: effected

c)

1: affected

2: effect

2.

weather / whether


1: The ________ outside is wonderful.

2: __________or not you like reading test, the stories inside them are always interesting.

a)

1: weather

2: whether

b)

1: whether

2:weather

c)

2:whether

1:whether

3.

their / there / they're


1: It seems that ______ always laughing.

2: _____ used to be a house down that road.

3: ______ is Debra!

a)

1: they're

2: there

3: their

b)

1: there

2: there

3: they're

4.

your / you're


1: she thinks _______ fake for not always being truthful about small things.

2: _________ the only one who knows the answers to the univerese.

a)

1: you're

2: you're

b)

1: your

2: your

c)

1: your

2: you're

5.

then / than


1: She didn't know if she liked public school better ______ private school.

2: back _______, he used to harvest and grow crops all on his own.

a)

1: than

2: then

b)

2: than

1: than

6.

threw


1: She ______ a fit after her friends mischievously took her phone.

a)

1: thru

b)

1: through

c)

1: threw

7.

The investigators trudged _______ the woods in quest to find the mysterious big foot.

a)

1: through

b)

1: threw

c)

1: thru

8.

accept / except


1: Adelle ________ her 12th grammy of that night.

2: I had done everything _______ the one last question.

a)

1: except

2: accept

b)

2: except

2: accept

c)

1: accepted

2: except

9.

woman / women


1: the ________ are all gathered in the park today.

2: she was a grown _________, she dosen't need to be talk to like a child.

a)

1: women

2: woman

b)

2: women

1: women

10.

past / passed


1: The wrath of freezing wind _________ by, and I felt a rush of cold air for a split second.

2: They decided to leave the ______ in the _______ and forget about mistakes they would no longer make.

a)

1: past

2: passed

b)

1: passed

2: past

11.

are / our


1: ma'am _______ you okay?

2: _______ family is dysfunctional.

a)

1: our

2: ourr

b)

1: our

2: are

c)

1: are

2: our