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Commonly confused words

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We need to raise enough _____ to build the church.

a)

capitol

b)

capital

c)

capitel

d)

all of the above

2.

He is _______ to the idea of going alone to the movies.

a)

averse

b)

advirse

c)

adverse

d)

all of the above

3.

I can't ______ to think of staying locked in my house for weeks.

a)

bear

b)

bare

c)

baer

d)

all of the above

4.

It would _______ the outfit by adding these shoes.

a)

complement

b)

compliment

c)

complant

d)

all of these

5.

I bought expensive glasses and fear I might ______ them.

a)

loose

b)

lose

c)

leuce

d)

all of the above

6.

The ________ said we cannot go to school.

a)

principle

b)

principal

c)

princeple

d)

all of these

7.

Which of the following are phrasal verbs?

a)

focus on

b)

point out

c)

get by

d)

all of these

8.

These transitions are used to add and strengthen

a)

furthermore, moreover

b)

likewise, similarly

c)

for example, specifically

d)

alternatively, then again

9.

These transitions are used to introduce specifics

a)

additionally, furthermore

b)

consequently, hence

c)

all the same, even so

d)

specifically, in this case

10.

Offerings left in ancient graves tell us what the community valued and what people believed was worth having.

a)

no change

b)

the community valued

c)

people considered

d)

was

11.

Passengers hurriedly ____ their bags from the overhead bins.

a)

got

b)

retrieved

c)

picked up

d)

all of these

12.

It is possible that high heels were invented for a purely practical reason. Ninth-century pottery images show Persian horseback riders wearing high heels, probably to grip the stirrups and so their feet did not slip.

a)

which meant their feet did not slip

b)

whenever their feet started to slip

c)

and keep their feet from slipping

d)

preventing any foot slippage

13.

People generally tend to comply with expectations and follow rules; therefore, the authors of this studY. hypothesized tli.at most grocery shoppers would change their shopping patterns if they had partitioned shopping carts.

a)

Evidence

b)

Reason /logic

c)

Stylistic

d)

Evidence and stylistic

14.

Scarlet macaws-those raucous and bustling rulers of the rainforest's upper canopy-are facing extinction as their habitat shrinks.

a)

evidence

b)

reason/logic

c)

stylistic

d)

stylistic and evidence

15.

The company's data revealed that its employees produced 10 percent more work during the workday if they joined large groups to eat lunch.

a)

evidence

b)

logic/reason

c)

stylistic

d)

stylistic and logic

16.

Consider that Ludwig van Beethoven composed his most sublime and innovative music after he became deaf. It is nothing snort of stunning that he was able to use a kind of "inner ear" to express visceral emotions with music.

a)

evidence

b)

reason /logic

c)

stylistic

d)

evidence and stylistic

17.

A study led by geneticists at Oxford University used DNA sequences from living people to confirm historical accounts of events that led to the genetic mixing of populations, such as conquests and trade routes.

a)

evidence

b)

reason/logic

c)

stylistic

d)

evidence/reason

18.

Critics of mixed-gender schools say that rather than helping students overcome shyness, the schools make students fee1 painfully self-conscious.

a)

evidence

b)

reason/logic

c)

stylistic

d)

stylistic/reason

19.

What questions should you answer in your essay?

a)

What is the author's attitude?

b)

What evidence to support attitude?

c)

How does the evidence support his/her attitude?

d)

All of the above

20.

What should you first when tackling the essay question

a)

organize ideas

b)

write a thesis

c)

outline introduction

d)

just start writing