WorksheetsCommon Usage Practice #1
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Position or place
Site
Cite
Sight
Illegal
elicit
illicit
To bring forth a reaction or response
Illicit
Elicit
To reference another's work, by quotation or general idea
Sight
Cite
Site
To inhale or exhale
breath
breathe
The full cycle of taking in air, also a noun
breathe
breath
A false perception of reality
illusion
allusion
Indirect reference to a person, event or thing
illusion
allusion
To influence
affect
effect
A change that results when something happens
affect
effect
Belonging or referring to a former place or time
past
passed
To move on or ahead
Past
Passed
The possessive of "they"
there
their
they're
A place
they're
their
there
Contraction meaning they are
there
their
they're
To misplace
lose
loose
Not tight
lose
loose
To recline
lay
lie
To place an item down
lie
lay
Pronoun referring to a person or persons
who
whom
Pronoun that asks about the object
who
whom
Second person
you
they
I
Used with comparisons
then
than
Relating to time
then
than
Also or excessively and an adverb
to
too
two
Shows direction and a preposition
to
too
two
A general truth
principle
principal
A person who is in leadership
principle
principal
After two months at eas, Liza finally _______ land.
cited
sited
sighted
Let us interview the witnesses to ______ the facts of the case,
illict
elicit
The doctor told the patient to take a deep _____.
breathe
breath
I did not understand the ______ to Frankenstein because I did not read the novel.
illusion
allusion
The new law prohibiting texting while driving will fo into ____ tomorrow.
affect
effect
Molly _____ her Segment One Driver's Test.
passed
past
Please go over ____ and sit quietly.
there
their
Bob plans to ____ ten pounds by Christmas.
lose
loose
Please ______ your Chromebook on the desk.
lie
lay
I do not know with ____ I will go to the prom.
who
whom
______ last day of the semester is December 22.
You're
Your
Flamingo Hot Cheetos are better _____ Blaze Cheddar Doritos.
then
than
Virtual learning is ____ challenging for some students.
to
too
two
Action is a necessary part of success is a ______ that most people live by.
principal
principle
Go to your locker and ____ return to class.
then
than
You win some, you ____ some.
lose
loose
Mary is under the ____ that she will get the job.
allusion
illusion
