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Common Usage Practice #1

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Position or place

a)

Site

b)

Cite

c)

Sight

2.

Illegal

a)

elicit

b)

illicit

3.

To bring forth a reaction or response

a)

Illicit

b)

Elicit

4.

To reference another's work, by quotation or general idea

a)

Sight

b)

Cite

c)

Site

5.

To inhale or exhale

a)

breath

b)

breathe

6.

The full cycle of taking in air, also a noun

a)

breathe

b)

breath

7.

A false perception of reality

a)

illusion

b)

allusion

8.

Indirect reference to a person, event or thing

a)

illusion

b)

allusion

9.

To influence

a)

affect

b)

effect

10.

A change that results when something happens

a)

affect

b)

effect

11.

Belonging or referring to a former place or time

a)

past

b)

passed

12.

To move on or ahead

a)

Past

b)

Passed

13.

The possessive of "they"

a)

there

b)

their

c)

they're

14.

A place

a)

they're

b)

their

c)

there

15.

Contraction meaning they are

a)

there

b)

their

c)

they're

16.

To misplace

a)

lose

b)

loose

17.

Not tight

a)

lose

b)

loose

18.

To recline

a)

lay

b)

lie

19.

To place an item down

a)

lie

b)

lay

20.

Pronoun referring to a person or persons

a)

who

b)

whom

21.

Pronoun that asks about the object

a)

who

b)

whom

22.

Second person

a)

you

b)

they

c)

I

23.

Used with comparisons

a)

then

b)

than

24.

Relating to time

a)

then

b)

than

25.

Also or excessively and an adverb

a)

to

b)

too

c)

two

26.

Shows direction and a preposition

a)

to

b)

too

c)

two

27.

A general truth

a)

principle

b)

principal

28.

A person who is in leadership

a)

principle

b)

principal

29.

After two months at eas, Liza finally _______ land.

a)

cited

b)

sited

c)

sighted

30.

Let us interview the witnesses to ______ the facts of the case,

a)

illict

b)

elicit

31.

The doctor told the patient to take a deep _____.

a)

breathe

b)

breath

32.

I did not understand the ______ to Frankenstein because I did not read the novel.

a)

illusion

b)

allusion

33.

The new law prohibiting texting while driving will fo into ____ tomorrow.

a)

affect

b)

effect

34.

Molly _____ her Segment One Driver's Test.

a)

passed

b)

past

35.

Please go over ____ and sit quietly.

a)

there

b)

their

36.

Bob plans to ____ ten pounds by Christmas.

a)

lose

b)

loose

37.

Please ______ your Chromebook on the desk.

a)

lie

b)

lay

38.

I do not know with ____ I will go to the prom.

a)

who

b)

whom

39.

______ last day of the semester is December 22.

a)

You're

b)

Your

40.

Flamingo Hot Cheetos are better _____ Blaze Cheddar Doritos.

a)

then

b)

than

41.

Virtual learning is ____ challenging for some students.

a)

to

b)

too

c)

two

42.

Action is a necessary part of success is a ______ that most people live by.

a)

principal

b)

principle

43.

Go to your locker and ____ return to class.

a)

then

b)

than

44.

You win some, you ____ some.

a)

lose

b)

loose

45.

Mary is under the ____ that she will get the job.

a)

allusion

b)

illusion