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Commonly confused words

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Do you ......................... payment by credit card? (accept / except)

a)

accept

b)

except

2.

Everybody turned up at Fiona's party ......................... her exboyfriend. (accept / except)

a)

accept

b)

except

3.

What ......................... did the high altitude have on you? (affect / effect)

a)

affect

b)

effect

4.

Did the high altitude ......................... you when you were in Quito? (affect / effect)

a)

affect

b)

effect

5.

She gave me some excellent ......................... about my girlfriend. (advice / advise)

a)

advice

b)

advise

6.

I ......................... you not to get involved in Sandra and Mike's problems. (advice / advise)

a)

advice

b)

advise

7.

We need to find something to ......................... the curtains. (complement / compliment)

a)

complement

b)

compliment

8.

She got annoyed with me because I didn't ......................... her on her new hair style. (complement / compliment)

a)

complement

b)

compliment

9.

Don't tell anyone about my promotion. I want to be as ......................... about it as possible. (discreet / discrete)

a)

discreet

b)

discrete

10.

Catalan and Valencian are not ......................... languages. (discreet / discrete)

a)

discreet

b)

discrete

11.

The weather forecast says that rain is ......................... . (eminent / imminent)

a)

eminent

b)

imminent

12.

Professor Pachorro is very ......................... among brain surgeons. (eminent / imminent)

a)

eminent

b)

imminent

13.

I wanted to see the ......................... about Manet in the Prado gallery in Madrid. (exhibition / expedition)

a)

exhibition

b)

expedition

14.

A recent Spanish ......................... to the Antarctic has been collecting data about global warming. (exhibition / expedition)

a)

exhibition

b)

expedition

15.

The South Downs, a range of hills running across Sussex, are not very ......................... . (high / tall)

a)

high

b)

tall

16.

Tom Cruise is not ......................... . He's short. (high / tall)

a)

high

b)

tall

17.

This is an ......................... device for opening bottles. (ingenious / ingenuous)

a)

ingenious

b)

ingenuous

18.

Your argument is ......................... . Just tell me why you are in favour of a military solution. (irrelevant / irreverent)

a)

irrelevant

b)

irreverent

19.

If you want to be a champion, you have to ......................... everyday. (practice / practise)

a)

practice

b)

practise

20.

Learning to dance the salsa is a question of going to classes and lots of ......................... . (practice / practise)

a)

practice

b)

practise