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Grammar (Intermediate): Confusing Words 3-4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Can you imagine what ....... world would be like if there weren't any cars?

a)

our

b)

hour

c)

are

d)

hours

2.

The fierce wind ....... all night long it was intolerable!

a)

blown

b)

blues

c)

blew

d)

blue

3.

Mathematics is about concepts and practice and you must ....... the basics if you are going to pass your exam.

a)

learned

b)

learn

c)

lean

d)

loan

4.

I don't care where we go. It's up to you. I ate ........

a)

all ready

b)

ready

c)

already

d)

readiness

5.

George ....... her on her speech and she politely thanked him as she walked passed the crowd of reporters.

a)

complemented

b)

compliment

c)

complement

d)

complimented

6.

Every night after supper, Lawrence lies down on the sofa with a good book. Lawrence needs a magnifying glass to read because his ....... is so bad.

a)

site

b)

sight

c)

soot

d)

sights

7.

Thomas really likes the nursing home his children chose for him because his personal ....... is nice and competent.

a)

aids

b)

aid

c)

aide

d)

add

8.

Cindy realized the ....... was crisp and clean and she breathed in deeply to soak in the night's natural charm.

a)

heir

b)

are

c)

err

d)

air

9.

The little girl ....... when her mother told her she couldn't have the toy she saw in the department store.

a)

bald

b)

balled

c)

bawled

d)

bowled

10.

After retirement, the elderly couple decided it was time to ....... their large home and move into something smaller.

a)

cell

b)

sell

c)

seal

d)

seller

11.

The Internet company ....... me for the items I ordered last week.

a)

build

b)

billed

c)

bailed

d)

built

12.

Karrie was tired and soon became ....... with the activity her teacher assigned.

a)

border

b)

board

c)

bored

d)

bowed

13.

Joy tied a ....... in the ribbon so the Christmas package would look beautiful when she sent it to her parents.

a)

knot

b)

naught

c)

not

d)

knock

14.

The adult falcon ....... on smaller birds, mammals and reptiles.

a)

praise

b)

prays

c)

prayed

d)

preys

15.

The ....... came down all night but in the morning, the sun shone and we were able to have a beautiful and dry picnic in the afternoon.

a)

rein

b)

reign

c)

rain

d)

ramp

16.

Dorothy carefully ....... all of the Christmas gifts and then she filled all of the stockings with small gifts and goodies.

a)

rapt

b)

rapped

c)

roped

d)

wrapped

17.

Joey asked his father to ....... him a bedtime story. His favorite book is Green Eggs and Ham' by Doctor Seuss.

a)

read

b)

reed

c)

reel

d)

rid

18.

In each question, the students were asked to choose the ....... word from a multiple choice list of possibilities.

a)

right

b)

write

c)

rite

d)

wrote

19.

The ....... was long and it looked like a ribbon laid out across the hills of the prairies.

a)

road

b)

rode

c)

rowed

d)

rod

20.

The seamstress chose a strong ....... to finish off the dress she was making for her granddaughter's birthday.

a)

seem

b)

seen

c)

seam

d)

scene