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Commonly Confused Words

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When we start the game, _____ going to kick the first football?

a)

there's

b)

whose

c)

who's

d)

aren't

2.

Pirate Bill is ___ going to teach Jumbo Joe how to tie a ____.

a)

not/knot

b)

you're/your

c)

knot/not

d)

whether/weather

3.

Tell me the _____ story of why there is a ____ in my backyard!

a)

there/ their

b)

hole/whole

c)

you're/your

d)

whole/hole

4.

If we reschedule a game depends on _______ the _______ will be good or bad.

a)

whether/weather

b)

weather/whether

c)

whole/hole

d)

there/their

5.

_____ pig just tore up my garden!

a)

Who's

b)

Whose

c)

Whole

d)

Hole

6.

This word means "belonging to them"

a)

There

b)

Their

c)

You're

d)

Your

7.

This word means "it is."

a)

There's

b)

Its

c)

Whose

d)

It's

8.

The squid _____ the first Olympic swimming contest.

a)

past

b)

passed

c)

poured

d)

pored

9.

Who's ____ at the door right now?

a)

hear

b)

ear

c)

here

d)

are

10.

The _____ of the starfish's failure to swim far is unknown.

a)

because

b)

whole

c)

who's

d)

cause

11.

Jerry wanted to create a new sculpture _____ he felt like doing it.

a)

cause

b)

because

c)

who's

d)

whose

12.

_____ dog ran over _____ to the dog park.

a)

There/their

b)

hear/here

c)

knot/not

d)

Their/there

13.

You have a selection _____ chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter pie, and banana splits.

a)

have

b)

of

c)

've

d)

off

14.

I ______ ___ cheated on the math test, but I didn't.

a)

could have

b)

could of

c)

could there

d)

could really

15.

George was grouchy because he couldn't find a single, tasty _______ in the hot, dry ______.

a)

dessert/desert

b)

desert/dessert

c)

deserted/deserting

d)

desserts/dessert

16.

I _______ have all the books that I need; I don't need another book set.

a)

all ready

b)

all

c)

ready

d)

already

17.

Kelly said, "I'm ___ _____ now!"

a)

alright

b)

all right

c)

right

d)

all

18.

Tell John to _____ the letter the _____ way.

a)

write/right

b)

right/write

c)

write/rite

d)

write/wright

19.

In the _____, dinosaurs stomped around Glen Rose, Texas by the river.

a)

past

b)

passed

c)

whole

d)

hole

20.

_____ late because ____ bicycle developed a motor?!

a)

Too/two

b)

Whether/weather

c)

Lose/loose

d)

You're/your