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English Common Grammar Mistakes Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What ............... do talented students have upon skilled teachers?

a)

Affect

b)

Effect

2.

Do doting mothers have a bad .......... on their children?

a)

Affect

b)

Effect

3.

Can government action ........... the course of a business recession?

a)

Effect

b)

Affect

4.

All during the war, the O.P.A. tried to ........... a stabilization of the price structure.

a)

Effect

b)

Affect

5.

Thyroid extract .......... the body very quickly.

a)

Affects

b)

Effects

6.

When sound .............. are needed, they can often be dubbed into any motion picture.

a)

Effects

b)

Affects

7.

Charlie Jerome is the short order cook of Colonial Diner, one of the ............. eating places in New Rochelle.

a)

Principal

b)

Principle

8.

Charlie is a man of .............; he never serves a dish that is not perfect in taste.

a)

Principal

b)

Principle

9.

The People's Savings Bank pays 35 per cent inter-est on your ..................

a)

Principal

b)

Principle

10.

When we sell our house we will deal with ............... only.

a)

principals

b)

principles

11.

When we sell our house we will deal with ................. only.

a)

Principles

b)

Principals

12.

This is just between you and ...........; can you keep it under your hat?

a)

I

b)

Me

13.

We spoke to Herbert and ............... only yesterday.

a)

She

b)

Her

14.

Everyone seems well satisfied with the arrangement except ..........

a)

He

b)

Him

15.

That's a personal matter between Jules and ; why don't you keep out of it?

a)

We

b)

Us

16.

There is not a moment of quiet in that house nothing but ................. din.

a)

Continual

b)

Continuous

17.

The spy will be ...........

a)

Hung

b)

Hanged

18.

Don't look so (incredible, incredulous) when I tell you these things. They're true!

a)

Incredible

b)

Incredulous

19.

It seems to me that you are ............ that I took the necklace.

a)

Inferring

b)

Implying

20.

I think you can buy that paper in a ............... store.

a)

stationary

b)

stationery

21.

That is an ............... attitude for a

grownup person to take.

a)

ingenious

b)

ingenuous

22.

His money was ..........

a)

robbed

b)

stolen

23.

What's the sense ............ doing it that way?

a)

in

b)

of

24.

Use several ............... of sand when you mix the cement.

a)

handfuls

b)

handsful

25.

Is there any (preventative, preventive) for tuber-culosis?

a)

preventative

b)

preventive