Question 1

Choose the correct words from the choices provided in parentheses.
(Who's, Whose) going to (your, you're) party?

Accepted Answer

Who's, your

Question 2

Which one of the following sentences uses the word you're correctly?

Accepted Answer

A)  You're keys are on the counter. 
B)  You're team leader has the assignment for today. 
C)  I think you're lucky shirt is under the bed. 
D)  You're going to fall if you're not careful. 
A)  You're keys are on the counter. 
B)  You're team leader has the assignment for today. 
C)  I think you're lucky shirt is under the bed. 
D)  You're going to fall if you're not careful. D

Question 3

Which one of the following sentences uses the word know correctly?

Accepted Answer

A)  That bookstore offers know discount to students. 
B)  I know all the comma rules. 
C)  The students had know more electives to take. 
D)  My boyfriend will eat know fast food. 
A)  That bookstore offers know discount to students. 
B)  I know all the comma rules. 
C)  The students had know more electives to take. 
D)  My boyfriend will eat know fast food. B

Question 4

In the following paragraph, choose the correct words from the choices provided in parentheses.
-decided to (accept, except) a job as a sales person at a trendy clothing store in the mall. My (principal, principle) reason for taking the job was to earn money over the summer for college. I (knew, new) I was taking a risk with this job because I love to buy (knew, new) clothes. My mother gave me some good (advice, advise). She said that I should save 80 percent of my money and spend the rest any way I liked. At first I did (quiet, quite) (good, well). I let that money (set, sit) in my account for over (to, too, two) months. But (than, then) we got in a stock of leather jackets, and (their, there, they're) was this black one that just kept calling to me. I couldn't resist. Even though I got an employee's discount, I still spent over half my savings. I (knew, new) I should have taken that job at the cleaners!

Accepted Answer

accept; principal; k

Question 5

Choose the correct words from the choices provided in parentheses.
(It's, Its) (to, too, two) (quiet, quite) in (hear, here).

Accepted Answer

It's, too,

Question 6

Which one of the following sentences uses the word quite correctly?

Accepted Answer

A)  I could hear this movie if you would be quite. 
B)  We were quite happy with our new home. 
C)  The house was dark and quite. 
D)  We were very quite as we tiptoed around the corner. 
A)  I could hear this movie if you would be quite. 
B)  We were quite happy with our new home. 
C)  The house was dark and quite. 
D)  We were very quite as we tiptoed around the corner.

Question 7

Which one of the following sentences uses the word its correctly?

Accepted Answer

A)  Its going to be a beautiful day. 
B)  The car spun out of control when its tire blew. 
C)  Do you think its going to rain? 
D)  Its my birthday today! 
A)  Its going to be a beautiful day. 
B)  The car spun out of control when its tire blew. 
C)  Do you think its going to rain? 
D)  Its my birthday today!

Question 8

Choose the correct words from the choices provided in parentheses.
I can't (accept, except) (your, you're) invitation because I (already, all ready) have a date.

Accepted Answer

accept, yo

Question 9

Which one of the following sentences uses the word choose correctly?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yesterday I choose to try out for the play, but today I changed my mind. 
B)  Bill choose to work rather than to play. 
C)  You have choose correctly. 
D)  Which one did you choose? 
A)  Yesterday I choose to try out for the play, but today I changed my mind. 
B)  Bill choose to work rather than to play. 
C)  You have choose correctly. 
D)  Which one did you choose?

Question 10

Choose the correct words from the choices provided in parentheses.
(Fewer, Less) people (choose, chose) to campaign last year.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Choose the correct words from the choices...

Question 11

Which one of the following sentences uses the word breath correctly?

Accepted Answer

A)  Your breath smells like bubble-gum. 
B)  Breath in the smells around you. 
C)  I almost couldn't breath. 
D)  If you feel faint, put your head between your knees and breath deeply. 
A)  Your breath smells like bubble-gum. 
B)  Breath in the smells around you. 
C)  I almost couldn't breath. 
D)  If you feel faint, put your head between your knees and breath deeply.

Question 12

Which one of the following sentences uses the word among correctly?

Accepted Answer

A)  The contest is among you and him. 
B)  You are among friends. 
C)  My two remaining choices are among the Disneyland and Sea World. 
D)  The pen fell among the two desks. 
A)  The contest is among you and him. 
B)  You are among friends. 
C)  My two remaining choices are among the Disneyland and Sea World. 
D)  The pen fell among the two desks.

Question 13

Which one of the following sentences uses the word past correctly?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lucrecia past out when she saw the blood. 
B)  I thought I past you on the road the other day. 
C)  This tea set from Russia has an interesting past. 
D)  Dean had to take the entrance exam twice before he past it. 
A)  Lucrecia past out when she saw the blood. 
B)  I thought I past you on the road the other day. 
C)  This tea set from Russia has an interesting past. 
D)  Dean had to take the entrance exam twice before he past it.

Question 14

Which one of the following sentences uses the word principle correctly?

Accepted Answer

A)  The principle rule to remember when driving is to always keep your eye on the road. 
B)  The principle balance in your account is $25,000. 
C)  The principle of Drummond High School will be retiring soon. 
D)  What principles do you live by? 
A)  The principle rule to remember when driving is to always keep your eye on the road. 
B)  The principle balance in your account is $25,000. 
C)  The principle of Drummond High School will be retiring soon. 
D)  What principles do you live by?

Question 15

Which one of the following sentences uses the word fewer correctly?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sandy made fewer grammatical mistakes on this essay. 
B)  That glass has fewer milk in it than the other glass. 
C)  Now that Crystal has a full-time job, she has fewer time to spend with her friends. 
D)  Carrots have fewer fat than avocados. 
A)  Sandy made fewer grammatical mistakes on this essay. 
B)  That glass has fewer milk in it than the other glass. 
C)  Now that Crystal has a full-time job, she has fewer time to spend with her friends. 
D)  Carrots have fewer fat than avocados.

Question 16

Choose the correct words from the choices provided in parentheses.
How (bad, badly) do you want this (desert, dessert)?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Choose the correct words from the choices...

Exam 39: Easily Confused Words

Choose the correct words from the choices provided in parentheses. (Who's, Whose) going to (your, you're) party?

Which one of the following sentences uses the word you're correctly?

Which one of the following sentences uses the word know correctly?

Choose the correct words from the choices provided in parentheses. (It's, Its) (to, too, two) (quiet, quite) in (hear, here).

Which one of the following sentences uses the word quite correctly?

Which one of the following sentences uses the word its correctly?

Choose the correct words from the choices provided in parentheses. I can't (accept, except) (your, you're) invitation because I (already, all ready) have a date.

Which one of the following sentences uses the word choose correctly?

Choose the correct words from the choices provided in parentheses. (Fewer, Less) people (choose, chose) to campaign last year.

Which one of the following sentences uses the word breath correctly?

Which one of the following sentences uses the word among correctly?

Which one of the following sentences uses the word past correctly?

Which one of the following sentences uses the word principle correctly?

Which one of the following sentences uses the word fewer correctly?

Choose the correct words from the choices provided in parentheses. How (bad, badly) do you want this (desert, dessert)?

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