This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Commonly Confused Words – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Commonly Confused Words Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Maybe we can see if those ..... fake pilgrims have one we can borrow. A) To. B) Too. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 2. Which word meansNOT TIGHT? A) Loose. B) Lose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loose. 3. I can't believe they walk ..... foot through the forest. A) Bare. B) Bear. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bare. 4. Billy is taller ..... his older brother. A) Than. B) Then. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Than. 5. The huge signs promoting government policies were just ..... None of it was ..... true. A) Jokes | incredibly. B) Propaganda | actually. C) Memes | basically. D) Cringy | sadly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Propaganda | actually. 6. ..... late because ..... bicycle developed a motor?! A) Whether/weather. B) Lose/loose. C) Too/two. D) You're/your. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You're/your. 7. The company was able to ..... the financial storm. A) Whether. B) Weather. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weather. 8. I like all books ..... the badly written ones. A) Accept. B) Except. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Except. 9. It is ..... much work for one day. A) Too. B) To. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Too. 10. Is this ..... best dress for the wedding? A) Your. B) You're. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your. 11. Select the correct word to fill in the blank:'She was not sure ..... to attend the meeting or not.' A) Whether. B) Wether. C) Wither. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whether. 12. Please ..... slowly toward the exit doors. A) Precede. B) Proceed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proceed. 13. I live by my own ..... Peer pressure has no effect on me. A) Principals. B) Principle. C) Principal. D) Principles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Principles. 14. Identify the correct usage: "The team was ..... for the meeting." A) Altogether. B) All together. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All together. 15. Does anyone know (who/whose) bag that is on the floor? A) Whose. B) Who's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whose. 16. What change should be made in these sentences?My parents' names are Rick and Amy. Their really nice. A) Change their to they're. B) Change their to there. C) No change is needed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change their to they're. 17. Susie scored 100% on every Vocabulary test ..... the one yesterday. A) Accept. B) Except. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Except. 18. There is an escaped criminal on the (lose / loose) in our state, so my parents won't let me out of the house until he is caught. A) Lose. B) Loose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loose. 19. "I want to go to Mexico for Thanksgiving! It looks so beautiful ..... " A) Their. B) They're. C) There. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There. 20. First in order of importance; main A) Principle. B) Principal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Principal. 21. The East Texas pine trees really ..... my allergies. A) Effect. B) Affect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affect. 22. And now, with "The Land of Fish and Rice, " I expect that circle to widen ..... , into the lower Yangtze region.-Washington Post (Oct 30, 2016) A) Farther. B) Further. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farther. 23. He discovered some ..... records during his research. A) Historical. B) Historic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical. 24. ..... hair is the darkest in the class? A) Who. B) Who's. C) Whose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whose. 25. Why can't they ..... that actions have consequences? A) Accept. B) Except. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accept. 26. In the ..... , I made many mistakes. A) Passed. B) Past. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past. 27. ..... important to follow the instructions carefully. A) Its. B) It's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's. 28. Which word means TO BE (plural)? A) Our. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 29. What change should be made to the following sentence:Next week our class is going to rite stories about fish and other sea creatures. A) Change rite to write. B) Change our to hour. C) Change week to weak. D) Change sea to see. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change rite to write. 30. The car was ..... when the accident happened. A) Stationary. B) Stationery. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stationary. 31. Read the sentence about the passage. I ..... more than an ..... on the horse. Which pair of words has correct spelling to make the sentence meaningful? A) Rode, hour. B) Road, our. C) Rode, our. D) Road, hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rode, hour. 32. She (lead, led) the children in a song. A) Lead. B) Led. C) Leads. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Led. 33. Which word isA COMPARISON WORD? A) Then. B) Than. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Than. 34. Life in Los Angeles has so many ..... nightclubs, good restaurants, and so on. A) Attractions. B) Attractivenesses. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attractions. 35. He will (a lot, allot) 10 minutes per question. A) A lot. B) Allot. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allot. 36. When ..... Friday, I order pizza from our favorite pizza place. A) It's. B) Its. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's. 37. (Who's/Whose) going to the school? A) Who's. B) Whose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who's. 38. We need to raise enough ..... to build the church. A) Capitol. B) Capital. C) Capitel. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capital. 39. Which word meansSOMETHING BELONGING TO US? A) Our. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Our. 40. The sugar had a negative ..... on the science experiment. A) Effect. B) Affect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Effect. 41. ..... are rangers at the State Park, and ..... very nice. A) They're, their. B) There, they're. C) Their, there. D) There, their. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There, they're. 42. The state ..... has such an intricate and unusual design. A) Capital. B) Capitol. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capitol. 43. With Covid-19, hurricanes, fires, and social unrest, our country went ..... of adversity in 2020. A) Through, alot. B) Though, alot. C) Though, a lot. D) Through, a lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through, a lot. 44. Are you the one ..... eaten all the cake? A) Whose. B) Who's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who's. 45. The appointments are purely ..... , and the positions do not carry any real political power. A) Ceremonial. B) Ceremonious. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ceremonial. 46. The laces of my track shoes came ..... in the final stretch of the 400 and I tripped and fell, ..... my lead. A) Lose; losing. B) Lose; loosing. C) Loose; loosing. D) Loose; losing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loose; losing. 47. That is the most important ..... our ..... believes. A) Principle/principal. B) Principal/ principle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principle/principal. 48. ..... going to be late for class if ..... locker doens't open. A) Your, your. B) You're, you're. C) Your, you're. D) You're, your. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You're, your. 49. He wondered what she was going to / too / two do about the problem. A) To. B) Too. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 50. The Martian raised ..... hands in peaceful greeting. A) It's. B) Its. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its. 51. They want to find out if too much jet lag could permanently (affect/effect) memory. A) Affect. B) Effect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affect. 52. In September 2000, 189 member states of the United Nations came together at a summit and adopted the ..... Declaration. A) Millenium. B) Millinium. C) Millennium. D) Milenium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Millennium. 53. Choose the correct word ..... going to go with me to the movie? A) Who's. B) Whose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who's. 54. We'd rather order a pepperoni pizza ..... a sausage pizza for our sleepover. A) Thus. B) Then. C) Than. D) Thin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Than. 55. She was upset when her boyfriend left, but she's ..... now. A) All right. B) Alright. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All right. 56. Jim and Sue always work ..... together. A) Good. B) Well. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well. 57. Please listen! Be ..... A) Quite. B) Quiet. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quiet. 58. I should make ..... mistakes. A) Less. B) Fewer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fewer. 59. Let's try to keep this secret between the four of us. A) Among. B) Under. C) NO CHANGE. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Among. 60. Stacy could not bear to be ..... from him. A) Apart. B) A part. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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