This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Commonly Confused Words – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Commonly Confused Words Quiz 23 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Any book that is a part of a series can be called a ..... A) Cereal. B) Serial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serial. 2. A recent Spanish ..... to the Antarctic has been collecting data about global warming. (exhibition / expedition) A) Exhibition. B) Expedition. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expedition. 3. Julie ..... to go to the library instead of playing outside. A) Choose. B) Chose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chose. 4. Give me a ..... of paper to write on A) Peace. B) Piece. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Piece. 5. They can't find ..... seats on the airplane. A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 6. Lawyers ..... their clients with great care. A) Counsel. B) Council. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counsel. 7. She distributed food ..... poor people. A) Among. B) Between. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Among. 8. ..... for food for volunteers, Eric would not ..... any donations. A) Except/accept. B) Accept/except. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Except/accept. 9. They have (two, to, too) go to a job interview. A) Two. B) To. C) Too. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To. 10. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank: "I can't believe they're going to miss the school play!" A) Their. B) There. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They're. 11. I can't believe your friends cancelled on us again! (Their / There / They're) the worst! A) Their. B) There. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They're. 12. I like everything about my roommate Matt (accept / except) his snoring. A) Accept. B) Except. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Except. 13. We love to not only swim in our ..... but also to play volleyball. A) Pool. B) Pull. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pool. 14. What does 'except' mean? A) A preposition used to indicate inclusion, meaning 'including'. B) A preposition used to indicate exclusion, meaning 'not including'. C) A verb that means to allow or permit. D) An adverb that means 'in addition to'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A preposition used to indicate exclusion, meaning 'not including'. 15. What should you first when tackling the essay question A) Outline introduction. B) Organize ideas. C) Write a thesis. D) Just start writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write a thesis. 16. I refused to ..... the performance evaluation because there was false information in it. A) Accept. B) Except. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accept. 17. Select the correct word.As a school (principal/principle) you should set clear expectations for the students. A) Principal. B) Principle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principal. 18. Bill, don't ..... your keys and phone! A) Loose. B) Lose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lose. 19. I always ..... Lee was smart, but now that I've heard him share insight in class discussions I see that he's brilliant. A) Though. B) Taught. C) Thought. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thought. 20. An owl's skull only has a small amount of space for a brain ..... its eyes take up so much space. A) Because. B) Cause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because. 21. They left ..... backpacks on the bus. A) Their. B) There. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their. 22. I have ..... eaten. So I am not hungry now. A) Already. B) All ready. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Already. 23. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: "He will ..... the award on behalf of his team." A) Accept. B) Except. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accept. 24. Identify the correct word:The weather forecast said it would be ..... today, so I brought an umbrella. A) Rein. B) Rany. C) Reign. D) Rainy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rainy. 25. Select the correct word.My ears have been ringing (sense/since) the concert. A) Sense. B) Since. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 26. Do not tear ..... the puzzle. A) Apart. B) A part. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apart. 27. Offerings left in ancient graves tell us what the community valued and what people believed was worth having. A) No change. B) The community valued. C) Was. D) People considered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People considered. 28. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:The teacher asked the students to ..... their essays before submission. A) Reveal. B) Revel. C) Review. D) Revue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Review. 29. Anyone ..... familiar with echidnas knows there are ..... divergent kinds:short-beaked and long-beaked. A) Whose, two. B) Who's, too. C) Whose, too. D) Who's, two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who's, two. 30. Those two colors are very (a) . A) A. complementary. B) Complimentary. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. complementary. 31. I (can/may) watch a movie tonight if I get home in time. A) Can. B) May. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May. 32. Do you actually think stealing from the library is good ..... ? I would ..... you against it. A) Advise, advice. B) Advice, advise. C) Advice, advice. D) Advise, advise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advice, advise. 33. The students left ..... books in the classroom because ..... planning to study ..... after lunch. A) There-their-they're. B) They're-their-there. C) Their-they're-there. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their-they're-there. 34. He ..... the price of all his products to gain more profit. A) Rose. B) Raised. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raised. 35. I don't know if you've noticed, but ..... is something strange going on with Shemar today. A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There. 36. What change should be made to the following sentence:It makes sense to change clothes if your going to be playing in the woods. A) Change sense to cents. B) Change be to bee. C) Change your to you're. D) Change clothes to close. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change your to you're. 37. Which word means the number 2? A) To. B) Too. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 38. Raising Cane's? ..... let's go. A) Alright. B) All right. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All right. 39. Altogether refers to a group as a whole. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. We ..... a caravan of bikers on the way to school this morning. A) Passed. B) Past. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passed. 41. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:The ..... of the meeting was to discuss the upcoming project. A) Principal. B) Princepal. C) Principel. D) Principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principal. 42. ..... I have another cookie? A) May. B) Can. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May. 43. ..... never going to believe what I heard in the lunchroom yesterday. A) Your. B) You're. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You're. 44. When will the chicken finally ..... an egg for us? A) Lain. B) Lay. C) Laid. D) Lie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lay. 45. Once school ends, their / there / they're going to give me a job. A) Their. B) There. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They're. 46. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: "First, we went to the park, and ..... we had lunch." A) Then. B) Than. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then. 47. She threw the discus 12 feet ..... than I did, which put her ..... up in the rankings than me. A) Further; farther. B) Further; further. C) Farther; farther. D) Farther; further. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farther; further. 48. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3? A) Change afternoons to afternoon's. B) Make no change. C) Change a to an. D) Change are to our. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make no change. 49. The Brandon Valley football doesn't want to ..... their game against Harrisburg. A) Loose. B) Lose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lose. 50. I am tired ..... working so hard. A) Of. B) Off. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of. 51. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: " ..... going to the concert tonight." A) There. B) Its. C) They're. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They're. 52. Mother showed a large ..... of love for all of her children. A) Amount. B) Number. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amount. 53. She was so excited about the game, she (can't hardly, can hardly) wait! A) Can't hardly. B) Can hardly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can hardly. 54. It took a huge ..... of time to get to our vacation destination. A) Number. B) Amount. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amount. 55. Tell me the ..... story of why there is a ..... in my backyard! A) There/ their. B) Whole/hole. C) Hole/whole. D) You're/your. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whole/hole. 56. We found an ancient ..... buried in the dirt over here! Do you think it's a Roman god?? A) Idle. B) Idol. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idol. 57. ..... hands get nothing done! A) Idle. B) Idol. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idle. 58. I believe ..... on the coffee table. A) Its. B) It's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's. 59. What ..... did the plant's closing have on the economy? A) Effect. B) Affect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affect. 60. Diane was (too, to, two) short to reach the top shelf. A) Too. B) To. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Too. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesCommonly Confused Words Quiz 1Commonly Confused Words Quiz 2Commonly Confused Words Quiz 3Commonly Confused Words Quiz 4Commonly Confused Words Quiz 5Commonly Confused Words Quiz 6Commonly Confused Words Quiz 7Commonly Confused Words Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books