This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Commonly Confused Words – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Commonly Confused Words Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The elephant, ..... trunk was long and flexible, reach out into the crowd and shook the hand of a smiling 5-year-old. A) Whose. B) Who's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whose. 2. Do you see those kids over ..... ? A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There. 3. One of the buttons on my favorite jacket is (loose / lose), and I'm worried that if it falls off I'll (loose / lose) it. A) Lose / lose. B) Loose / lose. C) Loose / loose. D) Lose / loose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loose / lose. 4. Think about a three ..... word. A) Syllable. B) Sylable. C) Syllablle. D) Sillable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syllable. 5. Complete this line: ..... car is parked in ..... normal spot right over ..... A) There; it's; there. B) Their; its; there. C) Their; it's; there. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their; its; there. 6. By the look on his face, I knew that everything was not ..... with him after the game. A) All right. B) Alright. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alright. 7. The teacher will not ..... late work. A) Except. B) Accept. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accept. 8. She usually bought (to, too, two) loaves of bread at a time. A) To. B) Too. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 9. A part of speech that links nouns, pronouns, and other phrases together in a sentence. A) Noun. B) Preposition. C) Verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preposition. 10. The children played with ..... new toys in the backyard. A) There. B) They're. C) Their. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their. 11. Does it matter ..... Alex gets a pet rat or hamster? A) Weather. B) Whether. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whether. 12. ..... possible that he wrote the appointment down incorrectly. A) It's. B) Its. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's. 13. I want to (a) down now because I'm tired. A) A. lie. B) Lay. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. lie. 14. My brother ..... the answer to Papa's riddle. A) Knew. B) New. C) Gnu. D) Noo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knew. 15. Select the correct word.The (affect/effect) of the final decision will be felt far and wide. A) Affect. B) Effect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effect. 16. Cyndi had to choose ..... Sally and Jenny to be on her team. A) Between. B) Among. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between. 17. Identify the correct word to fill in the blank:She was ..... to the new environment and made friends quickly. A) Adapt. B) Adopt. C) Adept. D) Adopted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adept. 18. Will you accept / except a credit card for payment? A) Accept. B) Except. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accept. 19. I would advise/advice you to put the chalupa down, sir. A) Advise. B) Advice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Advise. 20. You should know that you have ..... subjects that you did last year. A) Less. B) Fewer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fewer. 21. Our school is very proud of ..... reputation. A) It's. B) Its. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its. 22. The ..... of his missing class was getting assigned to Saturday detention. A) Affects. B) Effects. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effects. 23. Do you ever ..... how long does it take Liam to ..... around the streets of New York at night? A) Wander-wander. B) Wander-wonder. C) Wonder-wonder. D) Wonder-wander. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wonder-wander. 24. Kirill divided the money ..... his wife and his sons A) Between. B) Among. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Among. 25. My mother asked me to pick up a bag of ..... so she could bake a cake. A) Flower. B) Flour. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flour. 26. Complete this line:Back-lit screens keep the brain awake for 1.5 hours after ..... turned off. Know the effects of sleep deprivation because ..... are more important things ..... games and texting! A) (1) they're; (2) there; (3) than. B) (1) there; (2) there; (3) then. C) (1) they're; (2) they're; (3) than. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (1) they're; (2) there; (3) than. 27. I don't want Chick-fil-A either; I never feel ..... after eating that. A) Good. B) Well. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well. 28. Learning to dance the salsa is a question of going to classes and lots of ..... (practice / practise) A) Practice. B) Practise. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Practice. 29. What change should be made to the following sentence:Turn left at the next rode and then stop at the fourth house on the right. A) Change rode to road. B) Change then to than. C) Change fourth to forth. D) Change right to rite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change rode to road. 30. The camp ..... was around the bend, and within ..... of the river. A) Site, sight. B) Sight, cite. C) Cite, sight. D) Site, cite. 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