This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Commonly Confused Words – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Commonly Confused Words Quiz 48 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... I have another cookie? A) May. B) Can. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May. 2. ..... 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. 3. When will the chicken finally ..... an egg for us? A) Lay. B) Lie. C) Laid. D) Lain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lay. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. She threw the discus 12 feet ..... than I did, which put her ..... up in the rankings than me. A) Further; further. B) Farther; farther. C) Further; farther. D) Farther; further. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farther; further. 7. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3? A) Change afternoons to afternoon's. B) Change a to an. C) Change are to our. D) Make no change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make no change. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: " ..... going to the concert tonight." A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They're. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. Tell me the ..... story of why there is a ..... in my backyard! A) There/ their. B) Hole/whole. C) You're/your. D) Whole/hole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whole/hole. 15. 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. 16. ..... hands get nothing done! A) Idle. B) Idol. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idle. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. The neighbor's chickens have not ..... eggs for the past week. Something must be wrong. A) Laid. B) Lain. C) Layed. D) Lay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laid. 21. The teacher ..... him on his performance. A) Complimented. B) Complemented. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complimented. 22. I needed (farther, further) instruction in order t understand my work. A) Farther. B) Further. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Further. 23. Choose the correct word.My cat will ..... at me for the longest time. It's so weird the way her eyes seem to burn into me like little lasers. A) Stair. B) Stare. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stare. 24. Hailey ..... the ball over Olivia's head. A) Through. B) Throo. C) Threw. D) Thru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Threw. 25. Last year Beckham ..... the soccer league in goals. A) Lead. B) Led. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Led. 26. I'm not sure ..... it will rain this weekend or not. A) Weather. B) Whether. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whether. 27. ..... the winner of the championship game? A) Whose. B) Who's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who's. 28. Tom Cruise is not ..... He's short. (high / tall) A) High. B) Tall. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tall. 29. The television was broken; the CD player was broken to / too / two A) To. B) Too. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Too. 30. I had to ..... the news to my dad about his driver's-side ..... being rusted out, and he wasn't please. A) Break; break. B) Brake; brake. C) Break; brake. D) Brake; break. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Break; brake. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar 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 8Commonly Confused Words Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books