This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Commonly Confused Words – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Commonly Confused Words Quiz 52 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We do chores on an everyday basis. Correct? Yes/No A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 2. What does 'excepts' mean? A) To include. B) To exclude. C) To accept. D) To reject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To exclude. 3. I think my pants are a little too ..... A) Lose. B) Loose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loose. 4. Smoking is the ..... cause of lung cancer. A) Principle. B) Principal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Principal. 5. What is the purpose of using 'they're'? A) To indicate possession, meaning 'their'. B) To describe a state of being, meaning 'they are'. C) To express a contraction of 'they were'. D) To indicate a location, meaning 'there'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To describe a state of being, meaning 'they are'. 6. Cosmetic surgery can have really positive ..... on people's lives. A) Effects. B) Affects. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Effects. 7. The nurse read ..... to the sick child. A) Aloud. B) Allowed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aloud. 8. Select the correct word: " ..... house is the one with the red door." A) Their. B) There. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their. 9. The house is hidden ..... the trees. A) Between. B) Among. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Among. 10. Tim is planning to (a) a symphony. A) A. compose. B) Compromise. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. compose. 11. Would you like to go to/two/too? A) To. B) Two. C) Too. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Too. 12. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:The cat lost ..... collar. A) It's. B) Its. C) Its'. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its. 13. Pick the right word to complete the sentence:The cat is over ..... by the tree. A) They're. B) Their. C) There. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There. 14. Can you ..... the table for dinner? A) Set. B) Lie. C) Raise. D) Rise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Set. 15. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 15? A) Change began to begun. B) Delete the comma after unsafe. C) Change it's to its. D) Make no change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change it's to its. 16. Can you name every state ..... in the U.S.? A) Capital. B) Capitol. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capital. 17. If you want to identify that ugly bug, ask Claudia, (whose, who's) collection of beetles is huge. A) Whose. B) Who's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whose. 18. The bad weather ..... the entire Little League tournament. A) Affected. B) Effected. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affected. 19. ..... umbrella is this? A) Who's. B) Whose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whose. 20. Jonathan was ..... for his volunteer work and charitable donations. A) Cited. B) Sighted. C) Sited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cited. 21. Please give this bag of groceries ..... mom. A) Too. B) To. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To. 22. Which word means also or extra? A) To. B) Too. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Too. 23. What does 'accept' mean? A) To reject something. B) To receive or agree to something. C) To ignore a request. D) To question someone's authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To receive or agree to something. 24. The runner in second ..... the runner in first to take the lead. A) Passed. B) Past. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passed. 25. Coach Simmons feels that ..... the best way to beat the other team. A) Its. B) It's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's. 26. What is wrong with this sentence:We leave school at 4 o'clock to be pacific. A) "Pacific" should be "specific". B) Nothing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Pacific" should be "specific". 27. The Sahara ..... is in North Africa. A) Desert. B) Dessert. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desert. 28. (Where, We're, Were) going to need to call your mom. A) Where. B) We're. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We're. 29. Jocelyn is wearing a ..... jacket. A) Knew. B) New. C) Nue. D) Knu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New. 30. It is ..... cold tonight. A) To. B) Too. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Too. ← 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