This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Commonly Confused Words – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Commonly Confused Words Quiz 24 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A study led by geneticists at Oxford University used DNA sequences from living people to confirm historical accounts of events that led to the genetic mixing of populations, such as conquests and trade routes. A) Evidence. B) Reason/logic. C) Stylistic. D) Evidence/reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evidence/reason. 2. What is wrong with this sentence:Houston felt the effects of Hurricane Harvey. A) Nothing. B) "Effects" should be "affects". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nothing. 3. I like all soft drinks ..... root beer. A) Except. B) Accept. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Except. 4. Nowadays, we spend ..... more time at home working on Quill and Aleks. A) Allot. B) A lot. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A lot. 5. ..... owl can turn its neck 135 degrees. A) A. B) An. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An. 6. ..... hair has grown so much this year. A) You're. B) Your. C) Your'e. D) Yore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your. 7. ..... is going to the party A) That. B) Who. C) Whom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who. 8. Put the money ..... A) Their. B) There. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There. 9. To receive A) Except. B) Accept. C) Seize. D) Seas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accept. 10. If ..... is any ice cream leftover, I'll take it. A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There. 11. Choose the correct word ..... be going to the beach for spring break. A) We'll. B) Wheel. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We'll. 12. There are ..... choices:Doritos or Lays. A) To. B) Too. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 13. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: "We will go to the museum first, and ..... we will have dinner." A) Then. B) Than. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then. 14. She couldn't (here, hear) the directions because the students were talking. A) Here. B) Hear. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hear. 15. Which sentence uses the word "there" correctly? A) There is a book on the table. B) There book is on the table. C) Their are books on the table. D) Their is a book on the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There is a book on the table. 16. I want to go, (two, to, too). A) Two. B) To. C) Too. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Too. 17. ..... grammar is pretty darn good! A) Your. B) You're. C) Yore. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your. 18. She needed to ..... her sources, but couldn't find the ..... that she used on the internet again. A) Cite; sight. B) Site; sight. C) Sight; cite. D) Cite; site. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cite; site. 19. We are going to the amusement park ..... A) To. B) Too. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Too. 20. ..... my birthday today. A) Its. B) It's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's. 21. Randolph (accepted, excepted) my invitation to dinner. A) Accepted. B) Excepted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accepted. 22. We discussed the multiple literary ..... within the text. A) Illusions. B) Allusions. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusions. 23. Do we need to ..... our sources for this project? If so, which ..... should we look at online? A) Cite, sight. B) Site, sight. C) Cite, cite. D) Cite, site. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cite, site. 24. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:'He didn't know ..... car was parked in the driveway.' A) Who's. B) Whose. C) Who'se. D) Whos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whose. 25. Rebecca, ..... science project won the science fair, made an A. A) Whose. B) Who's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whose. ← 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