This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Commonly Confused Words – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Commonly Confused Words Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They're A) They are. B) Location. C) Possessive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are. 2. He threw the ball right ..... and broke a car window. A) Here. B) Hear. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Here. 3. She got annoyed with me because I didn't ..... her on her new hair style. (complement / compliment) A) Complement. B) Compliment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compliment. 4. He had a positive ..... on his friends. A) Affect. B) Effect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effect. 5. Get your facts first, and ..... you can distort them as much as you please. A) Than. B) Then. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Then. 6. Identify the correct word to complete the sentence:The ..... of the book was very interesting. A) Foreword. B) Forward. C) Forword. D) Foreward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreword. 7. The teacher ..... the pupils for a job well done. A) Complemented. B) Complimented. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complimented. 8. He closed the book and ..... walked out of the room. A) Than. B) Then. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Then. 9. Greenhouse gases have a negative ..... on our climate. A) Affect. B) Effect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effect. 10. This is really ..... ! A) Exiting. B) Exciting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exciting. 11. 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. 12. Do you see those kids over ..... ? A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There. 13. 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. 14. Think about a three ..... word. A) Syllable. B) Sylable. C) Syllablle. D) Sillable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syllable. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. ..... 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. 23. 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. 24. My brother ..... the answer to Papa's riddle. A) Knew. B) New. C) Gnu. D) Noo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knew. 25. 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. ← 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