This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Commonly Confused Words – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Commonly Confused Words Quiz 55 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The appointments are purely ..... , and the positions do not carry any real political power. A) Ceremonial. B) Ceremonious. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ceremonial. 2. The laces of my track shoes came ..... in the final stretch of the 400 and I tripped and fell, ..... my lead. A) Lose; losing. B) Loose; losing. C) Loose; loosing. D) Lose; loosing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loose; losing. 3. That is the most important ..... our ..... believes. A) Principle/principal. B) Principal/ principle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principle/principal. 4. ..... going to be late for class if ..... locker doens't open. A) You're, you're. B) Your, you're. C) You're, your. D) Your, your. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You're, your. 5. He wondered what she was going to / too / two do about the problem. A) To. B) Too. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 6. The Martian raised ..... hands in peaceful greeting. A) It's. B) Its. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its. 7. They want to find out if too much jet lag could permanently (affect/effect) memory. A) Affect. B) Effect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affect. 8. In September 2000, 189 member states of the United Nations came together at a summit and adopted the ..... Declaration. A) Millenium. B) Millennium. C) Milenium. D) Millinium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Millennium. 9. Choose the correct word ..... going to go with me to the movie? A) Who's. B) Whose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who's. 10. We'd rather order a pepperoni pizza ..... a sausage pizza for our sleepover. A) Than. B) Then. C) Thus. D) Thin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Than. 11. She was upset when her boyfriend left, but she's ..... now. A) All right. B) Alright. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All right. 12. Jim and Sue always work ..... together. A) Good. B) Well. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well. 13. Please listen! Be ..... A) Quite. B) Quiet. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quiet. 14. I should make ..... mistakes. A) Less. B) Fewer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fewer. 15. Let's try to keep this secret between the four of us. A) NO CHANGE. B) Under. C) Among. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Among. 16. Stacy could not bear to be ..... from him. A) Apart. B) A part. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apart. 17. Any book that is a part of a series can be called a ..... A) Cereal. B) Serial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serial. 18. A recent Spanish ..... to the Antarctic has been collecting data about global warming. (exhibition / expedition) A) Exhibition. B) Expedition. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expedition. 19. Julie ..... to go to the library instead of playing outside. A) Choose. B) Chose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chose. 20. Give me a ..... of paper to write on A) Peace. B) Piece. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Piece. 21. They can't find ..... seats on the airplane. A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 22. Lawyers ..... their clients with great care. A) Counsel. B) Council. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counsel. 23. She distributed food ..... poor people. A) Among. B) Between. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Among. 24. ..... for food for volunteers, Eric would not ..... any donations. A) Except/accept. B) Accept/except. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Except/accept. 25. They have (two, to, too) go to a job interview. A) Two. B) To. C) Too. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To. ← 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