Misused Words Pretest

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  1. Jill couldn't ____________________ Sam's advice.

    2. Your answer:
    accept
    except

  2. Her ___________ was: Live for the moment!

    3. Your answer:
    advise
    advice

  3. Smoking now can ____________ your health forever.

    4. Your answer:
    affect
    effect

  4. The children are ______________ for bed.

    5. Your answer:
    all ready
    already

  5. The troops were ________________, so the general made his speech.

    6. Your answer:
    altogether
    all together.

  6. My lawyer charges $150 an ___________________.

    7. Your answer:
    hour
    are
    our

  7. Lilly's average is 70 points per game. She bowls ___________.

    8. Your answer:
    bad
    badly.

  8. He's qualified for the job. ______________, he is my son.

    9. Your answer:
    Besides
    Beside

  9. The mean lies _________________ the two extremes.

    10. Your answer:
    between
    among

  10. Did Mattie _______________ her new CD player?

    11. Your answer:
    brake
    break

  11. "________________ I borrow your car tonight?" pleaded the son to his dad.

    12. Your answer:
    Can
    May

  12. Trespassing was once a ___________________ crime.

    13. Your answer:
    capital
    capitol

  13. Footnotes help us to ______________ our sources.

    14. Your answer:
    site
    sight
    cite

  14. The baby doesn't like wash___________.

    15. Your answer:
    clothes
    cloths.

  15. We will ___________________ two similar lifestyles.

    16. Your answer:
    compare
    contrast

  16. It's easy to compare school ________________ work.

    17. Your answer:
    to
    with

  17. The ___________ fabric of Marie's blouse scratched her shoulders.

    18. Your answer:
    coarse
    course

  18. The Mob is honest? That's a(n) ___________________.

    19. Your answer:
    illusion
    delusion

  19. Florence ________________ a perfume-fueled car.

    20. Your answer:
    devised
    deviced

  20. When Genevieve has her blood drawn, she automatically _______________.

    21. Your answer:
    faints
    feints

  21. We could travel no ____________ since we were tired.

    22. Your answer:
    further.
    farther

  22. "Come ________________ this very minute, " ordered the trainer to his dog.

    23. Your answer:
    here
    hear

  23. We spend billions of dollars to drill ________________.

    24. Your answer:
    wholes.
    holes.

  24. We can ________________ his dissatisfaction from his refusal.

    25. Your answer:
    imply
    infer

  25. What can _____________ the sleeping masses?

    26. Your answer:
    incite
    insight

  26. I bought the book even though _________ cover was torn.

    27. Your answer:
    its
    it's

  27. ______________ the dog sniff the roses.

    28. Your answer:
    Let
    Leave

  28. I wanted to ___________ down because I was so tired.

    29. Your answer:
    lie
    lay

  29. In church, a whisper is _______________________________.

    30. Your answer:
    noticeable.
    notable

  30. A nude man was the _______________ of the painting.

    31. Your answer:
    subject
    object

  31. The __________ week was such a busy one that I forgot to call you as I had promised.

    32. Your answer:
    passed
    past

  32. The United States and Canada are at ________________.

    33. Your answer:
    peace.
    piece.

  33. Can't you see the _________________ truth? His walking out on you obviously says he is angry!

    34. Your answer:
    plane
    plain

  34. Autos are my ________________ means of transportation.

    35. Your answer:
    principal
    principle

  35. The pig _________________ to jump off the roof.

    36. Your answer:
    proceeded
    preceded

  36. The driver __________ honking his horn when the police officer appeared.

    37. Your answer:
    quiet
    quit
    quite

  37. Divers will _____________ the sunken ship.

    38. Your answer:
    rise
    raise

  38. For turning in the wallet, I was given a $50 _______________.

    39. Your answer:
    award.
    reward.

  39. We often go fishing in the _____________ as well as in the lake.

    40. Your answer:
    see
    sea

  40. "___________!" yelled the trainer at the frog.

    41. Your answer:
    Set
    Sit

  41. Flying pigs are rarer ______________ penguins.

    42. Your answer:
    than
    then

  42. I heard that _________________ going to move to Oregon.

    43. Your answer:
    there
    their
    they're

  43. Maxwell _____________ a temper tantrum when his wife said she wouldn't go with him to the party.

    44. Your answer:
    threw
    through

  44. Two trips ________ the dentist are too much for one week.

    45. Your answer:
    to
    too
    two

  45. That class was a ______________ of time since my classmates had not completed their homework and the instructor did not present new information.

    46. Your answer:
    waste
    waist

  46. I exercise every day of the _____________.

    47. Your answer:
    weak
    week

  47. Everyone complains about the ___________________.

    48. Your answer:
    weather.
    whether.

  48. Jim is the person _____________ dog ran away.

    49. Your answer:
    whose
    who's

  49. When ______________ right, you're right!

    50. Your answer:
    you're
    your

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