by Kitty Nash
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- Directions:
- Click the word that correctly completes each sentence. The answer to each sentence may include more than one word or phrase.
- 1.
- She will (accept) (except) the Pulitzer Prize in May.
- 2.
- We have visited every state (accept) (except) Montana.
- 3.
- I desire to (affect) (effect) a change in my lifestyle.
- 4.
- Adequate sleep (affects) (effects) how I feel.
- 5.
- What steps would you (advice) (advise) your student to take to obtain a scholarship?
- 6.
- May I give you some good (advice) (advise)?
- 7.
- I am popular (among) (between) my friends.
- 8.
- May I share a secret (among) (between) the two of us?
- 9.
- I am feeling (bad) (badly).
- 10.
- He expressed himself (bad) (badly).
- 11.
- Smoking shortens one's (breath) (breathe).
- 12.
- At last, we could (breath) (breathe) deeply.
- 13.
- Please (bring) (take) this letter to Jane in the next room.
- 14.
- Please (bring) (take) me some wood for the fire.
- 15.
- Did you see the (capital) (capitol) building when you visited Washington D.C.?
- 16.
- What is the (capital) (capitol) city of Montana?
- 17.
- Those colors are (complementary) (complimentary).
- 18.
- The team had its full (complement) (compliment) of players.
- 19.
- She received a nice (complement) (compliment) for her performance.
- 20.
- Therefore, I (immigrate) (emigrate) out of a country to another.
- 21.
- In like manner, I (immigrate) (emigrate) into a new country.
- 22.
- This route is much (farther) (further) than the alternate route.
- 23.
- Will that plan (farther) (further) our national goals?
- 24.
- Are you on the student (council) (counsel)?
- 25.
- If I were giving you legal advice, I would be giving you legal (council) (counsel).
- 26.
- Who is the (principle) (principal) of your school?
- 27.
- We fully support the (principle) (principal) of nonviolence.
- 28.
- Have you checked on the (whether) (weather)?
- 29.
- Do you know (whether) (weather) we are going or not?
- 30.
- Your encouragement does not (allay) (alley) (ally) my fear of failure.
- 31.
- Between the buildings was a narrow (allay) (alley) (ally).
- 32.
- When a speaker makes a passing comment about a subject, the speaker is (alluding) (eluding) to the subject.
- 33.
- Wanting to be alone, Beverly (alluded) (eluded) her friends.
- 34.
- Her alluding to her possessions gave the (allusion) (illusion) of wealth.
- 35.
- When a magician attempts to trick your eye or mind, the magician creates an (allusion) (illusion).
- 36.
- Have you searched (all-round) (all around) the house?
- 37.
- She is an excellent employee with (all-round) (all around) skills.
- 38.
- When we follow one another by turns, we (alternate) (alternative) our turns.
- 39.
- If I have another choice, I have an (alternate) (alternative).
- 40.
- Grasping the full meaning of something means we (apprehend) (comprehend) the full meaning.
- 41.
- The (apprehension) (comprehension) of the criminal was reported in the newspaper.
- 42.
- One of our presidents was (born) (borne) on the fourth of July.
- 43.
- Pollen was (born) (borne) on the western wind.
- 44.
- The principal acted as the school (censor) (censure) for student publications.
- 45.
- Do you think he will be (censored) (censured) for his language?
- 46.
- The person was a (notorious) (notable) criminal.
- 47.
- The speaker was a (notorious) (notable) chemist.
- 48.
- Due to the ill-treatment she had received, she felt that she had been (persecuted) (prosecuted) for years.
- 49.
- I can only be (persecuted) (prosecuted) for my acts of wrong doing – not for my beliefs.
- 50.
- The loud noise never stopped and was (continual) (continuous) through the day.
- 51.
- His (continual) (continuous) nagging was difficult to take.
- 52.
- Are we to attend on (continual) (consecutive) days?
- 53.
- The small town was the (sight) (site) (cite) of her childhood.
- 54.
- The lawyer (sighted) (cited) the prior case.
- 55.
- It was a gift of beautiful (stationary) (stationery).
- 56.
- To the earth, the sun seems like a (stationary) (stationery) object.