COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS TEST

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

I refused to _____________ the performance evaluation because there was false information in it.

• accept

• except

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

It is easy to give ______________, but not so easy to take it.

• advice

• advise

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

I wish I had seen the show last night. I heard it was _____________ a performance.

• quiet

• quite

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

The teacher _____________ the pupils for a job well done.

• complemented

• complimented

(Weather / whether) the (weather / whether) is good or bad, we play tomorrow afternoon.

• Whether / weather

• Whether / whether

• Weather / Whether

• Weather / Whether

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.

• lose / lose

• loose / lose

• loose / loose

• lose / loose

The students sit in _______ classroom working on _______ lesson with _______ teacher.

(Hint: all of these blanks use the same word.)

• They're

• There

• Their

_______ working on a lesson about commonly confused words because _________ responsible for using words correctly.

(Hint: both of these blanks use the same word.)

• They're

• There

• Their

_______ are easy tricks for remembering which words to use. If you forget the tricks, they can be found right ________ in the words themselves.

(Hint: both of these blanks use the same word.)

• They're

• There

• Their

_____ Chromebook has had at least one technology issue since the start of the school year?

• Who's

• Whose