Instructions: Choose the correct confusing word. Click "Show Answer" to check.
Section A: Commonly Confused Pairs (10 Questions)
1. Choose: I ______ your apology. (accept/except)
Answer: Accept - Means to receive or agree to something (vs. except which means excluding).
2. Choose: Everyone came ______ John. (accept/except)
Answer: Except - Means excluding or not including (vs. accept which means to receive).
3. Choose: The weather will ______ our plans. (affect/effect)
Answer: Affect - Verb meaning to influence (vs. effect which is usually a noun meaning result).
4. Choose: The medicine had no side ______. (affect/effect)
Answer: Effect - Noun meaning result or consequence (vs. affect which is usually a verb).
5. Choose: Please ______ my advice. (accept/except)
Answer: Accept - Means to receive or take (advice, gift, apology, etc.).
6. Choose: The new policy will take ______ next month. (affect/effect)
Answer: Effect - In "take effect" it means become operative (effect can be verb in this phrase).
7. Choose: I need some ______ to study. (quiet/quite)
Answer: Quiet - Adjective meaning little or no noise (vs. quite which means completely or very).
8. Choose: That was ______ interesting. (quiet/quite)
Answer: Quite - Adverb meaning completely, very, or rather (vs. quiet which means silent).
9. Choose: The book is over ______. (their/there)
Answer: There - Adverb indicating place (vs. their which is possessive pronoun).
10. Choose: ______ house is beautiful. (their/there)
Answer: Their - Possessive pronoun showing ownership (vs. there which indicates place).
Section B: More Confusing Pairs (10 Questions)
11. Choose: Did you ______ the meeting? (attend/intend)
Answer: Attend - Means to be present at (vs. intend which means to plan or mean to do something).
12. Choose: I ______ to visit tomorrow. (attend/intend)
Answer: Intend - Means to plan or have as a purpose (vs. attend which means to be present).
13. Choose: The ______ of water is rising. (level/legal)
Answer: Level - Means height or position (vs. legal which means relating to law).
14. Choose: Is it ______ to park here? (level/legal)
Answer: Legal - Means permitted by law (vs. level which means flat or position).
15. Choose: Please ______ the door. (close/clothes)
Answer: Close - Verb meaning to shut (vs. clothes which are items worn on the body).
16. Choose: She bought new ______. (close/clothes)
Answer: Clothes - Items worn on the body (vs. close which means to shut).
17. Choose: Let's walk ______ the park. (through/threw)
Answer: Through - Preposition meaning from one side to the other (vs. threw which is past of throw).
18. Choose: He ______ the ball. (through/threw)
Answer: Threw - Past tense of throw (vs. through which is a preposition).
19. Choose: I need good ______ for the exam. (advice/advise)
Answer: Advice - Noun meaning recommendation (vs. advise which is the verb form).
20. Choose: Can you ______ me on this matter? (advice/advise)
Answer: Advise - Verb meaning to give advice (vs. advice which is the noun).
Section C: Tricky Triplets (10 Questions)
21. Choose: ______ going to the market. (Their/There/They're)
Answer: They're - Contraction of "they are" (vs. their = possessive, there = place).
22. Choose: Put the book over ______. (their/there/they're)
Answer: There - Indicates place (vs. their = possessive, they're = they are).
23. Choose: I like ______ new car. (their/there/they're)
Answer: Their - Possessive pronoun (vs. there = place, they're = they are).
24. Choose: ______ my best friend. (Your/You're/Yore)
Answer: You're - Contraction of "you are" (vs. your = possessive, yore = old times).
25. Choose: Is this ______ book? (your/you're/yore)
Answer: Your - Possessive pronoun (vs. you're = you are, yore = olden times).
26. Choose: In days of ______. (your/you're/yore)
Answer: Yore - Means long ago (vs. your = possessive, you're = you are).
27. Choose: I can't decide ______ to go. (weather/whether/wether)
Answer: Whether - Conjunction expressing choice (vs. weather = climate, wether = castrated ram).
28. Choose: The ______ is nice today. (weather/whether/wether)
Answer: Weather - Atmospheric conditions (vs. whether = conjunction, wether = castrated ram).
29. Choose: ______ are you going? (Were/Where/Wear)
Answer: Where - Question word for place (vs. were = past of are, wear = to have on body).
30. Choose: What should I ______ to the party? (were/where/wear)
Answer: Wear - Verb meaning to have on body (vs. were = past of are, where = question word).
