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http://binhqx.violet.vn Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 1 Click the answer button to see the answer. 1. A Christmas treat is ___ pudding. a. plum b. plumb 2. A ___ expression mixes both humor and disbelief. a. rye b. wry 3. A ___ in shining armor is every girl's dream. a. night b. knight 4. A ___ is a female deer. a. doe b. dough 5. A ___ is a gadget. a. device b. devise 6. A ___ is a narrow passage of water. a. straight b. strait 7. A ___ is a type of shellfish. a. muscle b. mussel 8. A ___ of children attacked the treats on the picnic table. a. hoard b. horde 9. A ___ of water buffalo were resting beside the river when the lions attacked. a. heard b. herd 10.A deer can also be called a ___. a. hart b. heart 11.A delicious fruit is the French ___. a. peer b. pier c. pear http://binhqx.violet.vn 12.A dolphin and a ___ are similar. a. porpoise b. purpose 13.A favorite orange is the ___. a. naval b. navel 14.A great ___ burst from her lips as she realized that the child was dead. a. wail b. whale 15.A healthy pond should ___ with life. a. team b. teem 16.A low mark on one quiz should not have a strong ___ on your grade. a. affect b. effect 17.A man of his ___ is impressive. a. statue b. stature c. statute 18.A member of the House of Lords is known as a ___. a. peer b. pier c. pear 19.A place I remember from my childhood is the little brown church in the ___. a. vale b. veil Next Quiz Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 2 Click the answer button to see the answer. 1. A popular grain for bread and whiskey making is ___. a. rye b. wry 2. A popular sport in Hawaii is ___ boarding. a. serf b. surf http://binhqx.violet.vn 3. A rank lower than general is ___. a. colonel b. kernel 4. A row boat needs at more than one ___. a. oar b. ore c. or 5. A samurai's most valued possession was his ___ a. soared b. sword 6. A show dog is a thorough __. a. bread b. bred 7. A single ___ dropped on to her cheek. a. tear b. tier 8. A skunk smells its own ___ first. a. scent b. sent c. cent 9. A snowy owl ___ upon mice, rabbits and other small animals. a. praise b. prays c. preys 10.A son is a ___ child. a. mail b. male 11.A vein of gold in a mine is known as the mother ___. a. load b. lode 12.A wheel ___ is someone who fixes or makes wheels. a. right b. rite c. wright d. write 13.A wild pig is also known as a ___. a. boar b. bore http://binhqx.violet.vn 14.A woman can become a ___ or a priest in the Anglican Church. a. known b. none c. nun 15.After all that I have been ___, you want me to give this up? a. thorough b. through 16.After she passed the bar exam she began to ___ as a lawyer in New York a. practice b. practise. 17.All those opposed should say ___. a. nay b. neigh 18.All was ___ at the farm on the night before the storm. a. quiet b. quite 19.Although she was untidy, April did not complain because she was a ___ friend. a. dear b. deer 20.Always try to buy low and ___ high. a. sell b. cell Next Quiz Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 3 Click the answer button to see the answer. 1. An ___ is a pot or vessel. a. urn b. earn 2. An area of land without trees is a ___. a. step b. steppe 3. Andrew ___ his bicycle to school every day. a. road b. rode c. rowed http://binhqx.violet.vn 4. Apple sauce is a nice ___ to roast pork. a. complement b. compliment 5. Are there any amusement parks in this ___? a. local b. locale 6. Are you ___ dressed? a. already b. all ready 7. Are you a boy ___ a girl? a. oar b. ore c. or 8. Are you for ___ or is this just an act? a. real b. reel 9. Are you in ___? a. pain b. pane 10.As ___ falls the stars start to appear in the sky. a. night b. knight 11.Bad news reporting makes me see ___. a. read b. red 12.Be careful not to ___ that big fish in too fast. a. real b. reel 13.Be sure there is enough daylight to make your ___ down the mountain. a. decent b. descent c. dissent 14.Better ___ than never. a. later b. latter 15.Birds catch worms that come out with the morning ___. a. dew b. do http://binhqx.violet.vn c. due 16.Bread tastes better the longer you ___ the dough. a. need b. knead 17.Brian invited ___ of his friends to his birthday party. a. known b. none c. nun 18.But I ____ it would be all right. a. though b. thought 19.Can you ___ a way for me to carry three bags at one time? a. device b. devise 20.Can you ___ the apples for me? a. peal b. peel Next Quiz Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 4 Click the answer button to see the answer. 1. Can you make any ___ of this note? a. sense b. since 2. Carol eats ___ with every meal. a. bread b. bred 3. Carry the water in a ___. a. pail b. pale 4. Categories are only valid if they are ___. a. discreet b. discrete 5. Cathy was the ___ survivor of the plane crash. a. sole http://binhqx.violet.vn b. soul 6. Change your ___ and put the dirty ones in the laundry basket. a. cloths b. clothes 7. Changing the bandage often will help it ___. a. heal b. heel 8. Chickens can also be referred to as poultry or ___. a. foul b. fowl 9. Chuck heard his team mates ___ when his shot missed the goal. a. groan b. grown 10.Cocaine is an ___ drug. a. elicit b. illicit 11.Come over ___ and say that again! a. hear b. here 12.Company ___ dropped when the cutback and layoffs were announced. a. moral b. morale 13.Decaying fish makes an extremely ___ smell. a. foul b. fowl 14.Diane Fossey was famous for her work with the mountain ___ groups in Rwanda. a. gorilla b. guerrilla 15.Do not ___ illness to get out of work. a. fain b. feign 16.Do not ___ in the affairs of other. a. medal b. meddle c. mettle 17.Do not ___ the lily. Simple is best. a. gild http://binhqx.violet.vn b. guild 18.Do not ___ to me. a. lie b. lye 19.Do you ___ the way to San Jose? a. know b. no 20.Do you know ___ I can get a map? a. ware b. wear c. where Next Quiz Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 5 Click the answer button to see the answer. 1. Do you know ___ way he went? a. which b. witch 2. Do you prefer ___ corn or corn on the cob? a. colonel b. kernel 3. Do you really ___ the money? a. knead b. need 4. DonƠt be a ___, be more interesting. a. boar b. bore 5. Einstein won the Noble prize for ___. a. physics b. psychics 6. Everyone went to the party ___ John. a. accept b. except 7. Exercise and dieting will help you to lose ___ weight. a. access http://binhqx.violet.vn b. excess 8. Exercise builds ___ and reduces fat. a. muscle b. mussel 9. Fabric ___ takes a lot of skill. a. dyeing b. dying 10.February is the time of the year that many people get colds and ___. a. flew b. flue c. flu 11.Films must be screened by a ___ before they are shown. a. censor b. censure c. sensor 12.Flowers are a natural source of fabric ___. a. die b. dye 13.For better texture you must ___ the dough longer. a. knead b. need 14.For what ___ shall we meet? a. propose b. purpose c. porpoise 15.Frank and ___ are best friends. a. earnest b. Ernest 16.Gary stood as still as a ___. a. statue b. stature c. statute 17.Geraldine came and ___ for three weeks last summer. a. staid b. stayed 18.Get me the gift ___ that I left on the counter. a. rap http://binhqx.violet.vn b. wrap 19.Get to the ___ of the problem. a. root b. route 20.Give me ___, please. a. to b. too c. two Next Quiz Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 6 Click the answer button to see the answer. 1. Go ___ down the road and then turn left at the lights. a. straight b. strait 2. Go ___ in peace. a. forth b. fourth 3. Go away! ___! a. shoe b. shoo 4. Go out and check the ___ box, will you. a. mail b. male 5. Go to the corner, ___ wait five minutes. a. than b. then 6. Go to the end of the ___ and wait your turn. a. queue b. cue 7. Good shoes provide ___ support. a. arc b. arch 8. Grandfather was a ___ and hearty man. a. hail [...]... 18 He came in right on _ a cue b queue 19 He car broke down so he called for a _ truck a toe b tow http://binhqx.violet.vn 20 He challenged Seymor to a _ a duel b dual c duet Next Quiz Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 7 Click the answer button to see the answer 1 He found a new _ to go to school a root b route 2 He had _ a bad cough but it did not get any worse a quiet b quite 3 He had _ radial... living thing, only sand a desert b dessert 19 He was _ himself with worry a beside b besides 20 He was _ to help the children read a scent b sent c cent Next Quiz http://binhqx.violet.vn Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 8 Click the answer button to see the answer 1 He was _ unprepared for the warm reception that her family gave him a holy b wholly 2 He was a _ enough fellow even if he was not wealthy... juicy _? a stake b steak 19 How can you hope to become a professional musician if you will not _ a practice b practise 20 How do you get _ from here? a their b there c they're Next Quiz Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 9 Click the answer button to see the answer 1 How late are you _ to stay up at night? a aloud b allowed http://binhqx.violet.vn 2 How much did you _ during the summer? a urn b earn... long sleeves on a sunny day a bare b bear 18 I did _! a not b knot 19 I do my best to be frank and _ a earnest b Ernest 20 I do not care _ you stay or leave a weather b whether Next Quiz Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 10 Click the answer button to see the answer 1 I do not mind if you _ the fruit as long as you can still eat dinner a halve b have 2 I have a _ and a daughter going to school a son . http://binhqx.violet.vn Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 1 Click the answer button to see the answer. 1. A Christmas. the little brown church in the ___. a. vale b. veil Next Quiz Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 2 Click the answer button to see the answer. 1. A popular