Another Quiz? Yes, Just for You!
Image by Garaz from PixabayContinuing in our series about confusing word pairs (we will take a break next week), here is a little quiz on last week’s words – with maybe a few others thrown in.
1. We took a vacation to the (dessert, desert) in Arizona.
2. Sue quit piano lessons because she was really (disinterested, uninterested) in learning how to read music.
3. I recognized him immediately because he has a very (distinct, distinctive) face.
4. The outside light is on because it has a motion (censor, sensor).
5. I was shocked when he (dived, dove) into the lake from that high cliff.
6. Please (come, go) to my party next Saturday night.
7. Her story about the ghost seemed (credible, creditable).
8. This blue suit is quite (different from, different than) mine.
9. I plan to (cite, site, sight) some famous poets in my speech.
10. The (criteria, criterion) for getting this job is having a business degree.
11. My brother’ s new car has (dual, duel) exhaust.
12. She just got a new job as a (copyrighter, copy writer, copywriter), creating social media posts.
13. Please be very (discrete, discreet) when you talk to her because she tends to gossip.
14. Refer to the (currant, current) edition of the newsletter.
15, Was she (conscience, conscious) after the accident?
16. We (collaborated, corroborated) on the project.
17. We are going to visit the United States (Capital, Capitol) building.
18. I felt really (bad, badly) about the end of our friendship.
19. Since she finished first in regional competition, she received a (buy, by, bye) into the national competition.
20. I have three (consecutive, successive) Zoom meetings on Friday morning.
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1. We took a vacation to the (dessert, desert) in Arizona.
2. Sue quit piano lessons because she was really (disinterested, uninterested) in learning how to read music.
3. I recognized him immediately because he has a very (distinct, distinctive) face.
4. The outside light is on because it has a motion (censor, sensor).
5. I was shocked when he (dived, dove) into the lake from that high cliff. Either one. They are interchangeable.
6. Please (come, go) to my party next Saturday night.
7. Her story about the ghost seemed (credible, creditable).
8. This blue suit is quite (different from, different than) mine.
9. I plan to (cite, site, sight) some famous poets in my speech.
10. The (criteria, criterion) for getting this job is having a business degree.
11. My brother’ s new car has (dual, duel) exhaust.
12. She just got a new job as a (copyrighter, copy writer, copywriter), creating social media posts.
13. Please be very (discrete, discreet) when you talk to her because she tends to gossip.
14. Refer to the (currant, current) edition of the newsletter.
15, Was she (conscience, conscious) after the accident?
16. We (collaborated, corroborated) on the project.
17. We are going to visit the United States (Capital, Capitol) building.
18. I felt really (bad, badly) about the end of our friendship.
19. Since she finished first in regional competition, she received a (buy, by, bye) into the national competition.
20. I have three (consecutive, successive) Zoom meetings on Friday morning. Either one. They are interchangeable.
Tomorrow there is a virtual Awards Ceremony, so I can see where I placed in the Florida Authors and Publishers Association (FAPA) book awards. I am a finalist.
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