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Confusing Words Exercise

The document provides examples of commonly confused words in English like where/were, whole/hole, whose/who's, and discusses their correct usage. It contains 12 sentences with blanks to be filled in using the confused word pairs. The answers provided at the end of the document clarify the right choice of words based on their meaning and grammatical usage in each sentence.

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Confusing Words Exercise

The document provides examples of commonly confused words in English like where/were, whole/hole, whose/who's, and discusses their correct usage. It contains 12 sentences with blanks to be filled in using the confused word pairs. The answers provided at the end of the document clarify the right choice of words based on their meaning and grammatical usage in each sentence.

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Confusing words exercise

There are several confusing words in English. The words where and were, who’s and whose,
whole and hole are just some of them. Can you use these words correctly?

1. Do you know ................................. Samuel lives?


where
were
Where is a question word indicating place. Were is a primary auxiliary verb used to make the
past continuous and simple past tense forms.

2. How many people ............................ there at the party?


were
where
Where is a question word indicating place. Were is a primary auxiliary verb used to make the
past continuous and simple past tense forms.

3. The dog has had ................................ breakfast.


it's
its
It's means it is or it has. Its is a possessive word like his or her.

4. ............................... time you stopped reading my letters.


Its
It's
It's means it is or it has. Its is a possessive word like his or her.

5. There is a .................................. in my socks.


whole
hole
Whole means complete. It is similar to all. A hole is an opening in something.

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6. I spent the .............................. week at home.


hole
whole
Whole means complete. It is similar to all. A hole is an opening in something.

7. It was a decision ............................... importance I didn't realize at that


time.
whose
who's
Whose is a possessive word meaning 'of which'. Who's is the contraction of who is or who
has.

8. Do you know anybody ............................ going to Japan next month?


whose
who's
Who's means who is or who has. Whose is a possessive word meaning 'of which'.

9. They have never invited us to ................................ parties.


their
there
Their is a possessive word like his or here. There is the opposite of here. It indicates position.

10. Take a ................................... of paper and jot down this number.


peace
piece
A piece is a portion separated from the whole. Peace is freedom from fear, anxiety or war.

11. The war ...................................... oil prices.


affected
effected

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Affect is a verb. It has a past simple form - affected. Effect is a noun. It has a plural form -
effects

12. The cold weather had an adverse ................................ on my health.


affect
effect
Affect is a verb. Effect is a noun.

PLAY AGAIN !
Answers

1. Do you know where Samuel lives?


2. How many people were there at the party?
3. The dog has had its breakfast.
4. It’s time you stopped reading my letters.
5. There is a hole in my socks.
6. I spent the whole week at home.
7. It was a decision whose importance I didn’t realize at that time.
8. Do you know anybody who’s going to Japan next month?
9. They have never invited us to their parties.
10. Take a piece of paper and jot down this number.
11. The war affected oil prices.
12. The cold weather had an adverse effect on my health.

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