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Confusing Words (Exercises)
Confusing Words (Exercises)
Advise
Underline the correct word.
1. It’s important to interact with others in your industry to exchange ideas and advice/advise.
2. You can offer me advice/advise, but that doesn’t mean I will follow it.
5. Adele is always happy to offer advice/advise if you ask her for it.
9. Mark won’t mind if you call to ask his advice/advise about this.
10. I’m sure that Adriana will give careful consideration to your advice/advise.
11. Our new members are impressed with the level of advice/advise they received from the leadership
group.
12. Lakeisha knows she can always go to her best friend for advice/advise.
13. From the beginning, she advice/advised me that the project would require fast turnaround times.
14. We adviced/advised the city council that the deadline was tentative and might need to be extended.
16. The policeman adviced/advised him of his rights while placing the handcuffs around his wrists.
17. If you want to go on the senior trip, I would strongly advice/advise you to start saving your money.
13. I think we can lie/lay the groundwork for lasting changes within the organization.
18. We will know when we have lain/laid this issue to rest when we no longer fight about it.
8. Juan and Pancho just called to let us know their/there/they’re coming for dinner.
9. Have Paige and Preston called to say whether their/there/they’re going to the school play?
11. I don’t know what their/there/they’re doing to cause all that noise, but it’s giving me a headache!
12. I’m not sure where their/there/they’re planning to hold the company picnic this year.
14. It’s their/there/they’re truck; I’m just borrowing it for the day.
16. The kids haven’t called yet; I’m concerned about their/there/they’re being out so late at night.
17. I can’t wait to see the looks on their/there/they’re faces when I tell them the truth.
18. You should have seen the shock in their/there/they’re eyes when I won the award.
19. The students were instructed to put down their/there/they’re pencils after finishing the exam.
20. The children went upstairs to play after clearing their/there/they’re plates at dinner.
EXERCISE: More Confusing Words and Homonyms
Underline the correct word.