CONFUSING WORDS 13.

Have you decided weather /

whether you would like to come?

1. The dinosaur is an extinct /
14. You will have to accept / except
extent beast.
his decision.
2. Television has several effects /
15. Please remind / remember met
affects on children’s behaviour.
o pick up some bread at the
3. Television effects / affects
market.
children’s behaviour.

4. Let me give you a piece of

16. He is a very sensitive /sensible

person. He always has time to

advise / advice.
listen to people’s problems.
5. I was formally / formerly

known as Kimmy before I changed

17. The professor was given access /

excess to materials in the

my name to Kimberly. 
research library.
6. The band of guerrillas / gorillas

tried to shoot the enemy.

18. Are we all ready / already to

leave on vacation?
7. The church is a wholly / holy

place for Christians.

19. Is there any way / anyway we

can put off the meeting until

8. The personal / personel
tomorrow?
department is looking for new

employees.
20. I ordered desert / dessert even

though I was already full.

9. Could you give me the receipt /

recipe for that wonderful dessert?

21. Did they win or loose / lose the

game last week?

10. I wondered / wandered about

how my friend was doing in

22. His voice made an amazing oral /

aural impression.
Rotterdam.

11. Did Henry Ford invented / 23. This attachment is a complement

/ compliment that allows you to

discovered the car.
clean your curtains.
12. That painting by Picasso is

worthless / priceless.
24. It was difficult to adapt / adopt 37. Esmeralda took a deep

only one puppy from the animal breath / breathe and dove

shelter. into the cold water.

25. Walking in grass with bare / bear
38. Tommy told us a most
feet is relaxing.
bizarre / bazaar story last
26. He had a strong believe / belief.
night.
27. There is a custom / costume in
39. Heroine / Heroin is an illegal
Japan to remove your shoes when
drug.
entering a home.
40. If I have to choose between
28. Nathan is a vegetarian who
brains and beauty, I’ll take the
doesn’t eat meet / meat at all.
latter / later.
29. You are supposed to be quite /

quiet in hospitals and libraries.

41. Les and Tess are having

30. The mayor’s residence / martial / marital problems

residents is located in the center anda re thinking of divorce.

of the city. 42. The Project is almost /

31. She always knew the rite / right most / mostly finished.

thing to say. 43. The principle / principal of

32. Diane rolled / roled the flat tire
the high school is an intelligent
into the garage.
woman.
33. Every car sail / sale means a
44. Grunella prefers plain / plane
commission for the salesman.
clothes to fancy ones.
34. The government publishes
45. No matter how hard Reginald
statutes / statues each year.
pulled on the reigns / reins,
35. We often wear a belt around our
the horse wouldn’t slow down.
waste / waist.

36. Stealing something from someone

is immortal / immoral.
46. She can’t tell the difference

between realty / reality and

fantasy.

47. You didn’t do anything wrong.

You should have a clear

conscience /conscious.

48. If I imply / infer by yawning

that I’m tired, you might imply

/ infer that I want you to

leave.

49. Serena Williams and Roger

Federer won the women’s and

men’s singles titles

respectively / respectfully.

50. This place is very deer / dear

to me. We came here on our

honeymoon.
ANSWER KEY 26. Belief

1. Extinct 27. Custom

2. Effects 28. Meat

3. Affects 29. Quiet

4. Advice 30. Residence

5. Formerly 31. Right

6. Guerrillas 32. Rolled

7. Holy 33. Sale

8. Personnel 34. Statutes

9. Recipe 35. Waist

10. Wondered 36. Immoral

11. Invent 37. Breath

12. Priceless 38. Bizarre

13. Whether 39. Heroin

14. Accept 40. Latter

15. Remind 41. Marital

16. Sensitive 42. Almost

17. Access 43. Principal

18. All ready 44. Plain

19. Any way 45. Reins

20. Dessert 46. Reality

21. Lose 47. Conscience

22. Aural 48. Imlpy / infer

23. Complement 49. Respectively

24. Adopt 50. Dear

25. Bare