SADLY TOO OFTEN MISUSED WORDS
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A - B
Accept. Except
Advice, Advise
Affect, Effect
Allot, A Lot
All Ready, Already
All Together, Altogether
Allusion, Delusion, Illusion
Altar, Alter
Among, Between
Are, Hour, Our
Award, Reward
Bad, Badly
Beside, Besides
Brake, Break
Breathe, Breath, Breadth
By, Bye, Buy
C - E
Can, May
Canvas, Canvass
Capital, Capitol
Cite, Site, Sight
Clothes, Cloths
Coarse, Course
Compare To, Compare With
Compare, Contrast
Complement, Compliment
Consul, Council, Counsel
Decent, Descent, Dissent
Desert, Dessert
Device, Devise
F - I
Faint, Feint
Farther, Further
Fewer, Less
Formerly, Formally
Forth, Fourth
Good, Well
Hear, Here
Hole, Whole
Imply, Infer
Incidence, Incidents
Incite, Insight
Instance, Instant
Its, It's
K - P
Knew, New, Know, No
Later, Latter
Lead, Led
Lay, Lie
Leave, Let
Loose, Lose
Notable, Noticeable
Object, Subject
Passed, Past
Peace, Piece
Plain, Plane
Pore, Pour
Precedence, Precedent
Presence, Presents
Principal, Principle
Precede, Proceed
Q - T
Quiet, Quit, Quite
Rain, Reign, Rein
Raise, Rise
Sea, See
Sit, Set
Stationary, Stationery
Statue, Stature, Statute
Than, Then
Their, There, They're
Threw, Through
To, Too, Two
U - Z
Vain, Vane, Vein
Vociferous, Voracious
Waist, Waste
Weak, Week
Wear, Were, Where
Weather, Whether, Rather
Whose, Who's
Your, You're
Rain, Reign, Rein Exercise
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word (select from the parentheses).
I couldn't go skating because it was ____________. (reigning / reining / raining)
The King's ____________ (reign / rain / rein) of terror had finally come to an end.
Everyone in the kingdom thought the Queen's ____________ (reign / rain / rein) had lasted long enough.
I took my saddle and ____________ (reign / rain / rein) to the barn.
Joseph had free ____________ (reign / rain / rein) over his job when his boss was out of town.
Jill was free to step up and ____________ (reign / rain / rein) over the town now that the mayor had stepped down.
The ____________ (reign / rain / rein) never stopped Sarah from going on her morning jog.
"____________ (reign / rain / rein) it in, Joseph! You're being too crazy."
The castle was built during King Andrew's ____________ (reign / rain / rein).
The forecast was calling for ____________ (reign / rain / rein) next week.
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Answers:
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Home
A - B
Accept. Except
Advice, Advise
Affect, Effect
Allot, A Lot
All Ready, Already
All Together, Altogether
Allusion, Delusion, Illusion
Altar, Alter
Among, Between
Are, Hour, Our
Award, Reward
Bad, Badly
Beside, Besides
Brake, Break
Breathe, Breath, Breadth
By, Bye, Buy
C - E
Can, May
Canvas, Canvass
Capital, Capitol
Cite, Site, Sight
Clothes, Cloths
Coarse, Course
Compare To, Compare With
Compare, Contrast
Complement, Compliment
Consul, Council, Counsel
Decent, Descent, Dissent
Desert, Dessert
Device, Devise
F - I
Faint, Feint
Farther, Further
Fewer, Less
Formerly, Formally
Forth, Fourth
Good, Well
Hear, Here
Hole, Whole
Imply, Infer
Incidence, Incidents
Incite, Insight
Instance, Instant
Its, It's
K - P
Knew, New, Know, No
Later, Latter
Lead, Led
Lay, Lie
Leave, Let
Loose, Lose
Notable, Noticeable
Object, Subject
Passed, Past
Peace, Piece
Plain, Plane
Pore, Pour
Precedence, Precedent
Presence, Presents
Principal, Principle
Precede, Proceed
Q - T
Quiet, Quit, Quite
Rain, Reign, Rein
Raise, Rise
Sea, See
Sit, Set
Stationary, Stationery
Statue, Stature, Statute
Than, Then
Their, There, They're
Threw, Through
To, Too, Two
U - Z
Vain, Vane, Vein
Vociferous, Voracious
Waist, Waste
Weak, Week
Wear, Were, Where
Weather, Whether, Rather
Whose, Who's
Your, You're