English 100 Practice Final #2: Commonly Confused Words

Choose the correct word

1 Tom has _____________called five times. all ready already 2 I need to adjust the ______________ on my car breaks brakes 3 That _____________is really interesting coarse course 4 Tom did not __________ the joke. here hear 5 I am so hungry that I know I can eat the ______________pizza by myself hole whole 6 An animal has to live by _____________instincts its it's 7 I ______________that the butler committed the crime in the novel I am reading. knew new 8 Ther dessert contained a _____________ of cookies smothered with chocolate pair pear 9 As we drive____________the garden, we can smell the flowers. passed past 10 So much time __________________and still there was no pizza delivery guy at the door. past passed 11 I found a _____________of glass, but I thought it was a diamond. piece peace 12 I prefer the ______________yogurt, without fruit. plain plane 13 The ______________of our school was a kind hearted man. principal principle 14 I just love to ______________even though I hate grammar. write right 15 Joan is much more serious ____________her sister. than then 16 John is taller ___________his brother. then than 17 The boys want to fly ___________plane at the empty field. their they're there 18 When he ______________the ball, it broke a window. through threw 19 I want to go ___________. to too two 20 "I wanted to go to the ball," said Cinderella, "but I had nothing to ____________" wear ware where 21 The _______________in Canada at this time is very, very cold. weather whether 22 The man _____________house we are going to is a great cook. whose who's 23 You should take ____________family with you. your you're