Selecting the Correct Word in Sentences

Circle the word you think is the correct choice.

 1.  The car is missing one of (it's/its) hubcaps.

 2.  (A/An/And) hour of concentrated effort is worth (to/too/two)
     hours of "trying." 

 3.  Can you (hear/here) me (their/there/they're) in the back row? 

 4.  In the (passed/past), a woman was not (suppose/supposed) to
     (accept/except) a gift from a new acquaintance.

 5.  Do these fumes (affect/effect) (your/you're) breathing, or can
     you still (breath/breathe) easily?

 6.  The outfit she (bought/brought) after asking us for our
     (advice/advise) (complements/compliments) her skin
     beautifully.

 7.  If you can't (chose/choose) between the two men, (than/then)
     decide (weather/whether) you'll be happier living in a big
     city or a small town.

 8.  If you remain (stationary/stationery) and (quite/quiet), you
     may see a (dear/deer) in the forest.

 9.  She walked (buy/by) the house to see if (its/it's) garden
     deserved all the (complements/compliments) it had been
     receiving.

10.  The (principle/principal) says that students should be
     (expected/excepted) to use a (capital/capitol) letter at the
     beginning of a sentence.  

11.  (Hear/Here) they are!

12.  (Lose/Loose) layers of clothes serve as insulation.

13.  Congress has (past/passed) a bill to track down fathers who
     abandon (there/their/they're) families.

14.  Would you like to (by/buy) some stock in the
     (principal/principle) exporting firm for this product? 

15.  Brushing your teeth after meals helps (avoid/prevent) tooth
     decay.



Checking for Words Used Incorrectly in an Essay


     Each sentence in the following essay is numbered.  If all the
words in the sentence are correctly used, write C over the number
of the sentence.  If one or more words are misused, write WW over
the number and correct the error(s).


     (1) It's difficult for politicians two except gifts.  (2)
Everyone at the capital watches everyone else closely to make sure
that no one receives fewer gifts then he or she has received.  (3)
The politicians are afraid that they will be held to there
published standards.  (4)  And then where would they be?  (5) They
would be up the proverbial creek without a paddle!  (6)  The
solution is for each politician to take a gift to the office each
day.  (7) That way, if he or she is complemented, the public
servant can proffer the gift to his or her guest.  (8) Buy so
doing, the politician upholds the principle.