Accept / Except Exercise 1 Direction

Accept / Except - Exercise 1


Direction: Choose the correct word in each sentence below.

1. All of the soldiers _____________my brother are out of step.

2. Please ___________ this pot of Mom's chicken soup.

3. The soup will cure anything ____________ flat feet.

4. Please put everything _______________pickles on my hamburger.

5. You may keep all of his gifts _______________ the ring.

6. If you ____________ the ring, you'll have to marry the bum.

7. Should the Trojans ___________ this lovely wooden horse from the Greeks?

8. I can resist anything _____________ temptation.

9. That there are other universes is now an ____________ theory.

10. The committee loves your proposal and ____________ it unanimously.


Affect / Effect - Exercise 1


Direction: Choose the correct word in each sentence below.

1. I will try not to let his words ___________ me.

2. Bridge washouts are often an ____________ of floods.

3. He tried in vain to ___________ a different opinion in the crowd.

4. Jim was seriously _____________ by his cousin's death.

5. Weather conditions _____________many people's moods.

6. Did the committee's vote _____________your position on the matter?

7. Crossing wire A to wire B will produce an explosive ___________

8. The major _____________ of the storm was devastation everywhere.

9. The politician wanted to _____________ a change in the system.

10. That terrible accident had a profound _____________ on my driving.


Allusion/ Illusion/ Delusion - Exercise 1


Direction: Choose the correct word in each sentence below.

1. The professor gave only a brief _______________ to the work at hand.

2. Jane's sweet smile is only a/an _________________
3. Daniel gave a slight _________________ to his history as a police officer at the beginning of the date.

4. I've found that believing in love is nothing more than a sad __________

5. Ryan doesn't like you. You believe in a/an _____________

6. He didn't actually come out and say so. It was only an _____________

7. That image isn't real. It's only a/an _____________

8. The best _____________________ is a close-held belief.

9. The author gave a small _________________ to her personal life.

10. My trust in religion is not a/an ____________

Beside / Besides - Exercise 1


Direction: Choose the correct word in each sentence below.
1. Don't trip over the cord _________ my desk.

2. The fact that my hair is orange today is _________ the point; I am still your mother.

3. _________ my occupation as a janitor, I work nights in a factory and weekends at McDonalds.

4. A nervous Joe attempted to stand ______________ Roosevelt?

5. Please lay that pipe _____________ the car in the garage.

6. I found my lost keys sitting inside _____________ the microwave.

7. Hot rods and motorcycles are often parked _______________ one another to show off manliness.

8. I wonder how many professors ___________ the book on the table sat a huge vase of flowers.

9. John was ______________ my bike rack, I never want anything to touch the outside of my new car.

10. The poodle stood ___________ the Great Dane at the dog show to make the Dane look bigger.