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Confusing Words - 4

Description: Select the option with the correct word out of each pair.
Number of Questions: 15
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Tags: Correct words Synonyms / Word Meanings
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Direction: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

1) I have more money (A) then / (B) than Sham. 2) They came (A) thorough / (B) though they were tired. 3) The exam period is (A) imminent / (B) eminent. 4) The company should (A) persecute / (B) prosecute the offenders.

  1. BBBB

  2. BBAB

  3. BAAB

  4. ABBB

  5. BBBA


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

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Directions: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence, choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

(1) The injury won't (A) affect / (B) effect her performance. (2) He finally (A) chose / (B) choose to attend the university. (3) Do not (A) loose / (B) lose your mittens. (4) She was the (A) predominate / (B) predominant leader.

  1. AABB

  2. BBAA

  3. BBBB

  4. BAAA

  5. AAAA


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

(A) 'Affect' means to influence. (A) The sentence implies past tense, so 'chose' (second form of choose) will be used. (B) 'Lose' means to misplace something. (B) Here an adjective (predominant) shall be used to tell her quality as a leader, not a verb (predominate).

Directions: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence, choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

(1) Everyone was (A) respective / (B) respectful towards his/her parents. (2) Please (A) precede / (B) proceed towards the main exit. (3) The feeling was (A) too / (B) two good to be true. (4) (A) Who's / (B) Whose book is this?

  1. AAAA

  2. BBAA

  3. BBAB

  4. BABA

  5. ABAB


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(B) 'Respectful' means someone showing respect. (B) 'Proceed' means to move forward. (A) 'Two' means a pair. The correct usage is 'too good to be true'. (B) 'Who's' is the short form of 'who is'. 'Whose' is the correct usage as the possessive of case of 'who'.

Directions: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence, choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

(1) (A) You're (B) Your are going to the party. (2) I am going to take this pill for a (A) weak / (B) week. (3) He tried to (A) tow / (B) toe my car with a crane. (4) I want to buy a nice (A) pair / (B) pare of denims.

  1. BBBB

  2. ABAA

  3. AAAA

  4. ABBB

  5. BAAA


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

(A) You're is short form of 'you are'. (B) Here we are referring to seven days of 'week'. (A) Here 'tow' means to pull (a vehicle) behind another vehicle with a rope or chain. (A) We use the phrase 'a pair of denims'. 'Pare' means to trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges.

Direction: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

1) She (A) made / (B) maid her bed in the morning. 2) I have many a (A) tales / (B) tails of his success. 3) I do not like to (A) waist / (B) waste food. 4) I came (A) here / (B) hear instead of going to the market.

  1. BBBA

  2. ABAB

  3. AABA

  4. AAAA

  5. BBBB


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

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Direction: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

1) Can you please (A) pour / (B) poor me a chilled drink. 2) I wanted to eat the (A) whole / (B) hole pizza. 3) Please do not (A) break / (B) brake my trust. 4) These scars will take a long time to (A) heel / (B) heal.

  1. AAAB

  2. BBBB

  3. BAAB

  4. ABAB

  5. AABB


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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Direction: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

1) He was in (A) mourning / (B) morning due to his dog's death. 2) You should not rub anything (A) course / (B) coarse on your skin. 3) I hope my plants do not (A) die / (B) dye in my absence. 4) I have read the story of the tortoise and the (A) hair / (B) hare.

  1. BAAA

  2. ABAB

  3. BAAB

  4. ABAA

  5. AABB


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

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Direction: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

1) I do not like to eat (A) meet / (B) meat. 2) I want the (A) two / (B) too of you in the class. 3) I like to (A) wear / (B) ware traditional dresses. 4) Can you please book a (A) suite / (B) sweet for us?

  1. BAAA

  2. BBBA

  3. ABAB

  4. ABBA

  5. BBAA


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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Direction: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

1) There is (A) some / (B) sum money in my wallet. 2) You (A) seem / (B) seam to be a genuine person. 3) Is it possible to get any (A) peace / (B) piece in this house. 4) It is not polite to (A) stare / (B) stair at people.

  1. BBAA

  2. BBBB

  3. AAAA

  4. BABA

  5. AABA


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

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Direction: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

1) Could you please (A) weigh / (B) way the sugar. 2) The dresses (A) very / (B) vary in their size and colour. 3) He tried to (A) steel / (B) steal some money from my wallet. 4) I like to watch birds (A) soar / (B) sore in the sky.

  1. ABBA

  2. AAAB

  3. BAAA

  4. BABB

  5. BBBA


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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Direction: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

1) He (A) rose / (B) rows from his seat in order to get a better view. 2) He had no (A) role / (B) roll in making the rules. 3) Can you please (A) wrap / (B) rap this bandage around my wrist? 4) The Lion hunts for his (A) prey / (B) pray in the jungle.

  1. BABA

  2. AAAA

  3. ABAB

  4. BBBB

  5. ABBB


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

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Direction: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

1) The population had reached its (A) peak / (B) peek in 2011. 2) There is some (A) pain / (B) pane in my right hand. 3) She had turned (A) pale / (B) pail due to prolonged sickness. 4) He tends to (A) overdue / (B) overdo everything.

  1. AAAB

  2. BBBB

  3. BBAA

  4. BABB

  5. AABB


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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Direction: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

1) Everyone is (A) marry / (B) merry in a wedding. 2) There was a (A) lone / (B) loan wolf in the meadow. 3) (A) Knead / (B) need the flour well before baking. 4) My (A) heal / (B) heel is fractured.

  1. BBBB

  2. BAAB

  3. AAAB

  4. AAAA

  5. ABBA


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

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Direction: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

1) I could hear him (A) groan / (B) grown in pain. 2) The children were excited to see a (A) gorilla / (B) guerrilla in the zoo. 3) I was going back and (A) fourth / (B) forth on the same topic. 4) I wanted to (A) flee / (B) flea from the market.

  1. BBBA

  2. ABBB

  3. AABA

  4. ABBA

  5. BABA


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

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Direction: The question has four statements. Each statement uses a pair of words marked (A) and (B), one of which will make coherent sense in context of the sentence. For each sentence choose the best fit and select the option that indicates all correct answers.

1) It is not (A) fare / (B) fair to treat different students differently. 2) Add some rosemary to the (A) doe / (B) dough. 3) (A) There / (B) Their is a fete in the city. 4) Tie your books together with a (A) chord / (B) cord.

  1. BBAB

  2. BBBB

  3. BBAA

  4. BAAA

  5. AAAA


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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