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TOEFL Vocab: Common Word Errors
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Subjects
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toefl
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english
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 43 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Obtain by purchase
buy
lose
except
by
2. Something personal; think of the word 'heir' which refers to a person
there
to
their
buy
3. Preposition; usually 1 of 3 - not the number or the excessive one!
principle
breath
to
threw
4. Permitted
buy
there
its
allowed
5. To bring about; the result of something
principle
effect
chose
alright
6. To select
alot
except
choose
they're
7. NOT A WORD - DOES NOT EXIST IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!
there
alot
to
your
8. That time
than
pail
then
to
9. Receive willingly something given or offered
threw
accept
they're
allowed
10. In a satisfactory or adequate manner
they're
effect
alright
alot
11. Receive willingly something given or offered
thorough
pail
breathe
accept
12. NOUN; the actual AIR that is inhaled and exhaled when you BREATHE
breath
pail
who's
advice
13. Head of a school - remember - the princiPAL is your PAL!
loose
principle
principal
alot
14. With little or no color
hear
who's
effect
pale
15. Contraction of 'who is'
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16. VERB! the act of drawing air into out of the lungs
threw
whose
breathe
hear
17. Possessive - something that belongs to you
there
principle
whether
its
18. When something leaves a mark or has an impression on you
hear
affect
alright
allowed
19. Possessive - something that belongs to you
allowed
your
thorough
choose
20. Having finished or arrived at completion
their
breath
advise
through
21. Used to talk about a choice between two or more possibilities
they're
whether
by
chose
22. Give advice to
advise
aloud
whether
except
23. Contraction of 'you are' - if you can say 'you are' - you're right!
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24. More of something - like the letter 'o'...too many 'O's'!
choose
chose
too
here
25. Painstakingly careful and accurate
thorough
threw
loose
through
26. Thing you carry water in
breathe
threw
pail
here
27. Past tense of throw
thorough
threw
whose
pale
28. Past tense of choose
chose
then
lose
principle
29. Word that refers to something that belongs to someone
whose
whether
threw
alot
30. Listen and pay attention
hear
weather
by
loose
31. So as to pass a given point; 'She went by me'
breathe
by
to
here
32. When you don't win
allowed
loose
to
lose
33. Is it raining? sunny?
alright
affect
weather
principle
34. Comparison; 'I'd rather go to the beach than school'
than
choose
thorough
alright
35. Out loud
whose
aloud
to
lose
36. To leave out
affect
lose
except
they're
37. An opinion about what should be done
through
advice
accept
breathe
38. Refers to a place - just as the word 'here' refers to a place. remember from 'here to there'.
principle
alot
there
except
39. Contraction of 'they are' - if your friends can say 'they are' - they're right!
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40. Become loose or looser or less tight
then
than
loose
alot
41. Contraction of 'it is' - if you can say 'it is' - it's right!
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42. The present location
lose
principle
here
there
43. A basic truth or law or assumption;
buy
principal
principle
then