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