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TOEFL Vocab: Common Word Errors

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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Comparison; 'I'd rather go to the beach than school'






2. Painstakingly careful and accurate






3. NOT A WORD - DOES NOT EXIST IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!






4. Give advice to






5. To select






6. Past tense of throw






7. Contraction of 'it is' - if you can say 'it is' - it's right!


8. That time






9. VERB! the act of drawing air into out of the lungs






10. Head of a school - remember - the princiPAL is your PAL!






11. Out loud






12. Having finished or arrived at completion






13. Is it raining? sunny?






14. Possessive - something that belongs to you






15. A basic truth or law or assumption;






16. More of something - like the letter 'o'...too many 'O's'!






17. To leave out






18. Receive willingly something given or offered






19. Obtain by purchase






20. Permitted






21. When you don't win






22. An opinion about what should be done






23. Contraction of 'who is'


24. With little or no color






25. Used to talk about a choice between two or more possibilities






26. Contraction of 'you are' - if you can say 'you are' - you're right!


27. So as to pass a given point; 'She went by me'






28. To bring about; the result of something






29. When something leaves a mark or has an impression on you






30. Something personal; think of the word 'heir' which refers to a person






31. Word that refers to something that belongs to someone






32. In a satisfactory or adequate manner






33. Preposition; usually 1 of 3 - not the number or the excessive one!






34. Refers to a place - just as the word 'here' refers to a place. remember from 'here to there'.






35. Listen and pay attention






36. Possessive - something that belongs to you






37. NOUN; the actual AIR that is inhaled and exhaled when you BREATHE






38. Receive willingly something given or offered






39. Contraction of 'they are' - if your friends can say 'they are' - they're right!


40. Become loose or looser or less tight






41. Thing you carry water in






42. Past tense of choose






43. The present location