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






2. The present location






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

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4. Give advice to






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






6. Receive willingly something given or offered






7. Receive willingly something given or offered






8. A basic truth or law or assumption;






9. Past tense of choose






10. Having finished or arrived at completion






11. Is it raining? sunny?






12. Possessive - something that belongs to you






13. Comparison; 'I'd rather go to the beach than school'






14. When you don't win






15. Out loud






16. An opinion about what should be done






17. Become loose or looser or less tight






18. Word that refers to something that belongs to someone






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

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






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






22. In a satisfactory or adequate manner






23. Past tense of throw






24. Obtain by purchase






25. Contraction of 'who is'

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






27. Painstakingly careful and accurate






28. With little or no color






29. Possessive - something that belongs to you






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






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

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32. To select






33. To leave out






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






35. Listen and pay attention






36. Thing you carry water in






37. That time






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






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






40. Permitted






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






42. To bring about; the result of something






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