Question

circle the word within each sentence that best completes its meaning. homonyms and commonly confused words

1. i want (too, two) eat (to, too, two) eggs. (to, too, two)
2. when i speak of magic, i (allud, elude) to the (allusion, illusion) created by david copperfield.
3. the (assistance, assistant) will (assent, ascent) to give you (assistance, assistants).
4. i (choose, chose) not to (choose, chose); so in (affect, effect), i made a choice.
5. the government collected the (capital, capitol) to (buy, by) the materials for a new (capital, capitol) building because the last one was (raised, razed) by the british.
6. the (bare, bear) (bare, bear) was (board, bored) (buy, by) the (board, bored).
7. (our, hour, are) (our, hour, are) is at an end.
8. elsie wrote in her (dairy, diary) in the barn at bordens (dairy, diary).
9. the parents (defiantly, definitely) (passed, past) the limits of their (patience, patients) with the (rain, reign, rein) of the terrible twos.
10. (their, there, theyre) (principal, principle) is (right, rite, write) over (hear, here.)
11. (weather, whether) the (which, witch) (through, threw, thorough) the spell, is (your, youre, yore) guess.
12. dont (waist, waste) the (stationary, stationery) or (envelops, envelopes)
13. the (scene, seen) in (which, witch) the (goalla, guerrilla) warfare begins takes place on a (quie, quite) country (road, rode)
14. the coal (mine, minor) with (loose, lose) (morals, morals) may (loose, lose) his (moral, morale)
15. this (device, devise) will cause the (die, dye) to be absorbed more completely.
16. (human, humane) life is in (eminent, immanent, imminent) danger (of, off) destruction unless we can achieve a lasting (peace, piece)
17. (its, its) obvious that (its, its) head is all that frankensteins monster lacks.
18. i refuse to (accept, except) dr. phils (advice, advise) about my marriage (coarse, course) before we walk to the (altar, alter) and then depart for the (aisle, isle).
19. since i am (conscience, conscious) that to (precede, proceed) down the rabbit (hole, whole) will take a (weak, week), i (respectfully, respectively) suggest we (device, devise) another plan to (insure, ensure) that we can arrive safely at the croquet lawn
20. let me (cite, sight, site) the advantages of taking a (plain, plane) (sense, since) the (fair, fare) will be reasonable.
21. get the (lead, led) out of your (feat, feet); we must arrive sooner rather (then, than) (later, latter)

22 to (right, rite, write) ones name in blood is a most (personal, personnel) experience.

1. does anyone (know, no) (where, were) we are and (whose, whos) gingerbread house this is?

24 if everyone is (already, all ready) (altogether, all together), we can (brake, break) the door using the battering ram.

1. mickeys attempts to (dominant, dominate) minnie by using insincere (complements, compliments) on her (cloths, clothes) worked (formerly, formally) but not after the romance was (through, threw, thorough)

Explanation:

This exercise focuses on homonyms and commonly - confused words. Homonyms are words that have the same pronunciation or spelling but different meanings. For each sentence, the correct word is circled based on its appropriate meaning in the context of the sentence. For example, "too" means also or in addition, while "two" is the number 2. In sentence 1, "I want too eat" is incorrect, it should be "I want to eat", but the correct choice from the given pair is "too" as it is the one that makes sense in a different context where "also" is meant. Similarly, other words are chosen according to grammar and context rules related to these commonly - confused words.

Answer:

1. too
2. two, too
3. alluded, illusion
4. chose, choose, assistance
5. capital, buy, capitol
6. bear, bored, by, board
7. Our
8. diary, dairy
9. definitely, passed, patience
10. Their, principle, right, here
11. Whether, witch, through, your
12. waste, stationery, envelopes
13. scene, which, guerrilla, quiet, road
14. mine, loose, morals, lose, morale
15. device, dye
16. Human, imminent, of, peace
17. It's, its
18. accept, advice, course, altar, aisle
19. conscious, proceed, hole, week, respectfully, devise, ensure
20. cite, plane, since, fare
21. lead, feet, than, later
22. write, personal
23. know, where, whose
24. all ready, altogether, break
25. dominate, compliments, clothes, formerly, through