Deck 41: Look Alikes Sound Alikes

Question 1

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Marci has trouble accepting compliments; she blushes and becomes quite.

A) accepting
B) compliments
C) quite

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Please set your books their on the table, and the librarian will check them out for you.

A) set
B) their
C) for

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Myako is more used to this weather then Joyce is.

A) used
B) weather
C) then

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. When the candidate tried to speak, several demonstrators rose their banners and shouted slogans.

A) rose
B) their
C) and

Question 5

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. As dawn approached, the morning star seemed to lose some of it's brilliance.

A) lose
B) some
C) it's

Question 6

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. I hope you're just been cute when you tell me that my suitcase is missing.

A) you're
B) been
C) tell

Question 7

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. First Tony scraped the floors; then he set in a corner and surveyed his fine work.

A) then
B) set
C) fine

Question 8

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Jingling the lose change in his pockets, Jim said, "So who's going to treat me to the movies?"

A) lose
B) who's
C) to

Question 9

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Armand doesn't mind that he was past over for a promotion; he plans to accept a new position at the end of the month.

A) past
B) accept
C) new

Question 10

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Do you know who's jacket this is? It's not mine, and it's not yours.

A) who's
B) It's
C) mine

Question 11

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Weather or not it rains, we're going to the performance at the outdoor theater.

A) Weather
B) not
C) we're

Question 12

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Joel hoped that his new job on Sundays would not effect his grade-point average.

A) new
B) not
C) effect

Question 13

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Accept for Julio, everyone here has been to Miami.

A) Accept
B) here
C) been

Question 14

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. If your going by the sports shop, please pick up two pairs of goggles.

A) your
B) by
C) two

Question 15

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Is you're brother going to accept the teaching position he was offered?

A) you're
B) accept
C) offered

Question 16

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Before she new what she was doing, Annice had walked a whole block past the bus stop.

A) new
B) whole
C) past

Question 17

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. The Jacksons have raised ten foster children over the years; that's quiet a family.

A) raised
B) ten
C) quiet

Question 18

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Although the old saying claims that know news is good news, I love listening to the news.

A) know
B) news
C) to

Question 19

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. They are suppose to sit in the last row because they're late.

A) suppose
B) sit
C) they're

Question 20

Instructions: Select the letter of the word in the sentence that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. What affect will the strike have on the sale of hot dogs?

A) affect
B) sale
C) of

Question 21

Instructions: Select the letter of the answer with the correct words for the blanks in each of the following sentences. He should ____ whether you will ____ or reject his proposal ____ tomorrow.

A) know, except, buy
B) know, accept, by
C) no, accept, by

Question 22

Instructions: In each of the sentences below, choose the correct words to fill in the blanks. Then select the letter that indicates your choice. ____ something that's ____ bothering me for ____ some time.

A) Its, been, quiet
B) It's, being, quit
C) It's, been, quite

Question 23

Instructions: Select the letter of the answer with the correct words for the blanks in each of the following sentences. If ____ interested, I can have ____ ten-speed bike delivered to ____ home by noon tomorrow.

A) your, a, you're
B) you're, an, your
C) you're, a, your

Question 24

Instructions: Select the letter of the answer with the correct words for the blanks in each of the following sentences. I ____ of ____ way to get the house clean ⎯ ____ to start early and work late.

A) know, no, accept
B) know, know, except
C) know, no, except

Question 25

Instructions: In each of the sentences below, choose the correct words to fill in the blanks. Then select the letter that indicates your choice. John was the handyman ____ was ____ to replace the ____ hinge on the kitchen cupboard.

A) Who supposed, loose
B) Whose, suppose, loose
C) Who's, supposed, lose

Question 26

Instructions: Select the letter of the answer with the correct words for the blanks in each of the following sentences. ____ were not ____ enough seats for the crowd when we ____ the stadium at 3 o'clock.

A) There, quiet, past
B) There, quite, passed
C) Their, quit, past

Question 27

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. For each item, select the letter of the word that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. In 1952, Chavez began his work for the Community Service Organization, a group that helped Mexican American migrant workers fight for they're rights.

A) for
B) they're
C) rights

Question 28

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. For each item, select the letter of the word that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Chavez effected the lives of exploited farm workers everywhere and was a symbol of hope for future improvements. Chavez died in 1993.

A) effected
B) for
C) died

Question 29

Instructions: In each of the sentences below, choose the correct words to fill in the blanks. Then select the letter that indicates your choice. I loved seeing ____ new house, but I don't ____ if I would ____ something so ostentatious.

A) their, know, buy
B) they're, no, by
C) they're, know, buy

Question 30

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. For each item, select the letter of the word that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Than, after several years, Chavez left the CSO to organize migrant farm workers on his own. Using civil disobedience and picketing tactics, Chavez was ultimately successful in negotiating work contracts for Mexican American farm workers.

A) Than
B) to
C) and

Question 31

Instructions: In each of the sentences below, choose the correct words to fill in the blanks. Then select the letter that indicates your choice. Marcos couldn't decide ____ the special ____ in The Phantom Menace were more impressive ____ the ones in Return of the Jedi .

A) whether, affects, then
B) weather, effects, then
C) whether, effects, than

Question 32

Instructions: In each of the sentences below, choose the correct words to fill in the blanks. Then select the letter that indicates your choice. ____ updates on the crisis, check ____ local news station once ____ hour.

A) Four, your, and
B) For, your, an
C) For, you're, and

Question 33

Instructions: Select the letter of the answer with the correct words for the blanks in each of the following sentences. Freda ____ to ____ her vitamins from ____ pharmacy.

A) used, by, you're
B) use, buy, your
C) used, buy, your

Question 34

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. For each item, select the letter of the word that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. Cesar Chavez was an important labor leader and civil writes activist. A migrant worker himself, Chavez knew all too well the deplorable working conditions that workers endured for a meager wage.

A) an
B) writes
C) too

Question 35

Instructions: The following sentences form a paragraph. For each item, select the letter of the word that is a look-alike/sound-alike error. In the mid-1960s, Chavez's National Farm Workers Association launched a boycott against grape growers that gained national public attention and support. The National Farm Workers Association ultimately became a part of the AFL-CIO, one of the most important union organizations in the country. Chavez's efforts in the 1970s were often thwarted by union disputes. Nonetheless, in 1975, the California legislature past the California Labor Relations Act, due largely to Chavez's efforts.

A) by
B) past
C) due