A Little “Which Word” Quiz For You!

If you are getting bored at home — or even if you aren’t — here is a little word usage quiz for you. Scroll down to find the answers:

1.  Hold rightly onto the (reigns, reins), or you will be thrown off the horse!
2. Do you know the (principle, principal) rules of chess?
   

   

3. Children’s pajamas are always (inflammable, nonflammable).
4. She lives a little (farther, further) down the street than you do.
5. I made an (illusion, allusion, elusion) to Shakespeare in my speech.
6. She always seems to be (averse, adverse) to our plans.
7. She said, “(All right, Alright), I will go with you.
8. The (number, amount) of students has increased in the past year.
9. I have a new pair of (canvas, canvass) sneakers.
10. Do they even sell (stationery, stationary) to write letters on?
11. I (shined, shone) my shoes yesterday.
12. The sun (shined, shone) all day yesterday.
13. He is the (soul, sole) person in the room who is over 30.
14. Are you (supposed to, suppose to) sign in first?
15. Did you get a (warrantee, warranty) with your new television?
16. (Whoever, Who ever) even goes to gym these days?
17. I will give the last muffin to (whoever, whomever) asks for it.
18. I feel (bad, badly) about losing the contest.
19. I plan to publish a (semimonthly, bimonthly) newsletter that comes out the first and third weeks of every month.
20. The (peddles, pedals) on this bicycle don’t work correctly.
21. Please come visit me in my new house (sometime, some time).
22. If you go (towards, toward) the library, you will get to the new school.
23. He paid only a small fine for his (venal, venial) traffic offense of parking in the space for too long. 
24. If you think I am going to clean up that mess you have another (think, thing) coming.
25. (By and large, By in large), this is a great book.
26. She has (deep seated, deep seeded) religious beliefs.

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1.  Hold rightly onto the reins or you will be thrown off the horse!
2. Do you know the principal rules of chess?
3. Children’s pajamas are always nonflammable.
4. She lives a little farther down the street than you do.
5. I made an allusion to Shakespeare in my speech.
6. She always seems to be averse to our plans.
7. She said, “All right, I will go with you.”
8. The number of students has increased in the past year.
9. I have a new pair of canvas sneakers.
10. Do they even sell stationery to write letters on?
11. I shined my shoes yesterday.
12. The sun shone all day yesterday.
13. He is the sole person in the room who is over 30.
14. Are you supposed to sign in first?
15. Did you get a warranty with your new television?
16. Who ever even goes to that gym these days?
17. I will give the last muffin to whoever asks for it.
18. I feel bad about losing the contest.
19. I plan to publish a semimonthly newsletter that comes out the first and third weeks of every month.
20. The pedals on this bicycle don’t work correctly.
21. Please come visit my in my new house sometime.
22. If you go toward the library, you will get to the new school.
23. He paid only a small fine for his venial traffic offense of parking in the space for too long. 
24. If you think I am going to clean up that mess you have another think coming.
25. By and large this is a great book.
26. She has deep seated religious beliefs.

We will discuss the answers next week. A couple of the answers are preferred, but both choices would have been correct.

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