Confused Missused

Words Often
Confused and
Misused
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1
Accede/Exceed
• The government refused to

_______ to the terrorists’
demands.
• He claimed that he was not

_________ the speed limit.
2
Accept/Except/Expect
• All the students _______________ one
performed quite well on the exam.
• He's _______________ a good grade on

this paper because he worked very hard on
it.
• Her parents taught her not

to _______________ candy or treats from
strangers.
3
Access/Excess
• You can't take any ___________ baggage

on the plane.
• Some students do not have easy

____________ to a computer outside of
school.
4
Adapt/Adept/Adopt
• The toddler was already quite
____________ at using a fork.
• They ___________ the reading room so

they could hold meetings there.
• To disguise his hurt feelings, he

__________ an air of indifference.
5
Advice/Advise
• He gave me bad __________ about

investing.
• His sister __________ him against

driving through the snowstorm.
6
Affect/Effect
• The ___________ of not sleeping are

fatigue and inattention.
• The amount of sleep children get

____________ how well they perform in
school.
Assure/Ensure/Insure
7
• We _______________ our house against

flooding.
• The doctor _______________ him that

there was nothing to worry about.
• The hotel staff do whatever is necessary

to _______________ that guests are
comfortable.
8
Cease/Seize
• The police ___________ the leader of

the gang.
• Will this rain never ___________ ?
9
Complement/Compliment
• The director's _______________ on

her performance meant a lot to her as
an actress.
• The sauce makes a nice

____________ to the flavor of the
meat.
10
Conscience/Conscious
• The fighter was no longer

___________ when the referee began
counting.
• Since I did nothing wrong, my

__________ is clear.
11
Decent/Descent/Dissent
• The plane encountered turbulence during its

__________ .
• There is _______________ in the

community over how late the nightclub
should be allowed to stay open.
• Her first husband had been cruel, but after

his death, she married a fine
and _______________ man.
12
Device/Devise
• They ___________ a plan to outdo the

opposing team.
• Because of her back pain, she uses a

____________ that allows her to pick up
objects from the floor without bending.
13
Disinterested/Uninterested
• We need a _______________ person to help

us decide how the property should be
divided.
• The boy is _______________ in school and

rarely does his homework or takes part in
class.
14
Elicit/Illicit
• Marriage to a first cousin is ___________ in

a number of U.S. states.
• I hoped to ___________ her ideas on the

matter.
15
Eligible/Illegible
• The last two lines of the document are

mostly _________ .
• Only college graduates are __________ for

this job.
16
Farther/Further
• You can see _________ with these

binoculars.
• This new theory goes __________ than

the others to explain these phenomena.
17
Lay/Lie
• She tried to _________ the wallpaper flat,

but it wasn't an easy task.
• The cat loves to ___________ about in

the sun.
• What he told you about your father was a

_________ .
18
Loose/Lose
• Since I lost a little weight, my belt got

_________ .
• We _______________ the map and had

trouble finding our way back.
19
Moral/Morale
• Life requires us to make _________

decisions.
• The team's _______ was high for the

championship game.
20
Peak/Peek
• When they reached the _________ of the

mountain, they planted a flag.
• The child ________ at her mother from

behind the curtain.
21
Personal/Personnel
• The boss always gives a year-end party to

thank the ___________ for their work.
• The diary was filled with her _________

thoughts.
22
Stationary/Stationery
• Each piece of pink ____________ held a

matching pink envelope waiting to be
written upon.
• During the ice storm, I drove into a

___________ car that was parked in front
of a house.

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Words Often

• The government refused to

• He claimed that he was not

• He's _______________ a good grade on

• Her parents taught her not

• You can't take any ___________ baggage

• Some students do not have easy

• They ___________ the reading room so

• To disguise his hurt feelings, he

• He gave me bad __________ about

• His sister __________ him against

• The ___________ of not sleeping are

• The amount of sleep children get

• We _______________ our house against

• The doctor _______________ him that

• The hotel staff do whatever is necessary

• The police ___________ the leader of

• Will this rain never ___________ ?

• The director's _______________ on

• The sauce makes a nice

• The fighter was no longer

• Since I did nothing wrong, my

• The plane encountered turbulence during its

• There is _______________ in the

• Her first husband had been cruel, but after

• They ___________ a plan to outdo the

• Because of her back pain, she uses a

• We need a _______________ person to help

• The boy is _______________ in school and

• Marriage to a first cousin is ___________ in

• I hoped to ___________ her ideas on the

• The last two lines of the document are

• Only college graduates are __________ for

• You can see _________ with these

• This new theory goes __________ than

• She tried to _________ the wallpaper flat,

• The cat loves to ___________ about in

• What he told you about your father was a

• Since I lost a little weight, my belt got

• We _______________ the map and had

• Life requires us to make _________

• The team's _______ was high for the

• When they reached the _________ of the

• The child ________ at her mother from

• The boss always gives a year-end party to

• The diary was filled with her _________

• Each piece of pink ____________ held a

• During the ice storm, I drove into a

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