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Practice: Troublesome Words
For each of the following sentences, select the word that properly completes it.

This activity contains 26 questions.

Question 1
1 He sat (beside, besides) me in the meeting.
 
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Question 2
2 Ms. Lee had a profound (effect, affect) on all the participants.
 
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Question 3
3 We heard the news late in the day. It was only (then, than) that we understood the full significance of the day's events.
 
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Question 4
4 He was sure to (accept, except) the offer by the following day.
 
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Question 5
5 They wanted to (ensure, insure, assure) us that the contract was legally signed.
 
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Question 6
6 It was clear that all the workers (accept, except) a minor few would sign the agreement.
 
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Question 7
7 It is not clear how we should (precede, proceed) from here.
 
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Question 8
8 The agreement (passed, past) by a slim margin.
 
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Question 9
9 While the couple's income was (raising, rising, arising) every month, they could not seem to meet their expenses.
 
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Question 10
10 This news can go no (farther, further) than this room.
 
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Question 11
11 (Who's, Whose) responsible for this mistake?
 
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Question 12
12 (There, Their, They're) the only ones we can blame.
 
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Question 13
13 We agreed on this amount, but (maybe, may be) you would like some time to reconsider.
 
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Question 14
14 If we decide to (raise, rise, arise) the money ourselves, we will need to appoint a coordinator.
 
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Question 15
15 Let's (lay, lie) this matter to rest for now.
 
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Question 16
16 If you want to (ensure, insure, assure) the greatest success, we will all need to work together.
 
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Question 17
17 If you don't give good (advise, advice), you will not be able to hold on to your customers for long.
 
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Question 18
18 (Beside, Besides) Elena, you are the only one I can trust.
 
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Question 19
19 He was very (confident, confidence) when he began in this position.
 
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Question 20
20 We can't (accept, except) his resignation.
 
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Question 21
21 They have all been very (interest, interesting, interested) in this project.
 
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Question 22
22 The (significant, significance) of this manual will not be known for another year or so.
 
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Question 23
23 The computer (lays, lies) next to the other equipment for now.
 
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Question 24
24 If we can (precede, proceed) with this project quickly, the company is more likely to give us more business in the future.
 
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Question 25
25 Work on this project will need to (precede, proceed) any other plans that have been made.
 
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Question 26
26 (There, Their, They're) (advice, advise) was never meant to be sold to other companies.
 
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