Commonly Confused Words Practice

1. You _____ me the last time we played tennis.

2. Who ____ the gold medal in the 100 meter dash?

3. Could you please _____ me your laptop?

4. I need to _____ someone’s badge so I can get in the building.

5. I’m having trouble _____ you. Could you please speak a little louder?

6. I _____ to podcasts in English. It’s a great way to learn.

7. Did you hear what happened to Miguel? Somebody _____ him while he was walking home from work.

8. I can’t believe you _____ my idea and passed it off as your own.

9. I had a lot of _____ at the company picnic.

10. His jokes are terrible. Nobody thinks they’re ____.

11. I like my computer, but ____ a little slow.

12. My computer is great, but ____ operating system isn’t very good.

13. I think something is _____ inside of my smart phone. When I shake it, it makes a rattling noise.

14. If we don’t pay competitive wages, we’ll _____ some of our employees to our competitors.

15. She ______ to get a promotion next year.

16. I really _____ I had more time to finish these reports.

17. We started as a small company, but we’ve _____ to a large corporation.

18. You act so immature. You really need to ______.

19. We’ve gone on many business _____ together.

20. When are you going to _____ to Peru?

21. I don’t believe his _____. I think he made it up.

22. I can provide you with details about my employment _____ if you’d like.

23. It’s a popular vacation spot and there are a lot of _____ here during the summer.

24. No, I’ve never seen him in my life. He’s a complete _____ to me.

25. We have our weekly _____ on Tuesday mornings.

26. They had an emotional ______ at the airport when Dave arrived after having traveled for months.

27. The _____ has been terrible lately.

28. Many scientists think that the _____ is changing due to human actions.

29. My friend set me up on a blind _____ with one of her friends from work.

30. I can’t stay long, I have an important _____ with a client.

31. I was _____ at my house, so I played the music as loud as I wanted.

32. Sometimes it’s really _____ living abroad by myself.

33. One of my kids is in college. The _____ one is still in high school.

34. ______ thing I like about you is your honesty.

35. Remember to put a question mark and not a ______ at the end of a question.

36. The diameter is 4.6 (read “four _______ six”) centimeters.

37. What type of web site domain should we get, a .com (read “______ com”) site or a .org site?

38. I _____ the workshop because I was sick.

39. We _____ some of our customers because of customer service issues.

40. There are a lot of birds sitting on the ______ of the building.

41. I have no idea how to attach this fan to the ______.

42. We should plant a _____ to save money on fruits and vegetables.

43. We didn’t buy the house because we wanted a bigger _____ for our dogs.

44. Why didn’t he pass the ball? What a terrible _____.

45. I don’t want to miss the _____, so let’s go home now and watch it.

46. ____ English and French, I also speak German.

47. I keep a picture of my family _____ my computer monitor.

48. Let’s take a walk and ____ all the beautiful scenery.

48. I can’t ____ anything without my glasses.

50. Please _____ the video and let me know if you have any questions.