Usage Errors

Links verified on 11/15/11

1. Affect and Effect - Explanation and 5 sample questions. Submit answers to get your grade.
2. Can or May - Explanation and 5 sample questions. Submit answers to get your grade.
3. Commonly Confused Words Quiz - Use the drop down menus to select the correct word for each sentence.
4. Confusing Verbs - Lay / Lie - Read the sentence, choose the answer, and get your score instantly!
5. Confusing Words I - instruction followed by a review quiz of ten questions; answers are below the ten questions. [accept/except, ad/add, allowed/aloud, choose/chose]
6. Confusing Words II - instruction followed by a review quiz of ten questions; answers are below the ten questions.[advise/advice, a lot/allot, beside/besides, quiet/quite, passed/past]
7. Double Negatives Game - Help Joanne get a job by recognizing and practicing double negatives in this game.
8. Its/It's and There/Their/They're - Select one answer from the choices that best fits the blank.
9. Lay or Lie - Explanation and 5 sample questions. Submit answers to get your grade.
10. Leave and Let - Explanation and 5 sample questions. Submit answers to get your grade.
11. Problem Verbs Review: Sit/Set/Lie/Lay/Rise/Raise - Practice with these games to get a clear meaning of each of these troublesome verbs.
12. Sit or Set Quiz - Complete the sentences using the proper form of "sit" or "set."
13. There there - Click on the buttons to select the correct answer.
14. They're/Their/There - Click on the buttons to select the correct answer (a different quiz).
15. To Lie / To Lay and To Sit / To Set - Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence. The word you choose should fit the blank in the sentence.
16. To, Too and Two - Type your answers using commas to separate answers.
17. To/Two/Too - Learn the difference between the homophones to, two, and too using this 5 question Quia quiz.
18. To/Two/Too - Choose the correct homonym in this Quia quiz.
19. To/Two/Too - Another Quia quiz to learn the difference between the homophones to, two, and too. (a different Quia quiz). 1 question per page.
20. Troublesome Words - 14 different interactive exercises with an accompanying handout to print off to track your answers.
21. Words Commonly Confused - Links to eighty different activities on commonly confused words.