For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word(s).
For help with this exercise, see chapter 33 of Real Essays 5e.
Example
Do you (no, know) anyone who’s always giving you advice whether (your, you’re) asking for it or not?
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I (use, used) to be friends with someone like that, (an, and) I just accepted the situation.
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Elena thought she had the (write, right) to tell me what to do about everything, and that was the basis of (our, are) relationship.
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We would be talking about something going on in my life, but (then, than) she would interrupt me (to, too, two) start talking about her own supposedly similar experience.
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One time when we were on the phone, I counted twenty-
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She probably wasn’t conscious of what she was doing, or of the (affect, effect) her behavior was having on me, but by the end of the conversation, I could (of, have) screamed.
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I suddenly realized that Elena wasn’t listening to me; she was simply waiting to talk about herself or to offer me her next (piece, peace) of unwelcome (advise, advice).
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(There, Their, They’re) is only so much of that kind of “friendship” I can (accept, except)—it’s just not worth the trouble.
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Though eventually I quit talking to Elena about anything except her new boyfriend, she never even noticed how (quite, quiet) I had become during (are, our) conversations.
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Then, I started thinking about how it would feel to (loose, lose) Elena’s friendship, and I suddenly (knew, new) that I wouldn’t mind at all.
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