Using the Right Word (2)

For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word(s).

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 26.

example

Sometimes, (there, their, they’re) are things about (your, you’re) friends that you have to simply (accept, except).

a. there/your/accept

b. they’re/you’re/except

c. there/you’re/except

d. their/your/accept

  1. Question

    Do you (no, know) anyone who’s always giving you advice whether (your, you’re) asking for it or not?

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    Using the Right Word (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word(s).: Do you (no, know) anyone who’s always giving you advice whether (your, you’re) asking for it or not?

  2. Question

    I (use, used) to be friends with someone like that, (an, and) I just accepted the situation.

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    Using the Right Word (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word(s).: I (use, used) to be friends with someone like that, (an, and) I just accepted the situation.

  3. Question

    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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    Using the Right Word (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word(s).: Elena thought she had the (write, right) to tell me what to do about everything, and that was the basis of (our, are) relationship.

  4. Question

    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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    Using the Right Word (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word(s).: 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.

  5. Question

    One time when we were on the phone, I counted twenty-(to, too, two) times that Elena cut me off before I was (threw, through) with my sentence.

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    Using the Right Word (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word(s).: One time when we were on the phone, I counted twenty-(to, too, two) times that Elena cut me off before I was (threw, through) with my sentence.

  6. Question

    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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    Using the Right Word (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word(s).: 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.

  7. Question

    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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    Using the Right Word (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word(s).: 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).

  8. Question

    (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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    Using the Right Word (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word(s).: (There, Their, They’re) is only so much of that kind of “friendship” I can (accept, except)—it’s just not worth the trouble.

  9. Question

    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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    Using the Right Word (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word(s).: 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.

  10. Question

    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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    Using the Right Word (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word(s).: 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.