frequently made mistakes

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frequently made mistakes & misspelled words

Affixes

Subject-Verb Agreement 

My hometown is famous for ____
old buildings.

1. it's
2. its
3. it
4. it is

Drinking alcohol can damage teenager's brains and destroy _____ future.

1. their
2. there
3. they're
4. them

______ is absolutely nothing wrong with that cat.

1. Their
2. There
3. They're

You should never look directly at ____
sun.

1. a
2. no article
3. the
4. an

The speed of this car was 160 miles
____ hour.

1. in
2. an
3. a
4. by

The site offers interesting vocabulary ____________.

1. quizes
2. quizzes
3. quiz

Are you ______________ to the party tonight?

1. coming
2. comming
3. comeing

I lived in Paris ______________ 2012.

1. untill
2. until
3. since
4. sense

Be careful when you walk ______________ the road.

1. across
2. accross

Do you know ______________ answer is correct?

1. wich
2. which
3. weach
4. wetch

Commonly misspelt words

She works as an ______ manager at a small consulting firm.

1. assistent
2. assistant

There are comparatively few spelling __________ between British and American English.

1. differances
2. differencies
3. differences

Kim's new boyfriend is ______________ handsome.

1. realy
2. really

The stars appear ________because they are so far away.

1. stationery
2. stationary

The new project has aroused considerable __________ .

1. controversy
2. controvercy
3. controvertion

She is as _____ as the weather. She may change her mind again.

1. changable
2. changible
3. changeable

These words are spelled correctly: .

1. questionaire, personel
2. questionnaire, personnel
3. questionaire, personnel

They've been married for ______________ years.

1. forty
2. fourty

The meeting is ______________ in ten minutes.

1. beginning
2. begining

It's cold in winter, but in spring the ______________ is beautiful.

1. wether
2. weather
3. whether

When did you ______________ the letter?

1. receive
2. recieve

ei / ie

The “i" before "e", except after "c"

-ie- words: shield/tie/ relieve/ piece/ friend/ believe/ field/ die

-ei- words: ceiling/ receipt/ perceive/ receive/ conceit

some words do not follow the rule: seize/ vein/ reins// weight/ height/ weird/ foreign/ leisure

After a few minutes, the rainbow ______________ .

1. disappeared
2. dissapeared

_____________nutrition is a major problem in many countries of the world.

1. Inadequate
2. Unadequate

Replace the adjectives with their opposites by adding appropriate prefixes. .
1. patient, attentive, and predictable.
2. common, fair, sociable
3. convenient, famous, sufficient

Her remark about his family was impolite and ________

1. misrespectful
2. irrespectful
3. disrespectful

The start button is activated and _________ by pushing this lever up and down.

1. deactivated
2. desactivated
3. disactivated
4. diactivated

Subject-Verb Agreement 

This singer, along with a few others, ______ the harmonica on stage.

1. plays
2. play

The jury ____ not convinced.

1. were
2. was
3. would
4. might

Collective Nouns (group, jury, crowd, team, etc.) may be singular or plural, depending on meaning.

To cry ____ never the solution to any problems.

1. are
2. is
3. should
4. were

A number of soldiers ____ injured during the war.

1. is
2. might
3. was
4. were

The number of volunteers ___________ each year.

1. grows
2. grow

a/ the number of 

It takes a singular verb when referring to a single quantity:

The number of students registered in the class is 20.

take plural verbs when they are used as indefinite quantifiers:

 A number of students were late.

Either she or her friends ____ responsible for this accident.

1. are
2. is
3. was
4. might

With compound subjects joined by or/nor, the verb agrees with the subject nearer to it.

Everything ____ fine when it’s done correctly.

1. work
2. worked
3. works
4. will work

Hanna is the only one of those people who _____ to read comic books.

1. like
2. likes

Hanna is one of those people who _____ to read comic books.

1. like
2. likes