Commonly Confused Verbs
Choose Between
Which answer to accept
You're going to think about this
Win or lose it all
100
I (sit/set) down my bag and relaxed.
What is set?
100
How (good/well) are you at playing the piano?
What is good?
100
The balloon floated away (like/as) a bird.
What is like?
100
(Your/You're) dog ran away.
What is your?
100
I have (fewer/less) pets than my cousin.
What is fewer?
200
The cat (laid/lay) down in the valley.
What is lay?
200
Can you choose (between/among) all the flavors?
What is among?
200
I hope the weather doesn't (affect/effect) the plane flight.
What is affect?
200
The (principal/principle) reason is to help others.
What is principal?
200
I am doing (good/or well) today. How (well/good) are you doing today?
What is well and well?
300
The sun (raised/rose) in the morning.
What is rose?
300
(Bring/Take) the books here.
What is bring?
300
(Who/Whom) has a birthday in July?
What is who?
300
(There/Their/They're) is my book.
What is there?
300
The girl (inferred/implied) that she wanted to go to the movies.
What is implied?
400
I (sat/set) down after the mountain climb.
What is sat?
400
Choose (between/among) vanilla or chocolate.
What is between?
400
(Who/Whom) did you borrow that pencil from?
What is whom?
400
I (imply/infer) there is no homework.
What is infer?
400
The (principals/principles) she believed in were unrealistic.
What is principles?
500
The wildflowers were (laid/lain) on the porch.
What is laid?
500
(Bring/Take) away the food and (bring/take) it home.
What is take and bring?
500
I will do anything (accept/except) surrender.
What is except?
500
The (fewer/less) time we spend here, the more fun we will have.
What is less?
500
I am going to (there/their/they're) house.
What is their?
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