"This or That"
"Choices Choices"
"You pick it"
"Contractions anyone?"
"Fix it - OR NOT?"
100

I have a headache, so I'm going to (Lie/Lay) down for a while.

I have a headache, so I'm going to lie down for a while.

Just remember you can lie down and take a nap after you lay your heavy backpack down.

100

accept/ except

1. "I would ____ the job if it paid more." 2. "I feel like everything ____ that one detail makes it perfect for me." 3. "My mom said to go ahead and ___ it and keep looking for a position with better pay."

"I would accept the job if it paid more. I feel like everything except that one detail makes it perfect for me. My mom said to go ahead and accept it and keep looking for a position with better pay.

1. accept 2. except 3. accept

100

(Whom/who) wrote the letter to the news station?


Who.

Who wrote the letter to the news station?

Remember the Mnemonic Who=He & Whom=Him

so He wrote the letter to the news station.

100

The dog finally ate all of its food.

It's/Its

NO change!

Remember if you cannot say IT IS and have it still makes sense then it needs the ITS with no apostrophe. 

100

There are less people here tonight than were here for our last concert."

less/fewer

YES change it!

Answer "There are fewer people here tonight than here for our last concert."

Less: used with a smaller quantity of one thing

Fewer: used with a word that encapsulates multiple of one thing


200

The student (counsel/council) consists of students from each grade level.

The student council consists of students from each grade level.


200

where/ were/ we're 

1. "Do you think ___ going to have an easy time with the practice ACT? 2. I wonder if it ___ at night if it would make it any easier. 3. ___ did they say we need to go again?"


1. "Do you think we're going to have an easy time with the practice ACT? 2. I wonder if it were at night if it would make it any easier. 3. Where did they say we need to go again?"

1. we're 2. were 3. Where

200

The insurance salesman helped to (insure/ensure) that I picked a policy that would best fit my needs. 

The insurance salesman helped to ensure that I picked a policy that would best fit my needs. 

To insure is to protect. 

Ensure is to guarantee something.

200

This is your chair and that one is mine.

Your/you're

NO change! 


Your shows possession of the chair.

200

Lack of sleep affects the quality of your work.

affects/effects

NO correction!

Affects is correct. because it is s verb and means the act of influencing 

Effect indicates the the end result

300

That behavior will not be (accepted/excepted).

This sentence needs a verb so:

That behavior will not be accepted.

300

too/two/to

1. "Our flight ___ France leaves tomorrow, but Paul is 2. ___ sick to come with, so it will just be use 3. ___."


"Our flight to France leaves tomorrow, but Paul is too sick to come with, so it will just be use two."

1. to 2. too 3. two

300

Not everybody shares my same (principals/ principles). 


Not everybody shares my same principles.

Principal means highest ranking.

Principle is a rule or code that you live by.

300

Whose responsibility was to lead the expedition? 

Who's/Whose


NO change!

Whose shows possession, in this case possession of responsibility.

Who's = who is.

300
She swam really good at the swim meet against Siegel last week.



YES change it!

She swam really well at the swim meet against Siegel last week.

Well is an adverb...Think it ADDS an emphasis to the verb.

Good: adjective and goes with linking verbs (connecting ideas) meaning “to be:” is, are, was, etc.; feels 

She is good at swimming.

400

(By/ bye) doing my best in school, I am ensuring that I will have a future full of promise!

By doing my best in school, I am ensuring that I will have a future full of promise!

By-a preposition that means: near, beside or through.

400

Their/There/They're 

1. "Okay, I am on my way over ____ now." 2. "I love hanging out with them because ____ my friends." 3. "I hope to see ____ cars in the driveway when I get there."  

"Okay, I am on my way over there now. I love hanging out with them because they're my friends. I hope to see their cars in the driveway when I get there."

1. there 2. they're 3. their

400
To (ensure/insure) there would be enough food for every guest at this year's football banquet, I ordered twice as much food as last year. 

To ensure there would be enough food for every guest at this year's football banquet, I ordered twice as much food as last year. 

Ensure means to guarantee while insure is to protect


400

Lizbeth's father told her not to see Sam tonight. Were so glad she followed his advice!

Were/We're

YES, change it.

We're = We are

Lizbeth's father told her not to see Sam tonight. We're so glad she followed his advice!

400
He thinks his pancakes are better than mine but he is mistaken!


then/than

NO correction!

He thinks his pancakes are better than mine but he is mistaken!

Remember then shows sequence and than shows comparison.

500

I wanted to go home and sleep more (than/then) I wanted to go to that party.

I wanted to go home more than I wanted to go to that party.

Remember: then shows sequence and than shows comparison.

500

too/to/two

"My dream college has ___ dorm room options." 2. "I cannot wait ___ graduate so that I can go there." 3. I wish you were going there ___!"

"My dream college has two dorm room options. I cannot wait to graduate so that I can go there. I wish you were going there too!"

1. two 2. to 3. too

500

We still need to work on clearing every room in the house (accept/except) for the kitchen because it's already clean.

We still need to work on clearing every room in the house except for the kitchen because it's already clean.

500

Whose idea was it leave that late anyway?


NO change!

Whose shows possession of the idea.

500

Yasmine will except her diploma from Mr. Ash on the day of her high school graduation!


accept/except

YES change it!

Yasmine will accept her diploma from Mr. Ash on the day of her high school graduation!

Accept = the consent of receiving something

Except = with the exception of