SPELLING: Practice Exercise 2

From the choices provided after each sentence select the word that, correctly spelled, would complete the sentence. Submit the form using the SUBMIT APPLICATION button at the end of the exercise. Your score will be returned to you in a few seconds.

Quizzes labeled "Practice Exercise" or "Additional Practice" are taken from the ancillary materials for Sentence Sense: A Writer's Guide, by Evelyn Farbman, and are used by the Guide for Grammar and Writing with the kind permission of the book's author and the publisher, Houghton Mifflin.

1.  What ____________ did her resolution have on the committee?
AFFECT
EFFECT
2.  Baby, ____________ cold outside!
ITS
IT'S
3.  ____________ going to tell the boss?
WHOSE
WHO'S
4.  It's time to ____________ fooling around and get down to work.
QUITE
QUIT
QUIET
5.  The old man ____________ on the park bench all day.
SET
SAT
6.  Finally he decided to ____________ down and take a nap.
LAY
LIE
7.  I think it's going to be ____________ difficult for her.
TO
TWO
TOO
8.  We're wondering what happened to ____________ car.
THERE
THEY'RE
THEIR
9.  The counselors help you to explore ____________ options.
YOU'RE
YOUR
10.  She will ____________ her career wisely.
CHOSE
CHOOSE

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