Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 17

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She wanted to give her baby a natural ___ at home instead of in the hospital.
a. berth
b. birth
She was ___ a dancer but now she is a teacher.
a. formally
b. formerly
She was ___ mad when she learned that she did not win.
a. hoping
b. hopping
She was overcome by a fit of ___.
a. peak
b. peek
c. pique
She was under the ___ that she was a great singer.
a. allusion
b. illusion
She went to the party with a pink ___ in her hair.
a. beau
b. bow
She worked at two part time jobs to pay off her student ___.
a. loan
b. lone
She worked on weekends at a ___ store.
a. stationary
b. stationery
Soap is made from ___.
a. lie
b. lye
Soloists have to ___ their skills in every performance.
a. flautist
b. flaunt
Some people like corn on the cob but I like ___ corn.
a. colonel
b. kernel
Something that is sacred is also ___.
a. holy
b. wholly
Sometimes elderly people ___ food in their rooms when they live in nursing homes.
a. hoard
b. horde
Step on the ___! Stop!
a. brake
b. break
Stop the ___ chatter and get back to work.
a. idle
b. idol
Take a ___ of sand and dump it at the waterfront.
a. load
b. lode
Take my ___; don't drink and drive.
a. advice
b. advise
Take one ___ at a time.
a. step
b. steppe
Take the trash out into the ___ and put it in the garbage can.
a. hall
b. haul
Tell me ___ you are.
a. were
b. where
c. whir