English Skills with Readings 7th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 77

Underline the correct word in the parentheses. Don't try to guess. If necessary, look back at the explanations of the words.
1. Please take my (advice, advise) and (where, wear) something warm and practical, rather (than, then) something fashionable and flimsy.
2. Glen felt that if he could (loose, lose) twenty pounds, the (affect, effect) on his social life might be dramatic.
3. (Their, There, They're) going to show seven horror films at (their, there, they're) Halloween festival; I hope you'll be (their, there, they're).
4. (Your, You're) going to have to do (a, an) better job on (your, you're) final exam if you expect to pass the (coarse, course).
5. Those (to, too, two) issues are (to, too, two) hot for any politician (to, too, two) handle.
6. Even (though, thought) the (brakes, breaks) on my car were worn, I did not have (quiet, quite) enough money to get them replaced (right, write) away.
7. (Accept, Except) for the fact that my neighbor receives most of his mail in (plain, plane) brown wrappers, he is (know, no) stranger (than, then) anyone else in this rooming house.
8. Because the Randalls are so neat and fussy, (its, it's) hard (to, too, two) feel comfortable when (your, you're) in (their, there, they're) house.
9. (Whose, Who's) the culprit who left the paint can on the table The paint has ruined a (knew, new) tablecloth, and (its, it's) soaked (threw, through) the linen and (affected, effected) the varnish.
10. I would have been angry at the car that (passed, past) me at ninety miles an hour on the highway, (accept, except) that I (knew, new) it would not get (passed, past) the speed trap (to, too, two) miles down the road.