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Word Choice Practice Exercises

1. The document contains 10 sentences that test the correct usage of grammar terms like amount vs number, fewer vs less, comprised vs composed, affected vs effected, around vs on, principal vs principle, its vs it's, lead vs led, continual vs continuous, affect vs effect, principal vs principle, are vs is, and 5 vs five. 2. Participants are asked to circle the correct word choice for each sentence. 3. Points will be deducted for incorrect guesses.

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Word Choice Practice Exercises

1. The document contains 10 sentences that test the correct usage of grammar terms like amount vs number, fewer vs less, comprised vs composed, affected vs effected, around vs on, principal vs principle, its vs it's, lead vs led, continual vs continuous, affect vs effect, principal vs principle, are vs is, and 5 vs five. 2. Participants are asked to circle the correct word choice for each sentence. 3. Points will be deducted for incorrect guesses.

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1. Usage Circle the correct word choice. Points will be deducted from incorrect guesses. 1.

We produced a small (amount, number) of automobiles this year, even (fewer, less) than last year. 2. The serum, which was (comprised, composed) of two antigens, (affected, effected) his liver. 3. The talk centered (around, on) the (principal, principle) of virtual work. 4. Last year, General Motors increased (its, it's) advertisements and (lead, led) the world in automobile sales. 5. Over the past two weeks, our team made (continual, continuous) changes to the design. 6. The side (affect, effect) from the drug was the (principal, principle) reason for choosing another treatment. 7. The airfield looked much (as, like) it did when the Hindenburg exploded almost fifty years ago. 8. When you receive my (boss', boss's) memo requesting your participation, please respond to her that your job description, as written, will not allow you to perform that type of work. 9. The criteria for assessing the effectiveness of our design (are, is) given in the next section. 10. The double bottom on ships is constructed by taking two layers of steel that span the length of the ship and separating those layers by (5, five) feet.

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