Word Usage Quiz for Writers #3

If you’re like me, any healthy distraction is welcome in these quaran-times. The smaller, the better. And ideally, something I can do without guilt.

So it seems like the perfect time to resurrect “Which Word?”

If you missed the first two of my word usage quizzes, you can find them here:

Which Word? #1
Which Word? #2

And now, on to…

Which Word? 3

 

How well do you know these similar-but-different words? Each question in this short quiz gives you a chance to confront a common writing mistake that I’ve seen in the wild as an editor.

1 / 10

If you're full of pep, you're feeling _____.

2 / 10

The Beast gave Belle free ____ in his library.

3 / 10

She was the __________ of her mother.

4 / 10

I want my own ship, so I can say this phrase and sound cool:

5 / 10

You had it coming. You got your just _____.

6 / 10

She was already angry, and his insensitive remarks only _______ the situation.

7 / 10

Which of these is an English word?

8 / 10

Which one of these sentences means you're certain he did it?

9 / 10

Which of these words refers to soldiers on horseback?

10 / 10

I put away my sword in its _____.

Your score is

 

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