Do not use the emergency exits, (accept, except) in case of fire.

Blue-screen matting is a common special (effect, affect) in television and movies.

Mr. Chen will be coming back to his office in (a while, awhile), if you’d like to wait.

The track coach will not (accept, except) applications submitted after the first of the year.

To the lake and back was (all the farther, as far as) we had to go.

We waited at the restaurant (a while, awhile) before going out into the cold.

Jules was working on (an, a) history paper when I called.

Does committing too many fouls (effect, affect) the score?

It (isn’t, ain’t) incorrect to omit the leading zero on some decimal numbers.

It should take less than (an, a) hour to complete this test.

I was (all together, altogether) astonished at the outcome of the story.

The fire had (already, all ready) raged out of control when the emergency vehicles arrived.

The architect was (already, all ready) to present his design to the construction company.

Is it (alright, all right) to wear a striped necktie with a plaid shirt?

The ice hockey player skated (as fast as, all the faster) he could to get by the left wing.

They (can’t hardly, can hardly) believe what they found.

They saw that molten rock oozes (continuously, continually) from the seafloor.

It cools, hardens, and is (taken, brought) away from the openings, or rifts.

This, said scientists, (can, may) explain how continents move.

If the seafloor moved, Earth’s crust (could of, could have) moved, too.

This movement (borrows, lends, loans) credence to the theory of plate tectonics, which suggests that Earth is broken into large plates.

Geologists (can, may) tell that when two continental plates collide, they push up material and form mountain ranges.

In fact, the Himalayas are (continuously, continually) rising by five centimeters each year.

Continental drift is a theory that is now believed (everywhere, everywheres).

If you put North and South America (beside, besides) each other, they would fit together.

(Being as, Since) at one time only one continent may have existed, all the continents would have fit together.

When Alfred Wegener suggested this theory, people reacted (bad, badly).

However, Wegener showed other evidence (beside, besides).

There was a similarity (between, among) the many species of animal and plant fossils on the continents of Africa, South America, Australia, and Asia.

He also made (allusion, illusion) to the one-time presence of glaciers in Australia.

Hemingway was born in 1899 (into, in, in to) Oak Park, Illinois.

Hemingway began his career as a journalist (in, into, in to) Kansas City at the Star.

(Irregardless, Regardless) of his budding career, he went to Italy and worked as an ambulance driver in World War I.

Due to his wartime experiences, his writings delved (farther, further) into themes of violence and the need for courage.

Hemingway went to Paris where he met American authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein who were not so (different from, different than) himself.

They (hanged, hung) around together and encouraged each other to write.

One of his most famous novels, The Sun Also Rises, was about a group of disillusioned Americans, not (different than, different from) those he met while in Paris.

A Farewell to Arms, while set in World War I Italy, was (less, fewer) a war story than a love story.

For Whom the Bell Tolls (doesn’t, don’t) take place in Italy, but in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.

During the 1950s Hemingway wrote (less, fewer) books.

He did, however, (farther, further) his career with the successful 1952 novel, The Old Man and the Sea.

Developing an interest in fishing, he wrote (fewer, less) novels but created characters who seem to live.

For example, the reader (doesn’t, don’t) forget Santiago from The Old Man and the Sea.

Santiago is an aged Cuban fisherman who takes his boat into the ocean (farther, further) than is safe.

Although he was once a respected fisherman, Santiago’s long streak of bad luck means people (don’t, doesn’t) have faith in him.

(This kind, These kinds) of flowers do well in the shade.

Jonas had to (leave, let) for his babysitting job at seven o’clock.

Please (lay, lie) my tennis trophy on the mantel.

My little sister has a dress just (like, as) her doll’s dress.

Last Saturday morning I (laid, lay) in bed until noon.

If you know the answer, (raise, rise) your hand.

Enrique (past, passed) through the grocery store on his way home from school.

The information boxes (proceed, precede) the exercises in this workbook.

Did my candidate (lose, loose) the election?

My mom (raises, rises) early each day to go to the gym before work.

Amed and Héroko are working together to fix the (lose, loose) knob on the stereo.

(This kind, These kinds) of muffin is Crystal’s favorite.

Our class (learns, teaches) that the animal kingdom has a well-defined social order.

Please do not (raise, rise) the blind.

Coyote cubs can make noises that sound (like, as) human babies crying.

Carlos, Pete, and Hillman are eight, ten, and fourteen, (respectfully, respectively).

You can do better (than, then) that!

(This here, This) coat is my favorite.

Yesterday, my teacher (says, said) I could make up the test.

Please (sit, set) quietly while the speaker is introduced.

If you must point out his errors, please do it (respectfully, respectively).

(Where at, Where) are the maps we will need for our trip?

(That there, That) constellation can be seen only in the Southern Hemisphere.

Everyone (says, said) this has been the best year yet.

(Sit, Set) the procedure and follow it each time to prevent confusion.

Yesterday the art teacher (say, said), “Who would like to exhibit a project at the public library?”

Endangered species, such as the California condor, are more (than, then) just threatened.

They even agreed (two, too, to) take care of the animals for Mr. Webb.

Do you know (where, where at) the original Constitution of the United States is kept?

Claudio (respectfully, respectively) asked his grandma if he could have another piece of her homemade apple pie.