Usage Skills Test 2

Question 1

Assure

Answer 1

To promise or say with confidence. It is more about SAYING than doing.

Question 2

Ensure

Answer 2

To do or have what is necessary for success

Question 3

Insure

Answer 3

To cover with an insurance policy

Question 4

What does farther imply

Answer 4

Distance

Question 5

What does further imply

Answer 5

Figurative and non-physical distances

Question 6

Principle

Answer 6

Rule or standard

Question 7

Principal

Answer 7

Head of school; the main person in charge

Question 8

Cite

Answer 8

To mention something or to quote someone as an example of proof

Question 9

Site

Answer 9

The location of something

Question 10

Sight

Answer 10

Ability to see

Question 11

What can you say something is done

Answer 11

food

Question 12

What can you say something is finished

Answer 12

people

Question 13

How many people is each other used for

Answer 13

two people

Question 14

How many people us one another used for

Answer 14

more than two people

Question 15

emigrate

Answer 15

to leave a country

Question 16

immigrate

Answer 16

to come to another country

Question 17

hanged

Answer 17

refers to people who are put to death by hanging

Question 18

Hung

Answer 18

used for everything but the kind of death

Question 19

All together

Answer 19

means in a group

Question 20

altogether

Answer 20

means completely or the whole

Question 21

All ready

Answer 21

completely ready

Question 22

already

Answer 22

before or by this time

Question 23

desert

Answer 23

to leave or abandon or a dry waterless land

Question 24

dessert

Answer 24

sweet treat after dinner

Question 25

want

Answer 25

a simple desire for something

Question 26

desire

Answer 26

A longing for something, a more intense craving that a person has for something or someone.

Question 27

compliment

Answer 27

a kind word or encouragement

Question 28

complement

Answer 28

to complete, to round out

Question 29

peak

Answer 29

summit, highest point, to reach the extent of one's abilities

Question 30

peek

Answer 30

a quick secret glance, to sneakily look

Question 31

pique

Answer 31

entice, excite

Question 32

What is ok to use on any title?

Answer 32

italics

Question 33

What size works do you italicize

Answer 33

big works

Question 34

What size works do you use quotations

Answer 34

smaller works

Question 35

different than

Answer 35

infrequently and is considered informal

Question 36

different from

Answer 36

when comparing more than two items, people

Question 37

imply

Answer 37

means to hint

Question 38

infer

Answer 38

means to conclude

Question 39

is it ok to use off and of together "get off of"

Answer 39

no.

Question 40

preceded

Answer 40

means to come before

Question 41

proceed

Answer 41

means to continue

Question 42

which

Answer 42

used as a pronoun when refering to things and people

Question 43

witch

Answer 43

scary or nasty person

Question 44

weather

Answer 44

used in referring to the earth's atmosphere

Question 45

whether

Answer 45

Used as a conjunction to introduce choices