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Praxis 12- confused
Praxis 12- confused words
Question | Answer |
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Recommendations about what to do | Advice |
To recommend something | Advise |
Agreement, approval | Assent |
The action of rising or climbing up | Ascent |
In phrase with bated breath; in great suspense | Bated |
With bait attached or inserted | Baited |
To criticize strongly | Censure |
To ban parts of a book or film | Censor |
A group of people who manage or advise | Council |
Advice or to advise | Counsel |
Means "in contrast". Ex. Shea likes the warm weather _______ I like the cold weather. | Whereas |
When you see "Between" Name and I/ Me: Choose ___. Ex. The teacher could not decide BETWEEN Lisa and _____. | Me; Me |
Separate; Distinct. Ex. He had a very _______ walk. | Discrete |
Subtle; Secret. Ex. Tracey did not want any one to know she had Covid, so she was being very ______ about why she did not go to work. | Discreet |
Polite | RespectFUL |
In the order mentioned: | RespectIVELY |
Sentence can/cannot start with Therefore, However and Although, but they must all have a ______ after them when they are used to start a sentence | Can; Comma |
If a sentence has an independent clause BEFORE the word THEREFORE, you need a ___or ____in front of THEREFORE and a Comma after it. Ex. The mall was crowded; therefore, we shopped online or The mall was crowded. Therefore, we shopped online | Semi-colon; Period |
It's can mean: It IS or It _____ | Has |
A DASH can act as a ______ Ex. That hotdog restaurant was a village landmark- I can't believe it closed! | Semicolon |
A _______ is needed after the city and the ______ if the sentence continues on | Comma; State |
You can use BETWEEN when 3+ things are name as long as they are _____ names such as Stanford, Harvard and Yale; Tracey, Justin and Shea | Specific |