Common Errors -- R --
Quiz 1
Choose the most appropriate answer to fit the meaning of the blank and complete the sentence. Each question has only one correct answer.
The telephone companies have _______ their rates.
- rose
- raised
- risen
- been rising
Andrew has _______ an invitation of a welcome party but he will not go.
- accepted
- remembered
- received
- reminded
They want to ________ two floors from a very popular department store to hold there the mid-summer fair.
- borrow
- lend
- rent
- lent
I can still ______ every detail in my old room at college.
- remember
- reminisce
- recall
- remind of
What Jennifer said ______ me of a story I heard before.
- recalls
- reminds
- reminisces
- recollects
The old lady often ________ her good old days.
- recalls
- receives
- reserves
- reminisces
You should be ______ towards your parents.
- respect
- respectful
- respectable
- respected
The farmer obviously speaks in a ______ accent.
- rural
- pastoral
- rustic
- reasonable
The American stock market has been ______ all day.
- risen
- raised
- rising
- arisen
My left arm hurts so much that I can’t ______ it.
- arise
- raise
- rise
- arose