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TOEFL Confusing Words
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The earth went through an immensely hot phase 4,600 million years ago, when it became a molten mass.
CORRECT Confusing words--Ago vs Before Ago is relative to now!
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Before she lived in Texas, but actually she lives in France.
INCORRECT Confusing Words--Actual vs Current Current means happening now.
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Fog is the affect of the cooling of warm, moist air.
INCORRECT Confusing Words--Affect vs Effect Affect is an Action
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Most ravens are large, stocky, and entirely black.
CORRECT Confusing Words--Almost vs Most Most = Majority
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Captain James Cook, in three voyages from 1778 to 1779, explored more of the Pacific than any another man before him.
INCORRECT Confusing Words--Another vs. Other vs. The Other "Any" implies plural and "Another" is always singular.
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Wow! The flag is so tall!
INCORRECT Confusing Words--Tall vs High The flag is not touching the ground, the pole is.
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Chickens start to lay eggs when they are 18 weeks age.
INCORRECT Confusing words--Age vs Old Age is a noun, and cannot modify "weeks".
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We couldn't go to the beach because of the wind.
CORRECT Confusing Words--Because vs Because of Because of + noun
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I prefer to be lonely in the bathroom.
INCORRECT Confusing Words--Alone vs Lonely If you prefer it, you aren't sad about it!
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, the majority of Americans continued to do their living from agriculture.
INCORRECT Confusing words--Do vs Make Expression is "Make a living".
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Nearly 8 percent of the earth´s crust is made of aluminium.
CORRECT Confusing words--Percent vs Percentage Percent is used with a number!
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When the original 13 states formed, Florida was not between them.
INCORRECT Confusing words--Between vs Among Between 2 / Among 3+
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The party was cool, but afterward we went to breakfast and it was even better.
CORRECT Confusing Words--After vs Afterward We do not mention the object (the party) directly following "afterward"
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They hardly work out, so they don't have hard stomachs.
CORRECT Confusing Words--Hard vs Hardly Hard is an adjective, and hardly is an adverb.
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