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Praxis 12- confused
Praxis 12- confused words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |