L-4 Words Often Confused

EXERCISE 2 / Using Commonly Confused Words. Underline the word in brackets that

makes sense in each of the following sentences. Answers to even-numbered items can be

found at the back of the book.

EXAMPLE

During the Romantic period, the expression of emotion became a new [criteria / criterion] for

judging music.

1. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is longer by a significant [percent / percentage] than his earlier

symphonies.

2. In general, Romantic music is more complex [than / then] earlier music.

3. Two new forms of music during the Romantic period were program music, [that / which] is

music connected to a visual or to a narrative text, and lieder, [that / which] is music based on

poetry.

4. Operas [to / too] became longer and more majestic during the Romantic period.

5. A large [amount / number] of new styles and forms developed in Western music after the

Romantic period.

6. Beginning in the late 1800s, Western society in general and music in particular saw a shift

toward more expression of individual personality and [fewer / less] limits on experimentation.

7. By the twenty-first century, opera fans could decide [weather / whether] to attend operas by

Philip Glass and John Adams that included multimedia.

8. Meanwhile, the operetta of the Romantic period evolved into musical theater such as West

Side Story, which makes many [allusions / illusions] to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

9. Popular music refers to the tunes the average person listens to [everyday / every day].

10. Music historians have analyzed the relationships [among / between] popular genres such as

blues, rhythm and blues, and rap.

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