Word Usage 13

Diehard Big Bend football fans (could, couldn't) care less about Halloween tonight.
1. could
2. couldn't
He still ranks 10th in single-season tackles for North Carolina with 147 in 1979, (an amount, a number) his son matched as a senior at Mount Tabor.
1. an amount
2. a number
She has a way of (homing, honing) in on the truth.
1. homing
2. honing
We don't have a written contract, but we have (an oral one, a verbal one).
1. an oral one
2. a verbal one
"He's a (trooper, trouper, grouper), so he wants to be there," she said of the FSU receiver who broke his right leg.
1. trooper
2. trouper
3. grouper
Emo will spend the next two months pacing himself for this year's race in Boston. His (regime, regimen, regiment) includes training runs at distances of about 20 miles.
1. regime
2. regimen
3. regiment
That will lead to (fewer complications, less complication, either one) down the road.
1. fewer complications
2. less complication
3. either one
The match was rescheduled (because of, due to, either one) poor field conditions.
1. because of
2. due to
It doesn't have the side (affects, effects) associated with chemotherapy.
1. affects
2. effects
(Fewer, Less) than half of Florida's middle-school students eat breakfast every weekday.
1. Fewer
2. Less