87 Words easily confused, misspelt, etc.
Supply the best words in Parts A and B. Part A
1 We'd like....................bills please.
2 When were you....................?
3 Open the window. I can't....................!
4 Have you ever visited the British....................?
5 The greatest problems are poverty and.....................
6 Which ones have you....................?
7 We're not....................on anybody.
8 Wipe up the mess with this.....................
9 There are very strong....................in the Pacific.
10 She looks rather....................in her new outfit
11 I seem to have....................a cough.
12 I might have....................a company director by now.
13 We've got some nice....................cakes.
14 How can we improve the....................condition?
15 It's a question of.....................
16 I....................up early every morning.
17 She certainly has plenty of.....................
18 Thosewho agree, please....................their hands.
19 What a small....................you have.
20 I....................what the time is.
a)	seperate	b)	separate
a)	borne	b)	born
a)	breathe	b)	breath
a)	Council	b)	Counsel
a)	disease	b)	decease
a)	choosen	b)	chosen
a)	dependant	b)	dependent
a)	cloth	b)	clothe
a)	currents	b)	currants
a)	chick	b)	chic
a)	developped	b)	developed
a)	being	b)	been
a)	housemade	b)	homemade
a)	human	b)	humane
a)	principle	b)	principal
a)	get	b)	use to get
a)	stile	b)	style
a)	raise	b)	rise
a)	waist	b)	waste
a)	wonder	b)	wander
53 Regular and irregular verbs which are easily confused
Choose the right verb and/or supply the right form.
0 It was our policy to deal with problems as they (arise/rise). 0 woie-
1 You shouldn't walk on a field that's just been (sew/sow). 1 ...........
2 Rock bands have (rise/raise/rouse) millions for charity. 2 ...........
3 All the mistakes in my essay have been (ring). 3 ...........
4 The motor (spring) into life at the touch of a button f 4 ...........,
5 I don't know how well ever cure her of (lay/lie). 5............
6 It looks as though the terrorists had been (lay/lie) in wait 6............
7 You don't have to go round Gay^»e) down the law! 7...........,
8 We've all (lay/lie) bets on the favourite. 8 ............
9 I've lost count of the number of times she's (lay/lie) to me. 9 ............
10 Why have they (lie/lay) quiet for so long? 10 ............
11 How long is it since you (wind/wound) this clock? 11 ............
12 How many soldiers were (wind/wound) in the gun battle? 12............
13 How many metres down is the (sink) ship? 13 ............
14 We'll have to wait till the sun has (rise/raise/rouse). 14 ............
15 Wait till everyone has (wake up/awake). 15 ............
16 The business was (find/found) in 1842. 16 ............
17 Flood water (fly/flow) right through our house! 17............
18 How many trees have you (fall/fell) today? 18 ............
19 The traitors have been (hang). 19 ............
20 Meat needs to be (hang) for a few days to become tender. 20 ............
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75 Education
Supply the best words in Parts A and B. Part A
1 A....................lists the times of classes, etc. a) timetable
2 When schools close, the children are on..................... a) leave
3 Children who live in a school are called........'............. a) pensioners
4 The head of a school could be called the..................... a) principal
5 A school for the very young is a..................... a) kindergarten
6 The function of a school is to.................children. a) educate
7 You can remove mistakes with a..................... a) gum
8 A....................describes the activities of a school. a) prospectus
9 Have you seen the new....................for the exams? a) programme
10 A student might win one of these..................... a) a premium
11 You would do an....................in a laboratory. a) experience
12 Alexander Fleming....................penicillin. a) discovered
13 Some students learn languages with..................... a) convenience
14 We're building a car in our..................... a) laboratory
15 After....................you can attend university. a) gymnasium
16 The children sat on....................to watch the match. a) benches
17 We're....................for the football match. a) training
18 Write your answers on this..................... a) protocol
19 You might receive.................... at the end of each term, a) a reference
20 Universities can only.....................a few students. a) admit
PartB
b) schedule b) holiday b) boarders b) principle b) nursery b) bring up b) rubber b) prospect b) syllabus b) a prize b) experiment b) invented b) ease b) workshop b) grammar school b) banks b) drilling b) sheet b) a report b) receive
1 I need to pass my Cambridge First..................... a) Certificate
2 She's got a....................to do French at Oxford. a) position
3 Teachers....................so many exercise books! a) note
4 Our course provides you with....................experience, a) practicable
5 You do this before you take an exam..................... a) revision
6 High....................requires capital investment a) technique
7 Different....................have edited Shakespeare. a) scholars
8 What.....................did you get for the spelling test? a) mark
9 Sh!I want to listen to the..................... a) conference
10 ....................lessons are very expensive. a) Particular
11 I....................down what the teacher said. a) marked
12 My essay was illustrated with a..................... a) diagram
13 Few people add to the sum of human..................... a) science
14 No one likes to....................an.exam. a) fail
15 History is my favourite....................at school. a) topic
16.................... is treated like any other school subject, a) Gymnastics
17 ....................is the most difficult of all subjects. a) Physic
18 Discipline is the best..................... a) politics
19 I don't know how mistakes like this can..................... a) rise
20 It's hard to....................into university. a) get
b) b)
b) Diploma b) place b) mark b) practical b) repetition . technology students b) degree b) lecture b) Private b) noted b) scheme b) knowledge b) lose b) subject b) Exercise b) Physics b) policy b) arise b) enter
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