Easily Confused Words (1)
Easily confused words (1)
1Complete the sentences with the correct words.
journey / trip
1The train ……………… to Liverpool took over three hours.
2They went on a day ……………… to London.
private / particular
3I usually like cats, but I don’t like that
……………… cat.
4Mark goes to a ……………… school
in Manchester.
friendly / sympathetic
5I like Mallorca. The people there are
very ……………… .
6Helen was ……………… when she heard about my accident.
habit / custom
7It’s a traditional ……………… in our country at New Year’s Eve.
8Rachel smokes a lot. It’s a bad ……………, but she won’t give it up.
lent / borrowed
9Tim ……………… some money to Kate.
10Clare ……………… a book from the
school library.
agreed / accepted
11Sam ……………… to play in the tennis tournament this weekend.
12Pam finally ……………… that she
was wrong.
checked / controlled
13Gill ……………… her make-up before she left the house.
14If John ……………… his temper, he’d have more friends.
eventually / possibly
15After hours of searching, Sue ……………… found her keys.
16People will ……………… live longer in the next century.
2Choose the correct words.
Elsa felt tired. She had just completed a
long 1journey / trip from Venezuela. After
a seven-hour flight, she was back at
Heathrow airport in London. Elsa waited
for her suitcase and thought about her
holiday.
She had stayed in a lovely hotel with its
own 2private / particular beach. One of
the waiters had been very 3friendly /
sympathetic. He had explained the local
4customs / habits to Elsa and had 5lent /
borrowed her a guidebook. On the last day
of her holiday he’d asked her to take a
parcel to some of his friends in London. It
was a small parcel, and it wasn’t heavy, so
Elsa 6had agreed / had accepted to take it.
Elsa picked up her suitcase and walked
towards customs. ‘Do you have anything to
declare?’ asked a uniformed man. ‘No,’ she
replied. The customs official began to
7check / control her luggage. 8Eventually /
Possibly he came across the small parcel.
‘What’s in the packet?’ he asked. Elsa began
to explain as he carefully opened it. Inside
was a big surprise.
Easily confused words (2)
1Complete the sentences with the correct words.
assisted / attended
1Paul ……………… a private school when he was a teenager.
2The secretary ……………… the manager with her meetings.
degree / career
3As soon as Clare finished her university
……………… , she got a job.
4Dave dreamed of a ……………… in fashion. He wanted to be a designer.
professor / teacher
5……………… Patton is Head of the Linguistics Department at LondonUniversity.
6My history ……………… at school is very interesting.
library / bookshop
7Tom went to the ……………… to borrow a book about the paranormal.
8Pam bought Stephen King’s best-selling
novel from her local ……………… .
embarrassed / pregnant
9Karen felt ……………… when Karl asked
her out.
10Did you know that Sarah is ……………… ? The baby is due in December.
suburb / slum
11The family live in a large house in a smart
London ……………… .
12Calcutta has got the world’s biggest
……………… . Most of the city’s population lives there.
stranger / foreigner
13Sue is quite shy. She would never talk to
a ……………… .
14We use the word ……………… to describe someone from another country.
advice / advise
15I strongly ……………… you to give
up smoking.
16Paul wasn’t sure about which university
to apply to, so he asked his teacher for
……………… .
2Choose the correct words.
Love problem
Dear Sue
I’m nineteen years old and I’m studying for a
Spanish 1career / degree at university. I enjoy
my course, but I’ve got a problem and need
some 2advice / advise.
I recently fell in love with a boy in my class.
The problem is that I get very 3embarrassed /
pregnant when I see him. We’re not
4foreigners / strangers and we’ve talked to
each other, but he’s already got a girlfriend. A
few weeks ago I was studying in the
5bookshop / library when I saw him. I was
so nervous I felt sick! Since then I’ve been missing lectures to avoid him.
Now the 6teacher / professor of the
department wants to know why I haven’t been
7attending / assisting classes. What can I say?
Amy