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WORDS EASILY CONFUSED EXERCISE 1:

job occupation profession work business

1.Don’t interrupt me now I’ve got a lot of to do

2.When he applied for the loan, they asked him what his was

3.Julie found a good close to where she lives

4.One of my as a nurse is to be on time because lives depand on it

5.Our teacher gave us a few _to do during the summer holidays

6.I know I want to have a _but I’m not sure in which field I might study law 7.My aunt runs her own _

8.I happened to _out of my window when my cousin walking past

9.Did you _Mary’s costume at the carnival? It was wonderful

10.I _the football match before I went to bed

EXERCISE 2:

answer reply (to sb/sth) result effect (on)

solution express consequence report

1.He French well but has trouble reading it

2.We Hellen everything that had happened

3.Susan decided to to her father about it

4.What exactly did he to you yeaterday?

5.We decided to _the robbery to the police

6.I can’t find the words to _how I feel

7.How could you forget? I _it to you last night

8.He never to my letter

9.I find it impossible to _her question

10.Finding the to this maths problems is very difficult

11.Pollution has very harmful on our health

12.If you don’t take our advice, you’ll have to face the _

13.Did you get your exam ?

EXERCISE 3

wait (for sb/sth) look forward to (doing) sth expect wish hope

desire want need demand boast of/about sth praise sb for sth

1.What time do you _the guests to arrive?

2.I’m _visiting Spain

3.Can you for me, John?

4.As a child I always had what I

5.I’ve trained hard, so I I get a place on the team

6.We’d like to _you all the best for the future

7.These clothes are filthy! They to be washed

8.Do you _a piece of cake?

9.He was angry and _to see the manager

10.People who _about their own achievements aren’t usually popular

11.The teacher _her students for their good exam results

EXERCISE 4:

travel trip tour voyage cruise flight

journey route arrive (at/in) reach get (to) approach

1.Our business _to Brussels was productive and very pleasant

2.What’s the quickest from your house to the city centre?

3.As soon as they arrived, they went on a of the city

4.At the airport they told us that the to Rome had been cancelled

5.Istead of going to an island, we decided to go on a luxury around the Mediterranean 6.People say that the safest and quickest way to is by aeroplane

7.The _from Athens to Salonika by car takes around five hours

8.The old captain had spent his life making _to the Far East

9.We _the top of the mountain after climbing for three hours

10.Our dog always barks when the postman the house

11.It was dark by the time we to our hotel

12.What time doews your plane at Heathrow Airport this evening?

EXERCISE 5:

debt loan allowance donation fine charge

tip change currency profit income bill receipt

1.The magistrate imposed a $100 on the man for throwing litter on the street

2.The Sandra earns allows her to live very comfortably

3 I like to make to worthwhile causes

4.Do you make a large out of the jewllery you sell?

5.If I don’t get good service in a restaurant, I never leave a _

6.Come back sir! You forgot you _

7.My parents give me a weekly _and I can spend it however I like

8.The Johns took out a _to buy a new car

9.There’s no extra for delivery

10.What _is used in Austria?

11.The national _is always increasing and as a result the cost of living rises

12.Make sure you get a _ for the furniture you buy

EXERCISE 6:

miss lose loss loose lack shortage

reduce decrease divide lie (lie-lay-lain/ lie-lied-lied)

lay (lay- laid-laid)

1.I’ve lost weight and this skirt is too _for me to wear

2.You won’t believe what happened I _the plane

3.Karen has her passport and can’t leave the country until she finds it

4.After the of her husband, she sold the house and moved to the country

5.There has been a of water this summer and as a result we aren’t allowed to water our garden

6.A _of calcium in his diet didn’t allow him to develop strong bones

7.The teacher the students into four groups

8.During the summer sales many shops _their prices by up to 60%

9.The national debt has decreased by one percent this year

10.Craig is down because he’s not feeling very well

11.I suggest you _the blanket on the ground before we sit down and have our picnic 12.How can I trust you? You’ve to me so many times

EXERCISE 7:

reveal confess admit agree accept refuse deny

reject prevent avoid

1.The criminal finally after forty-eight hours of questioning

2.Will you _that what you did was wrong?

3.Statistics _that people are recycling rubbish more than they did in the past

4.I don’t _with the new policy the committee has introduced

5.We _Jan’s invitation She always gives wonderful parties

6.The first one hundred cards made were because of some technical fault

7.The suspect _having anything to do with the kidnapping

8.Lucy to try such a dangerous sport

9.I walking down dark streets at night

10.Wearing a seat belt could injury in an accident

EXERCISE 8:

false artificial fake unreal untrue different (from/ to) imitation counterfeit authentic original ideal favourite

popular (the) best

1.I avoid foods that have _additives

2.Call the police These American dollars are

3.It feltso _seeing all my high school friends after 15 years

4.In the 1970’s wearing _eyelashes was very fashionable

5.This is a very good _of painting

6.That statement is I have papers to prove it

7.This architecture is _to anything I’ve ever seen before

8.This isn’t a real diamond It’s a _

9. Asian cuisine has some unusual herbs

10.You keep the _copy and I keep the photocopy

11.The Royal Hotel would be the place to have the reception

12.The Relax Café is very _, isn’t it?

13.This is the _service I have ever had in a restaurant

14.Custard tarts are my dessert

EXERCISE 9:

continue keep (doing sth) persist (in) insist (on) resist tough

hard demanding beside besides

1 I you stay and have dinner with us

2.Let’s with the lesson now

3.Why do you in finishing the reports even though it’s late?

4.The man _arrest and successfully got away

5.If we _saving $ 50 a month, we’ ll have enough money saved up to buy the bike

by the end of the year

6.Al Capone had killed many people and was considered a _criminal

7.Children require a lot of care and guidance, that’s why being a parent is very

_

8.The whole project require a lot of work

9. _Katie, I’ve also invited Jane to the dinner party

10.Please, place a wine glass every plate

EXERCISE 10:

vacant free empty deserted left abandoned

alone lonely single alive live

lively living

1.This box is _ Can I put the rubbish in it?

2.We must buy some more cheese, there’s only a small piece

3.I’m sorry We have no more rooms The hotel is full

4.The bandits had in the _warehouse

5.The only _table we have is the one in the corner

6.It was 10:00 a.m and the usually busy street was noe quiet and _

7.All my friends are married except Jane, who is still

8.I get really at Chistmas because all my family live abroad

9.Mr John came to the party _as his wife was away on business

10.The football match was broadcast _in thirty countries

11.The rock group gave a performance on stage

12.The wounded bird was barely

13.The old man said that life during the war was a nightmare

KEY

Ex1:

1.work 2.occupation/profession 3.job 4.duties 5.tasks

6.profession 7.business 8.look 9.see 10.watched

Ex2:

1.speaks 2 told 3.talk/ speak 4.say 5.report 6.express 7.mentioned 8.replied 9.answer

10.solution 11.effect 1.consequences 13.result

Ex3

1.expect 2.looking forwad to 3.wait 4.desired 5.hope

6.wish 7.need 8.want 9.demanded/wanted 10.boast 11.praised

Ex4:

1.trip 2.route 3.tour 4.flight 5.cruise 6.travel

7.journey 8.voyage 9.reached 10.approaches/ reaches 11.got

12.arrvive

Ex5

1.fine 2.income 3.donations 4.profit 5.tip 6.change 7.allowance 8.loan 9.charge 10.currency 11.debt 12.receipt

Ex 6

1.loose 2.missed 3.lost 4.loss 5.shortage 6.lack 7.divided 8.reduce 9.decreased 10.lying 11.lay 12.lied

Ex 7:

1.confessed 2.admit 3.revealed 4.agree 5.accepted

6.rejected 7.denied 8.refused 9.avoid 10.prevent

Ex 8:

1.artificial 2.counterfeit 3.unreal 4.false 5.imitation

6.untrue 7.different 8.fake 9.Authentic 10.original

11.ideal/best 12.popular 13.best 14.favourite

Ex 9:

1.insist 2.continue 3.persist 4.resisted 5.keep/ continue

6.tough 7.demanding 8.hard 9.besides 10.beside

Ex 10

1.empty 2.left 3.vacant 4.abandoned/empty/deserted 5.free 6.deserted/ empty 7.single 8.lonely 9.alone 10.live 11.lively

12.alive 13.living