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Tick
(√) the correct word from
the brackets to complete each sentence below:
1.
All
(accept, except) Raman were present.
2.
We
cannot (accept, except) your offer.
3.
I
cannot (accede, exceed) to your request.
4.
Does
his expenditure (accede, exceed) his income?
5.
Our
country has an (access, excess) of imports over
exports.
6.
He
has an easy (access, excess) to the
Governor.
7.
We
must (adopt, adapt, adept) ourselves to changing
circumstances.
8.
He
is (adopt, adapt, adept) in photography.
9.
She
is going to (adopt, adapt, adept) this
motherless child.
10.
She acted upon my (advice,
advise).
11.
I (advice, advise)
you not to offend your boss.
12.
Bad weather is sure to (affect, effect) her health.
13.
My advice had no (affect,
effect) on him.
14.
The
offerings were placed on the (altar, alter).
15.
Nothing can (altar,
alter) my decision.
16.
The wound in the (heal,
heel) took a long time to (heal, heel).
17.
Let’s go out to have some fresh (air, heir).
18.
He is (air, heir)
to a large fortune.
19.
The (cattle, kettle)
are grazing in the park.
20.
They boiled some water in a (cattle, kettle).
1.
Please (check,
cheque) these figures.
2.
He gave me (check,
cheque) for Rs. 100.
3.
What is the (cost, cast) of this book?
4.
What is the (cast, caste) of this play?
5. I do not believe in the (cast, caste) system.
6. He has lost his (cite, site, sight).
7. Can you (cite, site) an example in
favour of your argument?
8. Have they chosen a (cite, site, sight) for the new school?
9.
Treat
your elders with (deference, difference).
10.
There is a great (deference,
difference) between these two statements.
11.
The ship (sank,
drowned) and all the sailors were (sunk,
drowned).
12.
Columbus (discovered,
invented) America.
13.
Stephenson (discovered,
invented) the steam engine.
14.
The prisoner (denied,
refused) the charge.
15.
He (refused, denied)
to help me.
16.
He is an (eminent,
imminent) doctor.
17.
He was faced with (eminent,
imminent) death.
18.
He is not (eligible,
illegible) for the post.
19.
His handwriting is (eligible,
illegible).
20.
His dealings are (fair,
fare).
1.
An
(idle, idol) fellow cannot become an (idle, ideal) teacher.
2.
It
is an (idle, ideal) weather for a holiday.
3.
Don’t
make an (idle,
idol) of wealth.
4.
He
has a good (palate, plate) for wines.
5.
A
(palate,
pellet) is a small ball of something soft.
6.
Ali
and Bali are friends. The (latter, later) is
a sportsman.
7.
He
came (later, latter) than I.
8.
She
has written a (latter, letter) to her
husband.
9.
This
medicine will surely (lesson, lessen) your
pain.
10.
Do not (lose,
loose) your temper.
11.
That dog is too dangerous to be left (lose, loose).
12.
He put her (metal,
mettle) to the test.
13.
Is it made of (metal,
mettle) or (wood, would)?
14.
India wants (piece,
peace) in the world.
15.
Give me a (piece,
peace) of paper to write on.
16.
The lion is a beast of (pray, prey).
17.
Let’s (pray, prey)
to God for his mercy.
18.
He is the (precedent,
president) of our club.
19.
Can you quote any (precedent,
president) in your favour?
20.
Our (principal,
principle) is a man of (principal, principle).
Which of
the two words given in brackets is correct?
1.
Ashoka’s
(rein, reign) was full of peace.
2.
She holds the (rein,
rains) of the government.
3.
The
(reins, rains) have destroyed the crops.
4.
In
the olden days people believed that the earth was (stationery,
stationary).
5.
I
want to buy some good (stationery, stationary)
for my office.
6.
She
buys milk and butter from the (dairy, diary).
7.
She
was very regular in writing her (dairy, diary).
8.
What
is the (difference, deference) between these
two statements?
9.
In
(difference, deference) to her wishes, I went to
meet her husband.
10.
He is (jealous,
zealous) of my reputation.
11.
A good citizen is (jealous,
zealous) for liberty and freedom.
12.
He will go (strait,
straight) to the railway station.
13.
(Straight, Strait)
is the gate to Heaven.
14.
She is (vain, vein)
of her beauty.
15.
There is blue blood in her (vains, veins).
16.
I passed my summer (vacation,
vocation) in Kashmir.
17.
“The nursing of the sick,” said Florence
Nightingale, “is a (vocation, vacation) as well
as a profession.”
18.
Do not (waist,
waste) your time in idle gossip.
19.
He wore a sash round the (waist, waste).
20.
Prices will (sore,
soar) higher.
21.
He is the (sole, soul)
proprietor of the firm.
22.
She wears (plain,
plane) clothes.
23.
The whole countryside was (plain, plane).
Choose the correct
words from the brackets to complete each sentence below:
1.
A
painter is an (artisan, artist).
2.
A
carpenter is an (artisan, artist).
3.
All
foreign letters are opened by the (censor, censer).
4.
A
(censor, censer) is a vessel in which
incense is burnt in churches.
5.
Your
boss will (censor, censer, censure) you for
being negligent.
6.
You
should (cease, seize) the opportunity when
it comes.
7.
The
old German Empire (ceased, seized) to exist in
1918.
8.
You
have followed the wrong (coarse, course).
9.
She
wore a dress made of (coarse, course) cloth.
10.
We care more for our (rights,
rites) than for out duties.
11.
His funeral (rights,
rites) were performed yesterday.
12.
What (career,
carrier) do you want to follow?
13.
A fly is a (career,
carrier) of disease.
14.
The accused was released on (bale, bail).
15.
A (bail, bale)
of garments was lost.
16.
She looked lovely in her (bridal, bridle) dress.
17.
You must learn to (bridal,
bridle) your tongue.
18.
Why don’t you get milk from a (diary, dairy)?
19.
The (cite, site)
of our school is very healthy.
20.
The danger to our country is (eminent, imminent).
Select
the correct word from the alternatives given in brackets in the following
sentences.
1.
Our
teacher does not believe in (corporeal, corporal)
punishment.
2.
He
disliked his (childish, child like) habits.
3.
He
is honest (beside, besides) being hard-working.
4.
In
the absence of his senior he is the (official,
officiating, officious) authority.
5.
He is so (credible,
credulous, creditable) that he readily believes everything that others
tell him.
6.
He
is a very (conscious, conscientious) worker.
7.
India
(expects, hopes) every man to do his duty.
8.
His
paintings show that he is a great (artist, artisan).
9.
Long ago a pitched (war,
battle, fight) was fought between Alexander and Porus.
10.
A spark is a (momentous,
momentary) light.
11.
This is
a poor (sight, site, cite) for her house.
12.
These events happened during Akbar’s (rain, reign, rein).
13.
Teaching is an (honorary,
honourable) profession.
14.
The accused was released on (bale, bail).
15.
India won back her (freedom,
liberty) on August 15, 1947.
16.
This is a very (naughty,
knotty) problem.
17.
Edison (invented,
discovered) the gramophone.
18.
Which is the shortest (root, rout, route) from Delhi to Agra?
19.
All (except, accept,
expect) Hari were present.
20.
The funeral (rites,
rights, writes) are over now.
1.
His
profession is teaching but his (vocation, avocation,
vacation) is photography.
2.
His
father sells (stationary, stationery).
3.
Delhi
is a (popular, populous, populace) city.
4.
He
is a man of (principal, principle).
5.
We
believe in the immortality of the (sole, soul).
6.
The
lion is a beast of (pray, prey).
7.
Exercise
is (beneficent, beneficial) to the health.
8.
He
(dyed, died) his hair.
9.
He
is (zealous, jealous) of my reputation.
10.
A tragic (accident,
incident) took place yesterday.
11.
She wears (loose,
lose) garments.
12.
She comes of a (respectful,
respectable) family.
13.
He is an (imminent,
eminent) scientist.
14.
I cannot (alter, altar)
my programme.
15.
His handwriting is (eligible,
illegible).
16.
Man is a (social,
sociable) animal.
17.
Is that seat (vacant,
empty)?
18.
My father has given his (ascent, assent, accent).
19.
What is the railway (fair,
fare) from Delhi to Chennai?
20.
(Unity, Union, Unison) is strength.
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