Tuesday 20 December 2011

Words commonly confused

Fill in the blanks using right words from the pairs given in brackets:

1. Our country has always stood for---------------

(peace/piece)

2. Arun is --------- to all his brothers.

(elder/older)

3. Oil is the ------------ export from Gulf countries.

(Principal/ principle)

4. They may ----------- the game.

(lose/ loose)

5. Manu worked ---------- to get a first rank.

(hardly/hard)

6. She is playing a ----------- role in the Drama.

(duel/ dual)

7. The doctor ----------- him to free from alcoholic drinks.

(adviced/ advised)

Answers:

1. peace

2. elder

3. principal

4. lose

5. hard

6. dual

7. advised

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