Showing posts with label Confusing pairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Confusing pairs. Show all posts

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