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Commonly Confused SpellingsSet 33

1Choose the best option:She is a frequent customer of that airline. She has to ..... every month for work.

2Yeah, but the ..... is .....

3Wivenhoe is a beautiful hotel in the countryside, with many rooms and an excellent restaurant. However, there is a big ..... between Wivenhoe and other hotels. Firstly, Wivenhoe is part of a university, and secondly, its staff are all teenagers.

4Making a complete turn or orbit around an axis or center.

5Everyone had a ..... on his or her face on the way home.

6The company is in need of a celebrity to ..... its new product.

7Fill in each blank with a suitable word or phrase from the box: idol, identify, performance, judge, series, single, audience, in search of, song writer, talented. 3. Never ..... people by their appearance and a book by its cover.

8The football match was so dull that most of the ..... left at half-time.

9Miele is ..... to a high degree. It makes 4 million electric motors (enough for all its products) in its own plant near Cologne.A. self-supportingB. self-sufficientC. self-financingD. self-made

10Test day can be one of pure ....., as many students worry about their test scores.

11The pure ingredient (in a mixture or solution)

12Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: A ..... is a person who studies ancient artifacts to understand past civilizations.

13The company ..... its client for the delivery. It should have been &dollar; 73 instead of &dollar; 173.

14Lisa and Peter are basically ..... from here, so it'll take about the same time to get to either of them.

15I got this fridge at a 30% special .....

16Before I began to teach at UAO I had to go to a ..... where they asked me many questions to see if I was able to teach here.

17..... of bicycles from this area has increased recently.

18He loved to sit and watch the fish swim back and forth in the .....

19Griffin went for ..... of his leg due to a sports injury.

20Treating people in a particular group unfairly

21You probably know the next song I'm going to sing, so please join in with the .....

22What is the difference between the term 'customer' and the term 'consumer'?

23Fill in the blank: The guard warned that (a) would be prosecuted if they entered the private land.

24The student's ..... on the Native Indians was very interesting.

25We can play football, badminton and volleyball there.Where is it?

26Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence.The ..... of living in some places can be very high. Prices in London are particularly exorbitant.

27The going was painfully slow, but Chickenhound consoled himself on the long journey by boosting his own ego. "Maybe a silly bunch of rats could put one over on Sela. Huh, she was old and had lost a lot of her ..... Not like me! They hadn't reckoned with a smart intelligent young fox like I am.-Brian Jacques

28Personally, when I use a ..... I always hit my finger.

29The sky is dark in the .....

30We drove my aunt to Madrid airport and she took the ..... to New York

31There was a ..... in the tasks at the very last minutes and an agreement has been reached.

32Because he found both liberal and conservative proposals excessive, Mr. Park sided with the .....

33A skunk had a strong .....

34To treat something or someone poorly without respect is the word

35Find the word that best fits.Oh there's a new ..... at the checkout!

36He ..... his hand in the machinery. It was gruesome!

37A Govt. servant sustaining injuries while on duty will be paid a compensation as .....

38A set of colors used in a work of art.

39His refusal does nothing to ..... his reputation

40Groups with guides should go to the side .....

41Common types of ..... prey include mosquitoes and gnats, as well as butterflies and grasshoppers.

42What is the definition of 'pathetic'?

43Something that you would like to have but is not needed for survival

44It was soon discovered that tiny objects could be magnified in size when viewed through a glass lens that had been ground and polished in a specific (4) .....?.

45Montgomery is the ..... the of Alabama.

46The teacher has to look after 50 ().

47He would cross his fingers and trust she wouldn't ..... any confidences to her boss, Fitzgerald.

48It's difficult to ..... up with Frank. He walks too fast.

49A ..... is an area of sand or small stones beside the sea or a lake

50The police officer was able to ..... the suspect's alibi.

51Fill in the blank:' ..... means "also" or "excessively." '

52Farmers contribute to environmental damage by spraying ..... with ....., which stay in the soil for years.

53Complete each pair of sentences with the same answer A-C.Andy is coming ..... later and we're going to watch a film. Ships and boats have ..... windows because they are stronger.

54We saw significant ..... in the stock market prices this week.

55..... is the stock in trade of all adroit counterspies.

56Which of the following people is fabricating something?

57She found it is hard to ..... up to the fact that she would never be famous.

58The audience couldn't hear the singer because her ..... was turned off.

59To agree with and give encouragement to someone or something because you want them to succeed

60The teachers are on strike because they want higher .....

61He is very COCKY. What is the meaning capital word?