Confusing words�� part 7
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Choose the correct word from the following pairs:
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1. BASE / BASS
One of the lieutenants of the army liked to play guitar.
At the of the cliff was a rocky beach.
The fisherman hauled an enormous out of the river with his bare hands.
I accused him of having motives.
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2. BEAR / BEER
Last night, I dreamt of a huge brown drinking .
Don�t give up ! If you down with all your strength, you�ll win.
After a hard day�s work I enjoy a or two.
The chair, too fragile to her weight, collapsed.
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3. BRAKE / BREAK
You�re supposed to put the hand on whenever you stop on a hill.
You�d better stop driving and take a . You look tired and nonstop.
I need to these shoes in before we run next week.
The cyclist didn�t use his in time, causing his bicycle to when it hit the wall.
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4.��� CHECK / CHEQUE
Is Mr. Smith still at the hotel? No, he out this morning.
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I don�t have any cash on me, so could I pay by ?
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Please make your payable to The Brighter Toyshop Ltd.
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After finished the exam, I my answers for mistakes.
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5. FOOD / FOOT
There was a lot of at the party.
Are you going by bicycle or on ?
Thank you for your suggestion - it gave us a lot of for thought.
They built a house at the of a cliff.
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6. MAJOR / MAYOR
His father was a in the Scots Guard.
He became the first directly elected of London in 2001.
Citrus fruits are a source of vitamin C.
What is your , English or French?
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7. READ / RED
I in the advertisement that the shoes I wanted were on sale.
is the first colour of the rainbow.
The boy enjoyed the book he that had a cover.
She his lips across the busy conference hall - �Time to go.�
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8. THEIRS / THERE'S
I think she�s a relation of .
a time and a place for everything.
That�s not my friends� house. has got a red front door.
never been such an exciting election as this.
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9. WERE / WHERE / WE�RE
are we now? on Maple Street.
We too tired to go out yesterday. But today going to the cinema.
I�ve left my keys some and I don�t know .
We lucky. We won the first prize.
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10. WHICH / WITCH
of these painting do you like best?
Dorothy didn�t know direction to go in order to get to the good .
Trees of the leaves are bright green are often leafless in winter.
I don�t believe a doctor can cure people using magic.
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