Choose the correct word from the following pairs:

1. ACCESS / EXCESS
1. Senior students have _________ to the library at weekends.
2. An _________ of enthusiasm is not always a good thing.
3. Hackers had complete _________ to the company files.
4. They both eat to _________.

2. AMONG / BETWEEN
1. I saw something lying __________ the wheels of the bus.
2. We found a little house hidden __________ the trees.
3. He shared his property __________ his wife, his daughter, and his sister.
4. How can you find anything __________ all these papers!.

3. AS / LIKE
1. Her hair was so soft it was just ______ silk.
2. Strong leaders, ______ Winston Churchill, are few and far between.
3. He worked for a long time ______ a teacher in Africa.
4. It could be used ______ evidence against him.

4. BASE / BASS
1. One of the lieutenants of the army ________ liked to play ________ guitar.
2. At the ________ of the cliff was a rocky beach.
3. The fisherman hauled an enormous ________ out of the river with his bare
hands.
4. I accused him of having ________ motives.

5. BEAR / BEER
1. Last night, I dreamt of a huge brown ________ drinking ________.
2. Don’t give up ! If you ________ down with all your strength, you’ll win.
3. After a hard day’s work I enjoy a ________ or two.
4. The chair, too fragile to ________ her weight, collapsed.

6. BEGIN / START
1. The book was very technical and I couldn't __________ to understand what
it was about.
2. It __________ off well, but I soon got bored.
3. Losing the contract was the ___________ of the end of his career.
4. My car wouldn't __________ this morning, so I had to come by bus.

7. BOARD / BORED
1. He was really _________ with playing the same _________ games all the
time.
2. When you went to school were you a day student or did you _________?
3. He _________ the dog out when he goes on business trips.
4. I pretended to listen, but I was _________ to death.

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5. As soon as I was on _________, I began to have second thoughts about
leaving.
8. BRAKE / BREAK
1. You’re supposed to put the hand_________ on whenever you stop on a hill.
2. You’d better stop driving and take a _________. You look tired and
_________ nonstop.
3. I need to _________ these shoes in before we run next week.
4. The cyclist didn’t use his _________ in time, causing his bicycle to
_________ when it hit the wall.
9. CARE / MIND / MATTER
1. It doesn't _________ if you can’t be here by 8 o’clock. We can start without
you and you can join us later.
2. I really don't _________ what happens- I'm sick to death of it all.
3. Would you _________ if I opened the window?
4. Do you _________ to join us for dinner?
5. What really _________ is how hard you try.
6. I don't _________ having a dog in the house so long as it's clean.

10. CHECK / CHEQUE

1. Is Mr. Smith still at the hotel? No, he __________ out this morning.
2. I don’t have any cash on me, so could I pay by __________?
3. Please make your __________ payable to The Brighter Toyshop Ltd.
4. After finished the exam, I __________ my answers for mistakes.

11. DEAR / DEER

1. This car is very ________. I can’t afford to buy it.
2. A ________ have been seen in the area. But I haven’t seen it yet.
3. Oh ________ ! Here we go again !
4. Her most ________ memory of their vacation was getting to see some
________ in the forest.
12. DIE / DYE
1. She thought her dog would ______ after it had drunk that bowl of blue
______.
2. I get grey! I think I’ll ______ my hair from now on.
3. After harvest, the hop plants ______ back.
4. I used to wrong ______ form my painting. It’s to ______ for!

13. DROP / FALL / SPILL

1. You have _________ some wine on the tablecloth. I hope I’ll get the stain
out!
2. Susie _________ her sunglasses into the fountain.
3. I was in such a hurry that I _________ down the stairs and broke my leg.
4. It’s no use crying over _________ milk.
5. John, could you give me a lift and _________ me at the bus station, please?
6. Poor Kathe _________ flat on her face in the mud.
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14. EXPECT / HOPE
1. I __________ it won’t rain this evening. We’re going out for a late walk.
2. We __________ that the guest house would have much better rooms.
3. He hasn’t received his test mark yet, but he __________ he will do well.
4. He is a wise young man. Do you __________ him to change his mind?

15. FOOD / FOOT

1. There was a lot of ________ at the party.
2. Are you going by bicycle or on ________?
3. Thank you for your suggestion - it gave us a lot of ________ for thought.
4. They built a house at the ________ of a cliff.

16. HEAR / LISTEN

1. Be careful- I've ________ a number of strange things about them.
2. I told him about it, but he never ________ to me.
3. OK, this is important, so please ________ carefully.
4. She was talking very quietly; did you _________ what she just said?

17. HE’S / HIS

1. _______ got some money but not much.
2. The thief lift _______ fingerprints on the glass.
3. _______ fellow colleagues could no longer put up with these lies of
_______.
4. _______ a dentist. And _______ wife is a doctor.

18. HEAL / HEEL / HE’LL

1. If he goes to the doctor, _______ quickly _______.
2. A broken heart takes a long time to _______.
3. She turned on her _______ and went back to her room.
4. _______ have to stay in the hospital for a bit longer to let his _______
_______.
19. HEAR / HERE
1. _______ me out and then tell me what you think of the plan.
2. I can’t _______ the music _______. Can you turn it up, please?
3. There were a few books _______ and there, but apart from that the room
was quite bare.
4. Come over _______ so that you can _______ what I have to say.

20. HOLE / WHOLE

1. She ate the ________ donut, ________ and all.
2. I need it like a ________ in the head.
3. There’s a ________ in my bucket. That’s why it isn’t ________.
4. I was sick yesterday. But now I feel a ________ lot better.

21. HOUR / OUR

1. My plumber charges £20 an _______.

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2. They met _______ principal. _______ principal spoke to them for an
_______.
3. We went to a picnic. We all took _______ lunch boxes with us.
4. It took us an _______ to get back to _______ home.

22. KNOW / NOW / NO

1. You should _______ by _______ how to make a cake.
2. I’ve got _______ money and _______ problems.
3. _______ you’re here I will show you.
4. The parents didn’t _______ why their toddler kept saying “_______” to
everything.
23. MAJOR / MAYOR
1. His father was a __________ in the Scots Guard.
2. He became the first directly elected __________ of London in 2001.
3. Citrus fruits are a __________ source of vitamin C.
4. What is your __________, English or French?

24. MAY BE / MAYBE

1. He ________ forty, but he is acting like a child.
2. Where is Julie? I don’t know. ________ she’s in the dining room.
3. This ________ the last match that he plays for Barcelona.
4. I think ________ I ought to go round there and apologize for what I said.

25. NECESSARY / NECESSITY

1. Just do what’s ______________ and then leave.
2. You can come early if you want, but there’s no ______________.
3. We brought only the bare ______________ with us.
4. Was it really ______________ for you to say that?

26. OTHER / OTHERS / THE OTHER / ANOTHER

1. We don’t need those books, we need _________ ones.
2. The investigation will take _________ two weeks.
3. Some children learn quickly but _________ children need more time.
4. Please give me _________ chance. I promise to try harder.
5. 80% of the students arrive on time. The _________ are always late.
6. You’ve already had an ice-cream. You can’t have _________ one.

27. PLAIN / PLANE

1. Look, the ________ is flying over the ________.
2. His work is on a complete different ________ of other writers.
3. The economic cabin of the ________ looked ________.
4. It’s quite ________ that they don’t want to speak to us.

28. READ / RED

1. I ________ in the advertisement that the ________ shoes I wanted were
on sale.
2. ________ is the first colour of the rainbow.
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3. The boy enjoyed the book he ________ that had a ________ cover.
4. She ________ his lips across the busy conference hall - “Time to go.”

29. RECEIPT / RECIPE

1. If you’ve got your _________, you can usually exchange the goods.
2. You need a can of tuna for this _________.
3. Goods will be delivered on _________ of payment.
4. For real South Asian food, just follow these _________.

30. RIGHT / WRITE

1. The journalist decided that it was the ________ thing to ________ and
publish the article.
2. The exam wasn’t difficult. I’ve got the most answers ________.
3. You’re ________. I should ________ the last chapter differently.
4. I had to ________ down the message on a slip of paper.

31. ROAD / RODE

1. The doctor says she’s on the _______ to recovery.
2. Some of the travellers walker in the _______ and some _______ by bike.
3. After two days on the _______, they reached the coast.
4. She _______ to the airport by taxi and asked the taxi driver to take the
fastest _______.
5. Last week it was the first time I _______ a horse.

32. SENSE / SENSES

1. That’s a silly comment! Have you lost your _________ ?
2. The words you’ve written don’t make _________.
3. It’s difficult to understand the _________ of that sentence.
4. It’s about time you came to your _________ and began to behave
reasonably.
5. He has a good _________ of humour.

33. SPEAK / TALK

1. She _________ several languages.
2. He has been _________ about the new film for over an hour.
3. There's a serious problem- I think we should _________.
4. He had a sore throat, so he was unable to _________.

34. SUIT / SUITE / SWEET

1. The city lifestyle seems to ________ her - she looks great.
2. We’re having a new bathroom ________ fitted at the weekend.
3. It was really ________ of the hotel to upgrade the married couple to the
honeymoon ________ for free.
4. I won’t buy this ________. I don’t like the colour. All right, ________
yourself!
5. She was enjoying the ________ smell of success.

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35. THEIRS / THERE’S
1. I think she’s a relation of __________.
2. __________ a time and a place for everything.
3. That’s not my friends’ house. __________ has got a red front door.
4. __________ never been such an exciting election as this.

36. THREW / THROUGH

1. He _________ the baseball right _________ his neighbour’s front window.
2. Peter went _________ a lot of pain after the accident.
3. I didn’t have much time, so I quickly _________ a meal together.
4. My sweater is _________ at the elbows.

37. WAIST / WASTE

1. His _________ continued to grow and grow, but no food was allowed to
_______ I his house.
2. It’s not worth while. I don’t _______ breath on that!
3. She worries too much about her _______ line.
4. Reading English is not a _______ of time.

38. WANDER / WONDER

1. I don’t __________ she burst into tears after the way you spoke to her.
2. Halfway through the meeting, my mind started to __________.
3. My aunt says that eating an apple every day can do __________ for your
health.
4. I lost my cat. I __________ where it is now. Probably __________ing the
streets.
39. WERE / WHERE / WE’RE
1. _________ are we now? _________ on Maple Street.
2. We _________ too tired to go out yesterday. But today _________ going
to the cinema.
3. I’ve left my keys some_________ and I don’t know _________.
4. We _________ lucky. We won the first prize.

40. WHICH / WITCH

1. _________ of these painting do you like best?
2. Dorothy didn’t know _________ direction to go in order to get to the good
_________.
3. Trees of _________ the leaves are bright green are often leafless in winter.
4. I don’t believe a _________ doctor can cure people using magic.

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