Read / reed
She had just attached the _______ to the mouth piece when she realized, ‘Oh my gosh!’
Can you _______ music?
You can’t rely on Jim’s support. He’s a broken _______.
‘Do you _______ me?’ ‘I _______ you loud and clear’.
Room / space
The man sat down between two people, so she didn’t have ________ to move to see his face.
So he was driving around looking for a free car parking ________.
James took the books off the little table to make ________ for the television.
Is there any ________ for my clothes in that cupboard?
SEA / SEE
The teacher looked down and saw a ______ of smiling faces.
The children couldn’t wait to ______ the ______.
I’m all at ______ with the new computer system.
Some people like to spend their whole holiday on a beach, but I don’t ______ the fun in that.
SOLE / SOUL
My _______ objective is to make the information more widely available.
I have a sense that we all do have a _______.
They were fishing for _______.
By the time I arrived there wasn’t a _______ there.
I have _______ charge of both children all day.
TAUT / TAUGHT
He kept his eyes on the road ahead, his face _________ with concentration.
We moved to a small town where my father _________ school.
Having my car stolen really _________ me a lesson - I‘ll never leave it unlocked again.
His latest film was described as a _________ thriller
WARN / WORN
The period of bad health had left her looking tied and _______.
I _______ you, this particular curry is extremely hot.
I wish I’d _______ something cooler - I’m boiling.
The mechanic had to _______ the car’s owner that the brake pads were really _______ down.
WOOD / WOULD
He decided that this weekend he ________ chop up some ________ for their log fire.
We sanded and polished the ________ floor in the living room.
My dad said he ________ help with the costs of buying ________ for the roof of our house.
If the temperature were higher, the water ________ evaporate.
Key
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
1 |
add |
ad |
add |
add, ad |
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2 |
already |
yet |
already |
all ready |
yet |
all ready |
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3 |
numbers |
amounts |
number |
amount, number |
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4 |
Apart from |
Except for |
but |
except for |
but |
apart from |
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5 |
arouse |
arise |
arises |
aroused |
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6 |
beech |
beach |
beaches |
beech |
beached |
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7 |
berry, berry |
bury |
berry |
bury |
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8 |
by, buy |
buy |
buy, by |
by, buy |
buy, by |
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9 |
cash |
cache |
cache |
cash |
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10 |
childish |
childlike |
childish |
childlike |
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11 |
cloths |
clothes |
clothes, cloths |
cloths |
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12 |
comprehensive |
comprehensible |
comprehensive |
comprehensible |
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13 |
council |
counsel, council |
counsel |
council |
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14 |
died |
dead |
dead |
died |
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15 |
denied |
refused |
denied |
refused |
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16 |
docile |
tame |
docile |
domestic |
tame |
domestic |
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17 |
illegible |
eligible |
eligible |
illegible |
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18 |
exhausting |
exhaustive |
exhausting |
exhaustive |
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19 |
fees |
fine |
fare |
fee |
fine |
fares |
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20 |
flavour |
Taste |
flavour |
taste |
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21 |
got up |
wake up |
woke … up |
wake up, get up |
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22 |
rent |
let |
hired |
let |
rent |
hired |
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23 |
sick |
sick |
ill |
ill |
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24 |
wounded |
injuring |
wounded |
injured |
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25 |
journey |
voyage |
travels |
trip |
trip |
travel |
journey |
voyages |
26 |
likely |
liable |
likely |
liable |
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27 |
merry |
marry |
merry, marry |
merry |
marry |
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28 |
unfit |
misfit |
unfit |
misfit |
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29 |
notice |
note |
notes |
notice |
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30 |
only |
unique |
unique |
only |
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31 |
Pare |
pear |
pare |
pear, pair |
pair |
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32 |
postage |
postal |
postage |
postal |
postal |
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33 |
priceless |
worthless |
valueless |
invaluable |
worthless |
priceless |
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34 |
reed |
read |
reed |
read, read |
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35 |
room |
space |
room |
space |
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36 |
sea |
see, sea |
sea |
see |
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37 |
sole |
soul |
sole |
soul |
sole |
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38 |
taut |
taught |
taught |
taut |
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39 |
worn |
warn |
worn |
warn, worn |
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40 |
would, wood |
wood |
would, wood |
would |
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