Especially / specially

1. He has his shirts made _____________ for him by a tailor in London.

2. She loves flowers, _____________ roses.

3. This kitchen was _____________ designed to make it easy for a disabled person to use.

4. I don't want to be treated _____________.

5. There is nothing _____________ radical about that idea.

6. She can't be sure she will win, _____________ at this early stage of the campaign.

FEWER / LESS

1. _________ than thirty children each year develop the disease.

2. People want to spend _________ time in traffic jams.

3. People these days are buying _________ newspapers.

4. Ironically, when I’m on tour, I listen to _________ music.

5. Heath Square is _________ than four miles away from Dublin city centre.

FINALLY / FINELY

1. I ordered shredded beef in a black bean sauce with __________ sliced leek.

2. After days of searching, the missing child was __________ found.

3. These are among the most __________ made car parts in the industry.

4. She __________ apologized, but she wasn't very graceful about it.

FLAIR / FLARE

1. There was a sudden _________ when she threw the petrol onto the fire.

2. He played with great imagination and _________.

3. She had a _________ for languages.

4. There was a slight _________ at the ends of his trouser legs.

5. Tempers _________ after a three-hour delay at the Airport yesterday.

FOREWORD / FORWARD

1. I recently received an email ____________ from a friend.

2. The ____________ was written by a famous scholar.

3. In other words, having a ____________ view changes what you do in the here and now.

4. In the ____________ to his latest book, the Brazilian author apologises to his readers.

5. But the main thrust of his speech was looking ____________ to the future of British farming.

LAID / LAIN

1. The body had _______ in the field for some time.

2. He took out his gold watch and _______ it ostentatiously on the table in front of him.

3. The dust has _______ undisturbed for years.

4. We’re having a new carpet _______ in the hall next week.

LAST / TAKE

1. How long does your English class ________?

2. How long does it ________ you to finish your homework?

3. My mobile phone battery ________ about three or four days before I have to recharge it.

4. In my car a full tank of petrol ________ me about 6 days.

LOW / SHORT

1. Joseph is quite ________, but his brothers are both really tall.

2. We have a sofa, two armchairs and a ________ table.

3. It’s not fashionable to wear ________ skirts at the moment.

4. The wall is too ________, we need to make it higher so the dog can’t get out.

MINIMAL / NOMINAL

1. There were no injuries and damage to the building was __________.

2. His role, however, was __________, and the group was actually managed by professionals.

3. The government provides electricity, gas, water, and bread at a __________ charge.

4. The kitchen was small and cramped, with __________ counter space and cabinetry.

PASS AWAY / PASS OUT

1. It was sweltering and she _____________ from the heat.

2. After a short illness, he _____________ peacefully in the night.

3. Martin successfully _____________ at the Royal Marines training centre in Devon. (s.p.)

4. He was the first member of my family to _____________ quite young.

PATIENCE / PATIENT’S / PATIENTS

1. A number of ____________ have been successfully treated with the new drug.

2. Their youngest son was beginning to try my ____________.

3. Just like any doctor, we take a ____________ medical details and allergies before a consultation.

4. He's a good teacher, but he doesn't have much ____________ with the slower pupils.

5. The hospital was extremely busy, so the ____________ had to have ____________.

6. There has been no significant change in the ____________ condition.

RING / WRING

1. Students should ___________ the correct answers in pencil.

2. Car dealers are ___________ their hands over low sales this summer.

3. She’s ___________ out the shirt and hung it out to dry.

4. There's been an accident - can you ___________ for an ambulance?

5. My ears are still ___________ from the sound of the military band.

6. I'll ___________ his neck if he does that again!

SERVE / SERVICE

1. ___________ the pie warm with ice cream or whipped cream.

2. I've worked in public health ___________ throughout my career.

3. Everyone fell silent though when the prince raised his racket and ball to ___________.

4. You should leave a generous tip to reward good ___________.

5. A sheet of red outdoor fabric ___________ as the roof.

6. He had his motorcycle ___________ by the respondent.

TURBID / TURBULENT / TURGID

1. The style was ____________, the characters were poorly outlined and too ‘original’.

2. The ____________ water should be cleared before chlorination.

3. In rougher, more ____________ water, trout are much harder to see.

4. He told me to investigate the composition of this ____________ liquid.

5. The town had remained calm since the ____________ times seven months ago.

6. Some entries are rather ____________, and others wonderfully pretentious.

VAIN / VANE / VEIN

1. He was so _______, he would change his clothes three times a day.

2. They staunched the flow of blood from his _______.

3. The _______ on one side of the feather's spine was wider than the one on the other.

4. He sighed, and traced a _______ in the table wood before answering, and it was obvious this came hard for him.

5. Any wind capable of turning the _______ which keeps the mouth of the tube facing the wind is capable of registration

6. All the police's efforts to find him were in _______.

WADE / WEIGHED

1. We had to __________ through pages of legal jargon before we could sign the contract.

2. Your luggage must be __________ before it is put on the aircraft.

3. Easy access to a skilled workforce __________ heavily with us when we chose a site for the new factory.

4. It took him three hours to __________ through waist-high water too deep to take his two children with him.

5. Only when we have __________ all the factors involved can we decide when would be the best time to start.

 

 

Key

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2	affluent	effluent	affluent	Effluents
3	aide	aid	aid	aides	aid
4	alighted	light	alight	light
5	eluded	alluding	eluded	alluding
6	but	although	although	but
7	ambivalent	ambiguous	equivocal	ambiguous	equivocal	ambivalent
8	bemused	amused	bemused	amuses
9	aunts	ants	aunt, ants	ants
10	roused	aroused	roused	aroused
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12	auger	augur	auger	augurs
13	avenge	revenge	revenge	avenge
14	bail	bale	bales	bail	baled	bailed
15	censured	sensor	censor	censure	censored	sensor
16	chilly, chilli	chilli	chilly	chilli
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19	kerb	curb	kerbs	curb
20	demurred	demure	demure	demurs	demur
21	disparate	desperate	disparate	desperate
22	doused	dowses	dowse	doused
23	drawer, draw	draw	drawer	draw
24	enveloped	envelope	envelop	envelope
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26	Fewer	less	fewer	less	less
27	finely	finally	finely	finally
28	flare	flair	flair	flare	flared
29	forwarded	foreword	forward	foreword	forward
30	lain	laid	lain	laid
31	last	take	takes	lasts
32	short	low	short	low
33	minimal	nominal	nominal	minimal
34	passed out	passed away	passed out	pass away
35	patients	patience	patient's	patience	patients, patience	patient's
36	ring	wringing	wringing	ring	ringing	wring
37	Serve	services	serve	service	serves	serviced
38	turgid	turbid	turbulent	turbid	turbulent	turgid
39	vain	vein	vane	vein	vane	vain
40	wade	weighed	weighed	wade	weighed