Part I: Choose the correct word.
- The online session was for one hour/our.
- John returned/written the final document as soon as he finished copying it.
- My team is quite confident/confidant of winning the next project.
- One of the cartoon characters jumped threw/through the window.
- The boys were standing in a bunch of five rose/rows.
- We could feel their/there cold stares/stairs on me.
- It was hilarious to see Mr Ritter who immediately hid the peal/peel of the banana in his pocket on seeing us.
- Maria will meat/meet her distant relative by the end of this week/weak.
- Stop staring at me! You will burn a hole/whole in my face.
- The teacher will give lesson/lessen on new vocabulary words.
- Mrs Smith attended the mourning/morning session of her late neighbor.
Part II: Write two sentences for each of the word pairs.
their / there than / then which / witch
Part III: Words can be deceiving. Pick the correct choice.
- The zonal manager called a meeting/reunion to discuss the new marketing campaign.
- Ms Smith, a retired high school professor/teacher, is helping the beginners in learning English in USA.
- The team achieved/finished the task well in time.
- Elen drinks raisin/grape juice because it has the same heart benefits as wine.
- Aliya accepted her apology/sorry for being tardy to the class.
- Accept/Except Maria, all accepted/expected the invitation.
- Serena finished/achieved the race with 1st
- The basketball teams played the practice/practise match in the morning.
- The feeble woman was too weak/week to climb the stares/stairs.
- The advice/advise the students received from the headmaster was praiseworthy.
EDUFOLKS TIPS
False friends
- False friends are confusing words.
- They are similar sounding words hence you must know them before using them in your sentences.
- Understand common words like than/then, to/too, there/their, week/weak, etc.
Answers:
Part I: Choose the correct word.
- The online session was for one hour.
- John returned the final document as soon as he finished copying it.
- My team is quite confident of winning the next project.
- One of the cartoon characters jumped through the window.
- The boys were standing in a bunch of five rows.
- We could feel their cold stares on me.
- It was hilarious to see Mr Ritter who immediately hid the peel of the banana in his pocket on seeing us.
- Maria will meet her distant relative by the end of this week.
- Stop staring at me! You will burn a hole in my face.
- The teacher will give lesson on new vocabulary words.
- Ms Smith attended the mourning session of her late neighbour.
Part III: Words can be deceiving. Pick the correct choice.
- The zonal manager called a meeting to discuss the new marketing campaign.
- Ms Smith, a retired high school teacher, is helping the beginners in learning English in USA.
- The team finished the task well in time.
- Elen drinks grape juice because it has the same heart benefits as wine.
- Aliya accepted her apology for being tardy to the class.
- Except Maria, all accepted the invitation.
- Serena finished the race with 1st
- The basketball teams played the practice match in the morning.
- The feeble woman was too weak to climb the stairs.
- The advice the students received from the headmaster was praiseworthy.
