CE English-A Summary

Part 4-Exercises

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Practice for Common Confusing Words (I)

Choose the right word in each of the following sentences:

1. Can you lend / borrow me some money. I want to buy an ice-cream.

2. If anyone / any one of the students asks for me, please tell him I'll be back very soon.

3. Martha is going to enrol at Hong Kong University next year to study economic / economics / economical.

4. How many people are going swimming this afternoon beside / besides you?

5. There were a lot of policemen moving among / between the thousands of protesters at yesterday's demonstration.

6. Every / all students involved are expected to train hard for the swimming contest next month.

7. All together / altogether about 200 people came to listen to Miss Lee playing piano last night.

8. Without a lot of practice, it is very hard / hardly to write a letter in a foreign language.

9. I want to lend / borrow some money from you to pay for my bus fare home.

10. You look very female / feminine / feminist tonight, Jane, in that beautiful dress and with flowers in your hair.

Answers

Practice  for Common Confusing Words (II)

Look at the examples above and choose the word you think best fits the blank space:

1. What a ___ sight it was looking at the old man as his house was destroyed by fire.

2. The thieves came in the ___ of night and took away all my neighbour's belongings.

3. Most people find it most ___ to lie in a sauna for a few hours.

4. The football players could not believe their ___; the rain stayed away for the entire duration of the match.

5. The failure of the business venture was definitely because the company ___ sufficient experience.

6. We will have to be more ___ of everything before we try it; we have to examine everything more carefully.

7. I must emphasise the ___ of what we are about to do; we must think carefully before we act.

8. Our country can only become strong and ___ if we all work together towards our common goals.

9. Many people say that a person's ___ in life is in many ways due to luck as well as hard work.

10. Could you repair this broken light switch and make it ___ once more?

Answers

1. pitiful/ sorrowful

2. dead

3. relaxing

4. luck

5. lacked

6. analytical

7. importance

8. prosperous/ stable

9. success

10. serviceable

Further Practices Please go to  http://www.super-english.com.hk/html/index1.htm