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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Do you ......................... payment by credit card? (accept / except)
accept
except
Everybody turned up at Fiona's party ......................... her exboyfriend. (accept / except)
accept
except
What ......................... did the high altitude have on you? (affect / effect)
affect
effect
Did the high altitude ......................... you when you were in Quito? (affect / effect)
affect
effect
She gave me some excellent ......................... about my girlfriend. (advice / advise)
advice
advise
I ......................... you not to get involved in Sandra and Mike's problems. (advice / advise)
advice
advise
We need to find something to ......................... the curtains. (complement / compliment)
complement
compliment
She got annoyed with me because I didn't ......................... her on her new hair style. (complement / compliment)
complement
compliment
Don't tell anyone about my promotion. I want to be as ......................... about it as possible. (discreet / discrete)
discreet
discrete
Catalan and Valencian are not ......................... languages. (discreet / discrete)
discreet
discrete
The weather forecast says that rain is ......................... . (eminent / imminent)
eminent
imminent
Professor Pachorro is very ......................... among brain surgeons. (eminent / imminent)
eminent
imminent
I wanted to see the ......................... about Manet in the Prado gallery in Madrid. (exhibition / expedition)
exhibition
expedition
A recent Spanish ......................... to the Antarctic has been collecting data about global warming. (exhibition / expedition)
exhibition
expedition
The South Downs, a range of hills running across Sussex, are not very ......................... . (high / tall)
high
tall
Tom Cruise is not ......................... . He's short. (high / tall)
high
tall
This is an ......................... device for opening bottles. (ingenious / ingenuous)
ingenious
ingenuous
Your argument is ......................... . Just tell me why you are in favour of a military solution. (irrelevant / irreverent)
irrelevant
irreverent
If you want to be a champion, you have to ......................... everyday. (practice / practise)
practice
practise
Learning to dance the salsa is a question of going to classes and lots of ......................... . (practice / practise)
practice
practise
