PRICELESS / VALUELESS / INVALUABLE / WORTHLESS

1. The crown was studded with _____________ jewels

2. Unfortunately, the ring I had thought was valuable turned out to be _____________.

3. They paid a lot of money for the painting not knowing it was a _____________ fake

4. Thank you for your _____________ help in this project.

5. He was of no help to me at all. He made a few _____________ comments and left.

6. You should have seen the look on her face when I told her - it was _____________!

READ / REED

1. She had just attached the _______ to the mouth piece when she realized, ‘Oh my gosh!’

2. Can you _______ music?

3. You can’t rely on Jim’s support. He’s a broken _______.

4. ‘Do you _______ me?’ ‘I _______ you loud and clear’.

ROOM / SPACE

1. The man sat down between two people, so she didn’t have ________ to move to see his face.

2. So he was driving around looking for a free car parking ________.

3. James took the books off the little table to make ________ for the television.

4. Is there any ________ for my clothes in that cupboard?

SEA / SEE

1. The teacher looked down and saw a ______ of smiling faces.

2. The children couldn’t wait to ______ the ______.

3. I’m all at ______ with the new computer system.

4. Some people like to spend their whole holiday on a beach, but I don’t ______ the fun in that.

SOLE / SOUL

1. My _______ objective is to make the information more widely available.

2. I have a sense that we all do have a _______.

3. They were fishing for _______.

4. By the time I arrived there wasn’t a _______ there.

5. I have _______ charge of both children all day.

TAUT / TAUGHT

1. He kept his eyes on the road ahead, his face _________ with concentration.

2. We moved to a small town where my father _________ school.

3. Having my car stolen really _________ me a lesson - I‘ll never leave it unlocked again.

4. His latest film was described as a _________ thriller

WARN / WORN

1. The period of bad health had left her looking tied and _______.

2. I _______ you, this particular curry is extremely hot.

3. I wish I’d _______ something cooler - I’m boiling.

4. The mechanic had to _______ the car’s owner that the brake pads were really _______ down.

WOOD / WOULD

1. He decided that this weekend he ________ chop up some ________ for their log fire.

2. We sanded and polished the ________ floor in the living room.

3. My dad said he ________ help with the costs of buying ________ for the roof of our house.

4. If the temperature were higher, the water ________ evaporate.

 

 

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3	numbers	amounts	number	amount, number
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6	berry, berry	bury	berry	bury
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9	cash	cache	cache	cash
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11	cloths	clothes	clothes, cloths	cloths
12	comprehensive	comprehensible	comprehensive	comprehensible
13	council	counsel, council	counsel	council
14	died	dead	dead	died
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17	illegible	eligible	eligible	illegible
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19	fees	fine	fare	fee	fine	fares
20	flavour	Taste	flavour	taste
21	got up	wake up	woke … up	wake up, get up
22	rent	let	hired	let	rent	hired
23	sick	sick	ill	ill
24	wounded	injuring	wounded	injured
25	journey	voyage	travels	trip	trip	travel	journey	voyages
26	likely	liable	likely	liable
27	merry	marry	merry, marry	merry	marry
28	unfit	misfit	unfit	misfit
29	notice	note	notes	notice
30	only	unique	unique	only
31	Pare	pear	pare	pear, pair	pair
32	postage	postal	postage	postal	postal
33	priceless	worthless	valueless	invaluable	worthless	priceless
34	reed	read	reed	read, read
35	room	space	room	space
36	sea	see, sea	sea	see
37	sole	soul	sole	soul	sole
38	taut	taught	taught	taut
39	worn	warn	worn	warn, worn
40	would, wood	wood	would, wood	would

 

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