{"id":897,"date":"2015-11-15T09:02:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T09:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=897"},"modified":"2015-11-15T09:02:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T09:02:22","slug":"vocabulary-exercise-words-confused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/vocabulary-exercise-words-confused\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary exercise | Words confused"},"content":{"rendered":"

Complete the following sentences.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Who is that fat guy sitting \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Mira?<\/p>\n

a) beside
\nb) besides<\/p>\n

2. He earns \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 money than I do.<\/p>\n

a) less
\nb) few<\/p>\n

3. I don\u2019t like this car; \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. it is too small.<\/p>\n

a) beside
\nc) besides<\/p>\n

4. Every county has \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. culture and traditions.<\/p>\n

a) its
\nb) it\u2019s<\/p>\n

5. I think the former part is more interesting than the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. part.<\/p>\n

a) later
\nb) latter<\/p>\n

6. Manu will arrive on Monday and Rishi will come about a week \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n

a) later
\nb) latter<\/p>\n

7. She has \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. friends than I do.<\/p>\n

a) fewer
\nb) lesser
\nc) less<\/p>\n

8. I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. the papers on the table.<\/p>\n

a) lay
\nb) laid<\/p>\n

9. The translation with the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. mistakes need not necessarily be the best.<\/p>\n

a) fewest<\/p>\n

b) least
\nc) lowest<\/p>\n

10. He \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. to me when he said he loved me.<\/p>\n

a) laid
\nb) lay
\nc) lied<\/p>\n

11. Each boy was given a \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n

a) price
\nb) prize<\/p>\n

12. I am very \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. for your help.<\/p>\n

a) grateful
\nb) thankful<\/p>\n

Answers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1. Who is that fat guy sitting beside<\/strong> Mira?<\/p>\n

2. He earns less<\/strong> money than I do.<\/p>\n

3. I don\u2019t like this car; besides<\/strong> it is too small.<\/p>\n

4. Every county has its<\/strong> culture and traditions. (It\u2019s means \u2018it is\u2019 or \u2018it has\u2019.)<\/p>\n

5. I think the former part is more interesting than the latter<\/strong> part.<\/p>\n

6. Manu will arrive on Monday and Rishi will come about a week later<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

7. She has fewer<\/strong> friends than I do.<\/p>\n

8. I laid<\/strong> the papers on the table.<\/p>\n

9. The translation with the fewest<\/strong> mistakes need not necessarily be the best.<\/p>\n

10. He lied<\/strong> to me when he said he loved me.<\/p>\n

11. Each boy was given a prize<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

12. I am very grateful<\/strong> for your help. (This is the normal word to talk about our reactions to favours and kindness.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Complete the following sentences. 1. Who is that fat guy sitting \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Mira? a) beside b) besides 2. He earns \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 money than I do. a) less b) few 3. I don\u2019t like this...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocabulary-exercises","tag-vocabulary-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":898,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions\/898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}