- Mai Duc Nguyen
Grammar Builder Exercise – Words Which Cause Confusion Among English Learners
Exercise: Choose a correct word to complete each of the following sentences.
1. By ………. Biology at school, I learn more about plants and animals.
a. studying
b. learning
2. I have to go home now but do not worry, Mary will ………. here soon and join our party.
a. come
b. go
3. When I was ………. to my teacher yesterday morning, I ………. a big explosion.
a. hearing/ listened
b. listening/ heard
4. When I was watching TV yesterday evening, I ………. my mother and ………. at her with fear.
a. looked/ saw
b. saw/ looked
5. After doing many practice ………., I am now confident to sit my final ………. .
a. tests/ exams
b. exams/ tests
6. I strongly ………. my opinion that businesses must play a role in ………. the natural environment of India.
a. protecting/ defend
b. defend/ protecting
7. The number of people in Vietnam who ………. dogs in 2015 ………. significantly.
a. rose/ raised
b. raised/ rose
8. My brother ………. yesterday that after having a ………. with Lisa who ………. me that she was born in the US, he was impressed by the fact that she could ………. 4 different languages.
a. said/ talk/ told/ speak
b. said/ speak/ talked/ tell
9. The ………. that I took yesterday at the top of Bitexco represents a ………. of rapid economic growth of Vietnam over the past few years which improves its ………. worldwide.
a. photo/ picture/ image
b. picture/ image/ photo
10. After ………. you at the aiport yesterday, I ………. that you had changed so much over the past few years.
a. realizing/ recognized
b. recognizing/ realized
Please find the answers here.
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