Grisly / gristly / grizzly

1. A __________ bear is a very large, greyish-brown bear from North America.

2. The gang committed a series of __________ crimes.

3. At the years went on he became __________ in appearance.

4. The beef was extremely __________.

5. The 55-year-old Canadian had suffered a __________ death.

HOARD / HORDE

1. Archaeologists found a __________ of treasures in an Egyptian tomb.

2. The store was filled with __________ of people pushing and shoving to get at the sales items.

3. Fearing a natural disaster, he __________ enough canned goods and bottled water to fill a large shed. (s.p.)

4. When they heard the concert was free, they came in their __________.

HOLLY / HOLY / WHOLLY

1. She believes that the union of man and woman in _________ matrimony is for ever.

2. Nothing and no one is ever _________ good nor _________ bad, whatever we may think.

3. Every garden should have _________ with berries for Christmas.

4. King Arthur searched for the _________ Grail.

5. If you simply must have an evergreen, then what about a variegated _________?

6. The plan to build the road through the forest is _________ misconceived.

LIVE / STAY

1. When I was younger I _________ in Scotland, but now I am living in Germany.

2. Where did you _________ while you were at the conference?

3. When I first moved to Scotland I _________ with friends until I found a place to live.

4. She has been _________ in Britain for nine years and is studying at Portsmouth University.

LOATH / LOATHE

1. She is _________ to give up her hard-earned liberty.

2. “Do you like fish?” “No, I _________ it.”

3. They were _________ to admit their mistake.

4. The two men _________ each other.

LOOK AFTER / LOOK BACK / LOOK FORWARD

1. If you look ___________ your clothes they last a lot longer.

2. I’m looking ___________ to seeing you all next month.

3. When you look ___________ on this in a year or two, it won’t seem so bad.

4. In the circumstances, I look ___________ to receiving your cheque within the next seven days.

5. He looked ___________ on his time as president with pride.

6. I think looking ___________ her elderly mother is quite a drain on her energy.

METER / METRE

1. You have to sit two _________ away from the TV screen.

2. You’ll need some change for the parking _________.

3. The women’s 200 _________ event will be followed by the men’s 100 _________.

4. Britain’s water companies are planning to _________ water consumption.

PALATE / PALLET / PALETTE

1. The __________ is defined anatomically as the roof of the mouth.

2. The portrait is dominated by her own image, holding a __________ and a paintbrush in her hands.

3. The warehouse will hold more than 90,000 __________ storing 30 million Easter eggs.

4. Matisse’s __________ typically consists of bright blues, greens and oranges.

5. Exhausted, Jean slumped into the straw __________ and closed her eyes.

6. Jackson had developed quite a discerning __________ over the years.

PEDAL / PEDDLE

1. The products are generally ____________ door to door.

2. We were ____________ like mad against the wind, but didn’t seem to be getting anywhere.

3. Further tests are planned on gas, brake and clutch ____________.

4. The organization has ____________ the myth that they are supporting the local population.

SHORTAGE / SHORTNESS

1. The disease may cause sweating, nausea, vomiting, and ____________ of breath.

2. There’s a ____________ of food and shelter in the refugee camps.

3. The long hot summer has led to serious water ____________.

4. Because of the ____________ of time, question 4 remained unanswered.

TORTUOUS / TORTUROUS

1. They had a ____________ five days of fitness training.

2. The travellers took a ____________ route.

3. On the other hand, however, he wouldn’t have to continue with that ____________ pain anymore.

4. Varicose veins are ____________, twisted, or lengthened veins.

 

 

Key

	along	a long	along	A long
	ascent	accent	assented	ascent	accents	assent
	ventures	adventures	adventure	venturing
	affront	effrontery	affront	effrontery
	isle	aisle	Isle	aisles
	all together	altogether	all together	altogether
	elusive	allusive	allusive	elusive
	alternate	alternative	alternative	alternate
	amoral	immoral	amoral	immoral
	Amid	among	among	amid
	anecdote	antidotes	anecdotes	antidote
	apprised	appraise	appraised	apprised
	artistes	artist	artistes	artists
	assumed	presumed	assumed	presume
	oral	aural	aural	oral
	avocation	vocation	avocation	vocation
	breech	breach	breached	breech
	Certain	certain	curtain	certain	curtain
	course	coarse	coarse	course	course	course, coarse
	cue	queue	cue	queue
	diffusing	defused	defused	diffused
	draught	draft	draughts	draft	draught
	duel	dual	dual	duel
	elicit	illicit	elicit	illicit
	errands	errant	errand	errant	errands
	finally	at last	lastly	in the end	lastly	in the end	at last	finally
	flout	flaunt	flout	flaunting
	floundered	foundered	founder	floundered	floundered
	freeze	freeze	frieze	freeze	frieze
	grizzly	grisly	grizzly	gristly	grisly
	hoard	hordes	hoarded	hordes
	holy	wholly, wholly	holly	Holy	holly	wholly
	lived	stay	stayed	living
	loath	loathe	loath	loathe
	after	forward	back	forward	back	after
	metres	meter	metres, metres	meter
	palate	palette	pallet	palette	pallet	palate
	peddled	pedalling	pedals	peddled
	shortness	shortage	shortages	shortness
	torturous	tortuous	torturous	tortuous