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Misused and Confusing Words

Industrial: Related to industry

Industrious: Hard - Working

Gate: An entrance

Gait: A particular way of walking

Graceful: Handsome or attractive

Gracious: Merciful

Childish: Foolish

Childlike: Innocent

Apposite: Proper

Opposite: Contrary

Adept: Proficient

Adapt: To change accordingly

Apprise: Inform

Appraise: Assess of quality

Compose: Made up the whole

Comprise: Consist of

Continuous: Without break

Continual: Happening repeatedly

  Affect: To influence

  Effect:  Result

 Your:   

 You're:

   

            

  Hear: To receive sound

  Listen: To hear carefully

  

  Accept: To receive 

  Except: Leaving apart 

  Their:  

  There:

  They're:

  

             

Loose: Not tight

Loss: Having less of something

Lose: Be defeated

Famous: Well - known

Eminent: Well-known and respected 

Site:

Sight:

Cite:

Shear: To cut off - hair, wool etc.

Sheer: Utter, Complete

Practice: Regular activity

Practise: To do something regularly 

Let's know how to ace commonly 

confused and misused words in 

English in the following picture:

English Practice Paper for Competitive Exam

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Mastering the Homophones | Confusing Pair of Words in English | Favorite Topic for Competitive Exams

Critical Words for Competitive Exams

These critical words are commonly asked in competitive exams and get confuse 

participants. Aspirants should practice them to clear their doubts. Keeping this in

 mind, here is a practice paper with answers. Homophones are generally asked in

 vocabulary words and error detection questions.

Here are some important homophones for competitive exams:

Tricky 'Verb' vs 'Noun' Homophones

It is difficult to ...... her as she is not ready to listen.

• Advice
• Advise

Ans: Advise

Explanation:

Regular ...... is needed to master any sport.  

• Practice
• Practise

Ans: Practice

Explanation:

The new security .... is necessary to avoid unauthorized access.

• Device
• Devise

Ans: Device

Explanation:

The heavy rain ...... the crop last year.

• affected
• effected

Ans: affected

Explanation

When I was working there, my boss gave me ........ .........  .

• a lot of, compliments
• a lots of, compliments
• a lot of, complements 

Ans: a lot of, compliments

Explanation:

 Pro Tips for Aspirants:

Use these Quick Mental Shortcuts in any competitions.

• Compliment has an ' i ' as everyone like to receive.
• Discreet hides its ' ee ' s in the middle to be quiet.
• Try to use it because it is the easiest way to avoid a " wrong elimination".

Critical words for Competitive Exams:

• Complaisant means willing to please others satisfaction 
•  Complacent means Smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself.
• (often a negative trait)

• Aerie means lofty nest of a bird of prey like an eagle
• Airy means Delicate, light, or well-ventilated.

The difference between them is just like night and day.

Seine has two meaning:

Seine means (1)a large fishing net 

(2) It is a river in France

Sane means mentally sound

Its vs It's

Its means 'its ' is a possessive pronoun, similar to his, hers or theirs. It
indicates something belongs to an animal, an object, or a concept. 

It's means contraction form of ' it is ' or ' it has '.