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1. 1.

   Make sentences to show the difference between the following pairs of words:

   1. Adapt, adopt
   2. Team, teem
   3. Waist,waste
   4. Bear, bare
   5. Coarse, course
   6. Decent, descent
   7. Loose, lose
   8. Principal, principle
   9. Sole, soul
   10. Farther, further
2. 2.

   Choose the correct word from the brackets:

   1. The train is ________________ (stationery, stationary)
   2. growing children must wear ________________ (loose, lose) clothes.
   3. The chief guest gave us his valuable ________________(advise, advice).
   4. The defect in the match had an adverse ________________ (affect, effect) on him.
   5. We should not ________________ (accede, exceed) the speed limit.
   6. During the rainy season ________________ (lightning, lightening) struck him.
   7. Our school will be built on this ________________ (sight, site).
   8. He gave his ________________ (ascent, assent) to our proposal.
   9. India is a member of the Security ________________ (Council, Counsel).
   10. I received a ________________ (check, cheque) for Rs. 5,000.
   11. Our ________________ (principal, principle) is known for his knowledge and wisdom.
   12. The clerk has an easy ________________ (access, excess) to the general manager of the firm.