Question
Make sentences with the following pairs of words to show the difference in their meanings:
a) meet :
meat :
b) wandered :
wondered :
c) whole :
hole :
d) leap :
lip :
e) cease:
seize:
f) throne:
thrown:
g) prey:
pray:
h) tested:
tasted:
Answer
| Pair | Sentence |
|---|---|
| a) meet | Let’s meet at the coffee shop for a chat. |
| a) meat | I bought some fresh meat from the grocery store. |
| b) wandered | The traveler wandered through the streets of the unfamiliar city. |
| b) wondered | I wondered what the answer to the riddle could be. |
| c) whole | She ate the whole pizza by herself. |
| c) hole | There was a hole in the wall that needed to be repaired. |
| d) leap | The athlete made a powerful leap and cleared the hurdle. |
| d) lip | She accidentally cut her lip while biting into an apple. |
| e) cease | The rain finally ceased after hours of heavy downpours. |
| e) seize | The police officer managed to seize the stolen goods from the suspect. |
| f) throne | The king sat on his majestic throne, ruling over the kingdom. |
| f) thrown | He angrily thrown the ball across the room. |
| g) prey | The lion stalked its prey in the tall grass. |
| g) pray | She knelt down to pray at the church. |
| h) tested | The students were tested on their knowledge of mathematics. |
| h) tasted | He tasted the soup to see if it needed any more seasoning. |
