Exercises O and P
Exercises O
1. The parents expected complete ____________ from their child
A. obedience
B. obidience
2. She tried hard, but had to overcome many ____________ .
A. obstacles
B. obsticles
3. I’m sorry, you weren’t successful on this ____________ .
A. occassion
B. occasion
4. I like to go swimming ____________ .
A. occasionally
B. occasionly
5. I just don’t understand how something like this could have ____________ .
A. occurred
B. occured
6. Having a thunderstorm in December is a strange ____________ .
A. occurance
B. occurrence
7. I like to visit the ____________ web site for stamp collecting.
A. offical
B. official
8. The failure to add the last two zeros to that amount was a serious ____________ .
A. omission
B. ommission
9. Be careful not to ____________ any pertinent information.
A. ommit
B. omit
10. I can’t believe you ____________ that detail from your story.
A. omited
B. omitted
Exercises P
1. He was anxious about the examination and became ____________ .
A. panicy
B. panicky
2. The parking spaces are ____________ to one another.
A. paralell
B. parallel
3. The British ____________ consist of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
A. Parlament
B. Parliament
4. Nuclear physics a ____________ difficult academic subject.
A. particlary
B. particularly
5. The horses ran around in the open ____________ .
A. pavillon
B. pavillion
6. The police attempted to seek a ____________ resolution to the rioting.
A. peacable
B. peaceable
7. She is a ____________ woman who has few friends.
A. pecular
B. peculiar
8. The fireman ____________ the rubble to rescue the little boy after the accident.
A. penatrated
B. penetrated
9. I ____________ that he was lying because of the look in his eyes.
A. percieved
B. perceived
10. The orchestral ____________ will take place in the local concert hall.
A. performence
B. performance
Answers – 0
1. A
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. B
10. B
Answers – P
1. B
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. B
10. B