PAROLE CONFUSE, scegli la parola giusta fra le due molto molto simili per completare le seguenti frasi(12):
11. He ran so fast that he ___ all of the other runners. a. beat b. beet / 12. He showed his ___ by continuing despite an injury. a. medal b. meddle c. mettle / 13. He squeezed out a ___ of power at the end of the race. a. serge b. surge / 14. He stood for a long time on the ___ watching the ships pass by. a. peer b. pier c. pear / 15. He stubbed out his cigarette ___ in the ashtray. a. but b. butt / 16. He threw the __ to the second base man. a. ball b. bawl / 17. He took the ___ of a policeman in the school play. a. role b. roll / 18. He walked for days in the ___ without seeing another living thing, only sand. a. desert b. dessert / 19. He was ___ himself with worry. a. beside b. besides / 20. He was ___ to help the children read. a. scent b. sent c. cent
