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Quiz on Similar Sounding Words
Part 1: Many English words sound similar but have different meanings. Choose
the correct words to be used in the sentences below.
1. Very few people will (assent, accent, ascent) to having their tax returns made public.
2. Business that faces heavy regulation must (adept, adopt, adapt) to the environment.
3. High marginal income tax rates certainly (effect, affect, afflict) the scope of the
underground economy.
4. Raising tax rates can be expected to have an (adverse, averse, advert) outcome.
5. People in the MOF should be (apprised, appraised, approached) of the situation.
6. Can you (assure, insure, ensure) that all people will report their taxes correctly.
7. Underground economies are usually about 10% as a (apportion, proportion, portion)
of GDP.
8. Many people who are in the underground economy have taxes in (arrears, arraign,
arrange).
9. Some people feel (born, borne, bored) with the subject of the underground economy.
10. This is a (casual, causal, castle) connection between the underground economy and
currency usage.
11. The MOF has the power to (cease, seize, siege) your property if you have not paid
your taxes.
12. The current (cession, session, section) of the Legislative Yuan is considering a new
tax bill that will help to reduce the size of the underground economy.
13. I would like to (cite, sight, site) the appropriate provisions in the tax law while
making my presentation before the Minister of Finance.
14. Sometimes tax evaders work together in the form of a (cliché, click, clique)
15. It was a perfect (compliment, complement, complicate) an already well-designed
tax law.
16. The gullible tax collector listened to the man in a totally (credible, creditable,
credulous) manner.
17. It was a (decent, dissent, descent) thing to do.
18. He hadn’t paid his tax and his story seemed to be a big (allusion, delusion, illusion).
19. He tried to (dissemble, disassemble, disabled) his tax return so as to fool the tax
authorities.
20. He was unable to explain how he will (disperse, disburse, disparate) the funds.
21. The term (effective, efficient, efferent) means no waste.
22. He filed his return, but his writing was (eligible, illegible, ineligible).
23. He is one of the most (emanate, imminent, eminent) authorities on tax law in the
world.
24. I suggest you take a different (root, route, rout) in seeking the answer to your
question.
25. I don’t want to (expand, expend, expense) much time on this question.
26. I cannot (accede, exceed, succeed) to your demands.
27. His tax records are still (extant, extent, extend)
28. He gave a (faint, feint, fade) to the left to throw us off.
29. It is standard (fair, fare, fear) for him to complain about our work.
30. Try not to (medal, meddle, metal) in things you don’t understand.
Part 2: Write two sentences -- one sentence for each word given.
1. similar, similarity
2. create, creation
3. mighty, mightily
4. capsule, encapsulate
5. love, lovely
6. led, leader
7. arranging, arrangement
8. engender, gender
9. a priori, a posteriori
10. fortunate, fortuitous
Part 3: Identify the errors in the following sentences and correct them.
1. The underground economy is not
using
fair
because some people
public services
A
B
who
pay
do not
for them.
D
C
2. The size of the underground
3. We must
economic
estimate
have
do
is hard to
since we
not
data.
C
D
A
B
undergroun d
estimating
size
use
an indirect method to
the
of the
economy.
A
B
D
C
4. If money and income have a
underground
can estimate
stability
of
relation, then we
the size
the
A
B
C
economy
.
D
the use
surge
for
in
of currency
the economy, then the underground
C
A
B
may be
economy
expanding.
D
5. If there is a
6. A
rise
will generally reduction
in the use of credit cards
the public’s demand
A
C
B
for
currency.
D
7. An
available
increase
will
in the
of ATM machines
decrease the public’s demand
A
B
C
for
currency.
D
signaling
increase in
large denominated currency possibly
an
B
A
B
in
increase
the underground economy.
D
8. A sudden
to
in
increases
is
in the currency ratio due
increases
the underground
C
D
A
B
economy.
9. Not all
10.
Other
in
keeping
has
than
taxes low, the MOF
very little power
reduce the size of
A
D
C
B
the underground economy.