BAIT & BATE
BAIT
Meaning: Food placed on a hook or in a net, trap, or fishing area to entice fish or other animals as prey.Example: This fish is commonly used for bait in the fishing industry.
BATE
Meaning: An angry mood.Example: His dog gets into abate if left indoors for too long.
BAND & BANNED
BAND
Meaning: A flat, thin strip or loop of material, used as a fastener, or as decoration.Example: Victoria settled the velvet band on her hair.
BANNED
Meaning: Officially or legally prohibit (not allowed).Example: Smoking should be banned.
COUNCIL & COUNSEL
COUNCIL
Meaning: An advisory or administrative body of people meeting regularly.Example: There is a meeting of an official human rights council.
COUNSEL
Meaning: Advice, especially that given formally.Example: He is seeking expert counsel for the further study of his son.
COURSE & COARSE
COURSE
Meaning: A series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject, leading to an examination or qualification.Example: He is interested in a business studies course.
COARSE
Meaning: Rough or harsh in texture.Example: He wears a coarse woollen jacket.
HEEL & HEAL
HEEL
Meaning: The back part of the human foot below the ankle.Example: There is swelling on his heels.
HEAL
Meaning: Become sound or healthy again.Example: His wounds have healed.
KNIGHT & NIGHT
KNIGHT
Meaning: (in the Middle Ages) a man who served as a soldier.Example: In past, teenagers at the age of 13 were made knights.
NIGHT
Meaning: The period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours.Example: The door is always locked at night.
KNEAD & NEED
KNEAD
Meaning: Make (bread or pottery) by shaping flour or clay.Example: Mother continued to knead the bread.
NEED
Meaning: Require (something)Example: This shirt needs washing.
LOAN & LONE
LOAN
Meaning: A thing that is borrowed.Example: Borrowers can take out a loan for £84,000.
LONE
Meaning: Having no company or single.Example: We sheltered under a lone tree.
LEASED & LEAST
LEASED
Meaning: A contract by which one party gives the property to another for some time in return for a payment. (Past participle of lease)Example: My aunt leased the store.
LEAST
Meaning: Smallest in amount or significance.Example: Who has the least money?
HEARD & HERD
HEARD
Meaning: Perceive with the ear the sound made.(Past participle of hearing)Example: He did not hear very well
HERD
Meaning: A large group of animals that live togetherExample: A herd of elephants.
Test Your Memory
1. He went back to the truck to grab his fishing rod and some ……. (Bait/bate)2. On hearing about the agreement, she flies into a ……and objects in writing. (Bait/bate)
3. He was looking for a ……of thin electrical wire. (banned/band)
4. Parking is ……in front of the mall. (banned/band)
5. A ban on school buses using the road was imposed by the county……. (Counsel/council)
6. You should seek expert ……before investing in the plan. (Counsel/council)
7. This information is useful in upgrading the college ……. (Coarse/course)
8. She was covered in ……black fur. (Coarse/course)
9. There are some sensations in my…….(Heal/heel)
10. His concern is to ……sick people. (Heal/heel)
11. The primary service was military duty as a mounted…….(knight/night)
12. She loved starry……, sunrises and sunsets. (knight/night)
13. She needs to ……the dough for about 10 minutes. (Knead/need)
14. I don't ……your advice. (Knead/need)
15. I approached a ……person across the road. (loan/lone)
16. I have taken 100 dollars from him on ……. (loan/lone)
17. A six-month ……on a shop. (least/leased)
18. I need at …… five dollars. (least/leased)
19. They …….the case attentively. (heard/herd)
20. He owns a farm with big dairy……. (heard/herd)
Answers
1. Bait2. Bate
3. Band
4. Banned
5. Council
6. Counsel
7. Courses
8. Coarse
9. Heels
10. Heal
11. Knight
12. Nights
13. Knead
14. Need
15. Lone
16. Loan
17. Lease
18. Least
19. Heard
20. Herds
