| - R - |
|
| There is an iron |
rail |
at the side of the steps.
|
| They are |
railing |
ofi half the field.
|
| The engine went off the |
rails (E) |
near the station.
|
| The field has a |
railing (E) |
to keep in the sheep.
|
| The umbrella will keep the |
rain |
oft your hat.
|
| It is still |
raining |
hard.
|
| Blows were |
rained |
on his head by an unseen hand
|
| The railway goes over a |
range |
of mountains.
|
| The military were |
ranged |
on all sides of the square.
|
| We have a wide |
range (E) |
of goods in our store.
|
| Their guns have a longer |
range (E) |
than ours.
|
| The dog went after the |
rat |
in the outhouse.
|
| The bank's |
rate |
of interest is 3%.
|
| D You seem to me to be |
rating |
his value to us very high.
|
| You will get an idea of the |
rate (S) |
of the airplane by looking down
|
| I saw a thin |
ray |
of light under the door.
|
| rom this point roads go |
raying |
out in all directions.
|
| The starfish had one |
ray (E) |
longer than the others.
|
| The natural |
reaction |
to a loud noise is a jump.
|
| When the liquids are mixed, a |
reaction (E) |
takes place between them.
|
| In later years she had a |
reaction (E) |
against religion.
|
| The forces of |
reaction (E) |
are keeping the Government in.
|
| I am not interested in |
reading |
fiction.
|
| There was a new news |
reader |
on the radio tonight.
|
| He said that he was |
reading |
my book.
|
| He is giving the society a |
reading (S) |
from his book.
|
| There are six different |
readings (E) |
of that line.
|
| We are getting out a new |
reader (E) |
with interesting stories.
|
| The room is |
ready |
for the meeting.
|
| These apples will not be |
ready (S) |
till October
|
| I am quite |
ready (E) |
to do any sort of work.
|
| Tin is |
readily (E) |
bent.
|
| There is a good |
reason |
for his desire to get away.
|
| Let |
reason (E), |
not impulse, be your guide.
|
| There is an error in the |
reasoning |
on which the opinion is based.
|
| The judge will give a |
reasoned |
opinion.
|
| The store gave me a |
receipt |
for the money.
|
| This rubber stamp is for |
receipting |
the accounts.
|
| We keep a |
record |
of births and deaths.
|
| This little book is for |
recording |
the events of every day.
|
| These interesting details are not |
recorded |
in the history books.
|
| They put on dance |
records (S) |
at all hours of the day.
|
| The play has been |
recorded |
to be given on the radio.
|
| The boy had a good |
record (E) |
at school.
|
| Peter has the swimming |
record (E) |
for the school.
|
| There is news of a |
record |
flight from London to Bombay
|
| The British flag is |
red, |
white, and blue.
|
| The chief roads are marked in |
red |
on the map.
|
| She was full of |
regret |
for her foolish words.
|
| His death is not |
regretted |
by any of his family.
|
| The building is |
regular |
in form.
|
| The trees were planted in |
regular |
order round the square.
|
| ln the garden were flower-beds |
regularly |
spaced.
|
| The boy had never had |
regular (E) |
meals.
|
| The family goes to London |
regularly |
for Christmas.
|
| The country's |
regular (E) |
army is very small.
|
| What is the |
relation |
between a thing and its name ?
|
| In some words the sense has a |
relation |
to the sounds.
|
| She has gone to see a |
relation (E) |
in India.
|
| Christianity is the chief |
religion |
of the West.
|
| This writer is a good |
representative |
of the new school of fiction.
|
| The company put on view a |
representative |
selection of their goods.
|
| The committee has sent a |
representative (E) |
to the meeting.
|
| His mother made a |
request |
for more money.
|
| She sent me a note |
requesting |
me to go to see her.
|
| Your company is |
requested |
at a dance at Brown's Hotel.
|
| The ruler has the |
respect |
and love of his nation.
|
| The manager is much |
respected |
in the town.
|
| My father sends his |
respects (E) |
to your father.
|
| Bad housing is |
responsible |
for much disease.
|
| The farmer made his son |
responsible (E) |
for the care of the animals.
|
| She is a very |
responsible (E) |
woman to oversee the work.
|
| Her older sister has a |
responsible (E) |
position in the hospital.
|
| My friend is taking a |
rest |
after his journey.
|
| Is your mother |
resting |
now ?
|
| The driver was |
resting |
his horse at the top of the slope.
|
| We were all feeling |
rested |
after a good sleep.
|
| John took the |
rest (E) |
of the cake.
|
| The table was simply a board |
resting (E) |
on two boxes.
|
| The man was |
resting |
his head in his hands.
|
| His present position is the |
reward |
of hard work.
|
| The sailors were at last |
rewarded |
by seeing land.
|
| My son was given a |
reward (S) |
for stopping the runaway horse.
|
| The music has the right |
rhythm |
for dancing.
|
| In the East |
rice |
is the chief food.
|
| Most persons do more with the |
right |
hand than with the left.
|
| In France they keep to the |
right |
on the roads.
|
| Their automobile went |
right |
at the fork in the road.
|
| The boy gave the |
right (E) |
answer to all my questions.
|
| You were |
right, |
the play was bad.
|
| He did the trick |
right |
at his first attempt.
|
| It is not |
right (E) |
to be unkind to animals.
|
| There is no clear line between |
right |
and wrong.
|
| The man was |
rightly |
sent to prison for his crime.
|
| Every square has four |
right (E) |
angles.
|
| In Britain there is a good |
relation |
between the police and the
|
| The son of the dead man has a |
right (E) |
to a part of his money.
|
| A government of the |
Right (E) |
is in power.
|
| There is a |
ring |
round the moon tonight.
|
| The town is |
ringed |
round by armies.
|
| He put the |
ring (S) |
on her finger.
|
| Companies outside the |
ring (E) |
are unable to get materials.
|
| He took a boat up the |
river |
for the day.
|
| They are making a |
road |
across the mountains.
|
| The curtain |
rod |
has come down.
|
| He had a |
roll |
of paper under his arm.
|
| The storekeeper was |
rolling |
up the cloth again.
|
| The boys had a |
roll (E) |
down the slope.
|
| Don’t keep |
rolling |
the pencil across the table.
|
| The ball went |
rolling |
across the road.
|
| The linen is put between heated |
rollers (S) |
when it is ahnost dry.
|
| The gardener gives the grass a |
roll (E) |
after cutting it.
|
| My father goes out |
rolling |
the grass every day.
|
| I generally have a |
roll (E) |
and coffee before I get up.
|
| The horse is having a |
roll (E) |
on the grass.
|
| The little ship was |
rolling |
violently.
|
| The workmen are putting the |
roof |
on the house.
|
| They are still |
roofing |
the new theatre.
|
| In some places houses are |
roofed |
with dry grass.
|
| A room with a low |
roof (E) |
gets warm in summer.
|
| Put your tongue against the |
roof (E) |
of your mouth to make an ‘l’.
|
| I have a small |
room |
at the top of the house.
|
| There is not enough |
room (E) |
for my boxes.
|
| This plant has a long |
root |
which is used for food.
|
| Till the plants are well |
rooted |
give them water every day
|
| His talk never got to the |
root (E) |
of the question.
|
| His fears are |
rooted |
in his experiences as a boy.
|
| His hands are |
rough |
with hard work.
|
| He gave me a |
rough (E) |
idea of the book.
|
| This point on the map is |
roughly |
where we are now.
|
| I was surprised at his |
rough (E) |
behaviour.
|
| The girl was pushed |
roughly |
into an automobile.
|
| There was a |
round |
looking-glass on the wall.
|
| A ball is |
round |
in form.
|
| The hands of the clock go |
round (E) |
slowly.
|
| She was turning |
round |
to see who was coming in.
|
| I put a strong cord |
round |
the box.
|
| Drinks were handed |
round (E) |
by the servants.
|
| I will give your chest a |
rub |
when you are in bed.
|
| The boy got out of bed, |
rubbing |
his eyes.
|
| There is a |
rubber |
on the end of my pencil.
|
| Fishermen have boots made of |
rubber (E) |
for going in the water.
|
| The table was |
rubbed (S) |
where the books had been.
|
| My father made it a |
rule |
to get up early.
|
| Here is a |
rule (E) |
for measuring the floor.
|
| Why is that boy |
ruling |
lines on the page ?
|
| England became great under the |
rule (E) |
of Elizabeth.
|
| What King was |
ruling |
Spain in 1800 ?
|
| The first |
ruler |
of England was named William
|
| We took our dog for a |
run |
in the country.
|
| - S - |
|
| She was very | sad | when her lover went away.
|
| Your will be quit | safe | from the water up here.
|
| He got |
safely |
across the river.
|
| The old bridge is not |
safe (E) |
for automobiles.
|
| The door of the |
safe (E) |
was broken open.
|
| It is no use putting up the |
sail |
if there is no wind.
|
| We went for a |
sail (E) |
in the Mediterranean.
|
| Every week-end he goes |
sailing |
with two friends.
|
| The boys are in the park |
sailing |
their little boat.
|
| We saw the Mauretania |
sailing (E) |
past on her way to America.
|
| Her lover is a |
sailor (E) |
in a warship.
|
| The cook has not put any |
salt |
in the soup.
|
| Meat may be kept by |
salting |
it or drying it in the sun.
|
| Let us get some |
salted |
nuts to have with the drinks
|
| These fish are seen only in |
salt |
water.
|
| These are the best |
salts (S) |
for stomach trouble.
|
| How is a |
salt (E) |
formed from a metal ?
|
| He comes at the |
same |
time every day.
|
| The place will still be the |
same |
in ten years time.
|
| I would do the |
same |
again if I had the chance.
|
| There is a wide stretch of |
sand |
when the sea is out.
|
| The boys were playing on the |
sands |
in the morning.
|
| The servants |
say |
they will go.
|
| It is a common |
saying (E) |
that tomorrow never comes.
|
| In this store there is a |
scale |
of prices ranging from 6d. to £10.
|
| She kept playing the same |
scale(S) |
on the piano.
|
| Boiling-point on a Centigrade |
scale (E) |
is at 100 degrees.
|
| What is the |
scale (E) |
of your map of Germany.
|
| He put the letter on the |
scales(E ) |
to see what its weight was.
|
| The boy was sent to a good |
school |
when he was ten.
|
| I have been |
schooling |
myself to do without sleep.
|
| He was a painter of the |
school (E) |
of Raphael.
|
| The danger is that |
science |
may be put to bad uses.
|
| One of the oldest |
sciences |
is astronomy.
|
| There is need for a |
science (E) |
of language-teaching.
|
| The dressmaker has special |
scissors |
for cutting buttonholes.
|
| The joiner has put the last |
screw |
in the door.
|
| The brass plate was |
screwed |
to the door.
|
| The stopper has been |
screwed (E) |
in very tightly.
|
| The |
sea |
is very rough today.
|
| Margaret is resting on a |
seat |
in the garden.
|
| We came across him |
seated |
by the river.
|
| Cambridge is a |
seat (E) |
of learning.
|
| He made a |
second |
attempt to go.
|
| john came |
second |
in the line.
|
| You are the |
second |
to put that question.
|
| There are 60 |
seconds (E) |
in a minute.
|
| She kept the“ letter in a |
secret |
drawer.
|
| He kept the |
secret |
till his death.
|
| She has the position of |
secretary |
to the manager.
|
| I do not |
see |
your hat anywhere.
|
| You will have to |
see (S) |
a medical man about your leg.
|
| The workmen quickly |
saw (E) |
What was wrong.
|
| I am going out to |
see (E) |
if the sea is still rough.
|
| The tree came from 9. |
seed |
the size of my thumbnail.
|
| Some of the plants are |
seeding |
quite early.
|
| Competition is planting the |
seeds (E) |
of war.
|
| He did not |
seem |
to be ill.
|
| It |
seems |
to me that you are wrong.
|
| She was responsible for the |
selection |
of the committee.
|
| The library has a good |
selection (E) |
of books.
|
| The adjustment of the |
self |
to society is sometimes hard.
|
| Your are giving your- |
self |
unneessary trouble.
|
| The manager him- |
self |
said so.
|
| I will |
send |
you the parcel by post.
|
| The boys |
sent (S) |
a stone through the window.
|
| She has a very delicate |
sense |
of smell.
|
| What is the |
sense (E) |
of this French word ?
|
| The boy had enough |
sense (E) |
to send for the police.
|
| You seem to have no |
sense (E) |
of direction.
|
| Animals are quick at |
sensing |
danger.
|
| Put the different sorts into |
separate |
groups.
|
| The coal—place is |
separate |
from the house,
|
| You will see the powder |
separating |
from the liquid,
|
| The two houses are s |
separated |
by a bit of waste land.
|
| This apparatus is a |
separator |
for sorting apples.
|
| The new secretary is a |
serious |
sort of girl.
|
| Your representative made a |
serious (E) |
error in coming here.
|
| My father is not |
serious (E) |
in saying I will get no money.
|
| It is impossible for one |
servant |
to keep that house clean.
|
| He is a public |
servant (E) |
in a high position.
|
| They had no teaching about |
sex |
when they were young.
|
| E Women aren’t the feebler |
sex (E) |
in these days.
|
| The men were resting in the |
shade |
of the building.
|
| She had her hand over her eyes, |
shading |
them from the sun.
|
| I saw the man's |
shade (S) |
moving across the grass.
|
| We will put blue |
shades (E) |
on the lights in this room.
|
| The dress is a delicate |
shade (E) |
of green.
|
| Hamlet saw the |
shade (E) |
of his dead father.
|
| For |
shading (E) |
a soft pencil is best.
|
| The dog gave himself a |
shake |
when he came out of the water.
|
| Have you no feeling of |
shame |
for the crimes you have done P
|
| After my angry outburst, I was |
shamed |
by his kind words to me.
|
| What a |
shame (E) |
that you didn't see the King !
|
| I will have to have a |
sharp |
knife for the meat.
|
| Betty is quite |
sharp (E) |
enough to give the right answer.
|
| There was a very |
sharp (E) |
turn in the road.
|
| The house had a |
sharply |
sloping roof.
|
| They were angry, and |
sharp (E) |
words were exchanged.
|
| "Don't do that !" he said |
sharply |
to the little boy.
|
| After meals, I get a |
sharp (E) |
pain in my chest.
|
| The wool from a |
sheep |
makes warm clothing.
|
| There is a clock on the |
shelf |
over the fire-place.
|
| David and I were on the same |
ship |
going to India.
|
| We are now |
shipping |
automobiles to America.
|
| He puts on a clean |
shirt |
and collar every Monday.
|
| The force of the |
shock |
sent the engine off the rails.
|
| The news Was a great |
shock (E) |
to the boy's relations.
|
| What punishment is there for so |
shocking |
a crime ?
|
| I was |
shocked |
to see how poor they were.
|
| She was |
shocked (E) |
to see them laughing in church.
|
| The hole in your |
shoe |
will let in the wet.
|
| One of the horse's |
shoes (E) |
had come off
|
| The farmer’s son is |
shoeing |
the horse.
|
| I was in London for a |
short |
time this spring.
|
| To put it |
shortly, |
we have no more money.
|
| The head cook was a |
short (S), |
fat man.
|
| This government will |
shortly (E) |
go out of power.
|
| The windows were |
shut |
because of the cold.
|
| He went out, |
shutting |
the door quietly.
|
| He was putting up the |
shutters (S) |
for the night.
|
| A square has four equal |
sides |
and four right angles.
|
| There are pictures on the |
sides (S) |
of the box but not on the top
|
| Automobiles may be put at the |
side |
ot the hospital.
|
| Someone got in by the |
side |
door of the house.
|
| On which |
side (E ) |
of the door is the window ?
|
| The man with a wound in his |
side (E ) |
was put on a stretcher.
|
| Your country was on our |
side (E ) |
in the war.
|
| The judge seems to be |
siding |
with the prisoner.
|
| Red is a |
sign |
of danger.
|
| I saw him make a |
sign (S) |
to his friend.
|
| Further down the road is a |
sign (E) |
pointing the way to Paris.
|
| Morning mists are frequently a |
sign (E) |
of heat later in the day.
|
| The secretary was |
signing (E) |
his name to the letter.
|
| The newspaper story was |
signed |
by your friend.
|
| Mother has got some blue |
silk |
for her dress.
|
| There was a |
silk |
cover on the bed.
|
| There were ornaments of |
silver |
in the church.
|
| We gave her a |
silver |
teapot for her birthday.
|
| The porter gave me |
silver (S) |
in exchange for the note.
|
| There is |
silver (E) |
in her hair.
|
| The moon was coming up, |
silvering |
the trees.
|
| Give the frame a coat of |
silver |
paint.
|
| The plate had a very |
simple |
design on it.
|
| She was very |
simply |
dressed.
|
| The servant is only a |
simple (E) |
country girl.
|
| It is quite a |
simple (E) |
trick to do.
|
| By going on talking you are |
simply (E) |
making me angry.
|
| She has a |
sister |
but no brother.
|
| The curtain is the right |
size |
for the window.
|
| The girl's delicate |
skin |
was burned by the sun.
|
| He took the |
skin |
ofi the apple.
|
| The sheep were quickly |
skinned |
and put on hooks.
|
| Alice had on a short |
skirt |
tor walking.
|
| We took a road |
skirting (E) |
the town.
|
| In the summer the Italian |
sky |
is very blue.
|
| W'hen you have had a good |
sleep |
you will be less tired.
|
| Take care l If your foot gives a |
slip |
here you will go over the edge.
|
| It was hard to keep from |
slipping |
on the ice-covered road.
|
| The printers have made a |
Slip (E) |
in numbering this page. |
| While talking he was |
slipping (E) |
the money into his pocket. |
| There is a |
slope |
in the floor. |
| The houses have sharply |
sloping |
roofs because of the snow. |
| The green |
slopes (E) |
were covered with trees. |
| Sorting the cards was a |
slow |
process. |
| She is very |
slow |
in dressing. |
| The old man got up |
slowly |
from his seat. |
| We give the |
slow (S) |
boys special help. |
| You may only have a |
small |
bit of cake. |
| Most of the |
small (E) |
farmers are in debt. |
| There will be a |
smash |
if that shelf comes down. |
| The great Waves are |
smashing |
up the sen. wall. |
| There was a bad |
smash (S) |
between two automobiles. |
| There is a strong |
smell |
of burning wood. |
| The dancers put sweet |
smelling |
oil on their bodies. |
| Give the milk a |
smell (E) |
to see if it is good. |
| I saw the cat |
smelling |
the fish on the shelf. |
| Dogs have a better sense of |
smell |
than men. |
| She gave a happy |
smile |
when she saw her friend. |
| The boy and girl were |
smiling |
at one another across the room. |
| The room was full of |
smoke |
from the fire. |
| The fire is |
smoking |
badly tonight. |
| I generally have a |
smoke (E) |
after tea. |
| You have been |
smoking |
a great number of cigarettes. |
| I'm not a |
smoker |
and I take very little to drink. |
| We had nothing but |
smoked (E) |
fish in the boat. |
| The stones have been made |
smooth |
by the sea. |
| She had the |
smooth (E) |
motions of a trained dancer. |
| Don't be tricked by his |
smooth (E) |
words. |
| The skin of the |
snake |
was made into a bag. |
| The judge gave a loud |
sneeze |
because he had a cold. |
| I have been |
sneezing |
all the morning. |
| In the Winter there is |
snow |
on the higher slopes. |
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