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7. amiable: to a person who is friendly, good-natured and pleasant

She has an amiable nature and is liked by everyone.
amicable: friendly and peaceful, it describes agreements or relationships between

groups or people.
After years of disagreement, the two countries came to an amicable agreement.

8. already: an adverb that indicates an action is completed by a certain time
She has already finished the whole pizza.

all ready: everything is completely prepared
The children were all ready to go for a picnic.

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the brackets.
1. Most drugs have side ____________. (affects / effects)

2. ____________ is going to the party? (Who / Whom)
3. I want to go ____________. (two / to / too)

4. You should always stand by your ____________. (principals / principles)
5. He will ____________ me to help me make the right decision. (council / counsel)

6. I need to make ____________ mistakes. (fewer / less)
B. Distinguish between these pairs of words by using them in sentences of your
own.

1. brake : ___________________________________________________________

break : ___________________________________________________________
2. famous : ___________________________________________________________

notorious : ___________________________________________________________
3. respectable : ___________________________________________________________

respectful : ___________________________________________________________
4. medal : ___________________________________________________________

meddle : ___________________________________________________________
5. aid : ___________________________________________________________

aide : ___________________________________________________________

C. Write the synonyms of the words given below and make sentences.

1. ornament _____________________________________________________________

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