FCE - Confusing pairs and false friends One

actually / now
Please can we go home ________?
It looks quite small, but ________ it is over 5 metres high.

advice / advise
My grandfather gave me a very useful piece of ________.
I ________ you to put all your money into a deposit account.

affect / effect
The cuts in spending will have a serious ________ on the hospital.

The strike will seriously ________ the train service.

already / yet
I haven’t seen her ________ this morning.

I’ve ________ done my shopping.

afraid of / worried about
I am ________ snakes.
She’s ________ the baby; he doesn’t look very well.

avoid / prevent
The police will ________ anyone from leaving the building.

You should travel early to ________ the traffic jams.

beside / besides
Come and sit down ________ me.
________ managing the shop, he also teaches in the evening.

bring / fetch
It’s your turn to ________ the children from school.

Don’t forget to ________ the books to school with you.

chance / possibility
Our team has a good ________ of winning tonight.

There is always the ________ that the plane will be early.

channel / canal
You can take a boat trip around the ________s of Amsterdam.

Can you switch the television to ________ for the news?

England and France are separated by the ________ .

conduct / direct
Von Karajan will ________ the Berlin Symphonic Orchestra at the concert.

It took two policemen to ________ the traffic.

continuous / continual
She has been in ________ pain for three days.
I am getting fed up with her ________ complaints.

driver / chauffeur
The ________ brought the Rolls Royce to the hotel’s main entrance.

He’s got a job as a bus ________.

formidable / wonderful
They had a ________ holiday by a lake in Sweden.

The castle is surrounded by ________ walls and gates.

fun / funny
I didn’t have much ________ on my birthday.
He made ________ faces and made the children laugh.

go / play
Shall we ________ jogging or swimming?

Neither. Let’s ________ tennis.

come along with / follow
Would you like to ________ me to the cinema tonight?

Make sure the dog doesn’t ________ me to the shops.