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L & R Minimal Pair Quiz 4

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  1. Areas of ___ are sometimes fought over in South Africa.
    a. rand
    b. land
  2. Her hair hung ___ and lifeless because she was malnourished.
    a. lank
    b. rank
  3. He grabbed John by the ___ of his coat to stop him from leaving.
    a. lapel
    b. rappel
  4. Learning to ___ down the side of a mountain is very dangerous because of the dependence on ropes and pulleys.
    a. lapel
    b. rappel
  5. One symptom of measles is a bright red ___.
    a. rash
    b. lash
  6. She put mascara on her eye ___ to make them look fuller.
    a. rashes
    b. lashes
  7. The abbreviation of the word that refers to the lines that are parallel to the equator is "___".
    a. rat
    b. lat
  8. One important aspect of research design is inter-___ reliability.
    a. later
    b. rater
  9. The opposition party in Britain is referred to as the ___ opposition.
    a. loyal
    b. royal
  10. Dogs are preferred as pets because of their strong sense of ___.
    a. loyalty
    b. royalty
  11. He likes to ___ his girlfriend with gifts and money.
    a. lavish
    b. ravish
  12. The soldiers ___ the village and left it in ruins.
    a. lavished
    b. ravished
  13. Sashimi is ___ fish served as an appetizer that can show the customer just how fresh the catch of the day really is.
    a. law
    b. raw
  14. In the hot summer most people like to ___ around drinking lemonade.
    a. laze
    b. raze
  15. The house was so damaged that it was decided to ___ it to the ground and rebuild
    a. laze
    b. raze
  16. Before going to the supermarket be sure to make a shopping ___.
    a. list
    b. wrist
  17. She wore her new watch on her ___.
    a. list
    b. wrist
  18. Sea ___ is a kind of sea weed.
    a. lack
    b. rack
    c. wrack
  19. If you have everything, you ___ nothing.
    a. lack
    b. rack
    c. wrack
  20. A ___ is a long flat piece of wood used in building to support plaster
    a. lath
    b. wrath
  21. The ___ of God is an anger not to be ignored.
    a. lath
    b. wrath
  22. What is the night ___ for telephone calls overseas?
    a. late
    b. rate

Copyright (C) 1998 Donna Tatsuki (dtatsuki@gol.com)
This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.