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3   -ence
                 Make nouns ending in -ence trom the tollowing  verbs, making any necessary
                 changes in spelling. Then put each noun in its correct place in the sentences
                 below.
                                       detend         offend      insist      coincide
                 preter    obey
                                                      reside      differ      interfere
                 reter     depend      correspond
                 exist     pretend
                 (a)  He couldn't go to university but continued his education through  _
                     courses.
                 (b)  This monument  is in memory of the men and women who died in      of
                     this country.
                 (c)  Police dogs are trained to a high standard of  o
                 (d)  Tea or coffee7 Do you have any     7
                 (e)  She wasn't really angry at all. It was just  o
                 (f)  Oictionaries, encyclopaedias and atlases are called  books.
                 (g)  The doctors tried to cure him of his   on drugs.
                 (h)  The United Nations came into      in 1945.
                 (i)  Despite his      that he was innocent, he was arrested.
                 (j)  I can't tell the   between butter and margarine.
                 (k)  I hope she didn't take    o  1 was only joking.
                 (I)  I met John on holiday quite by chance. What a  _
                 (m) She complained of        by her mother-in-Iaw  in her private affairs.
                 (n)  'Place of     ' means the place where you live.

                 4   -ance
                 Make nouns trom the tollowing  verbs by adding -ance to the end and
                 making any other necessary changes in spelling. Then put each noun in its
                 correct place in the sentences below.
                                                      insure      resemble     enter
                 annoy       resist       avoid
                                                      disturb    assist        endure
                 attend      perform      accept
                 (a)  It was the actor's finest  o
                 (b)  The teacher kept a record of every student's  o
                 (c)  This signature bears no     to mine! It's a forgery!
                 (d)  When I received the offer of a job, I immediately wrote a letter of  _
                 (e)  The police were called to a    at a private party last night.
                 (f)  My house        covers me for fire, flood, theft and damage.
                 (g)  When she was very old she couldn't look after herself without  o
                 (h)  When people kept talking during the film, he showed his   by turning
                     round and looking at them.
                 (i)  The       to the park is through that gate there.
                 (j)  After fierce     for two days, the soldiers surrendered to the enemy.
                 (k)  By continuing  his journey alone, on foot, in freezing weather without food for
                     two days he showed remarkable powers of       '
                 (I)  The Automobile  Association recommends      of the city centre during the
                     present road repairs.







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