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    Indicate whether the words compliment, complement, diary, dairy, quite, quiet, sole and soul are used correctly in the sentences below.
     
1.   Mr Lee and his wife compliment each other very well.
2.   I complemented him on his skill at cooking.
3.   He was quiet pleased when I gave him the money.
4.   After being beaten by his father, he was very quite for a few hours.
5.   The most famous dairy in the world is Anne Frank's.
6.   She went to the diary to buy some milk.
7.   Curried chicken makes an excellent compliment to rice.
8.   His highest complement is 'That's good'.
9.   Diary products are not always good for health.
10.   There are very good reasons why a person needs to lock up his or her diary.
11.   Cheating others is supposed to be not very good for the sole.
12.   The mad man's soul possessions are a broken umbrella and a wooden keris.
13.   His business acumen complements his brother's flair for designing furniture.
14.   The praise-starved woman is always fishing for complements.
15.   The class was quiet rowdy so the headmaster called up the teacher for questioning.
16.   When confronted with proof of his wrongdoings, he as very quite.
17.   Dairy cows are not reared for meat but for milk.
18.   If you do not keep your dairy in a safe place, everyone will find out your innermost thoughts.
19.   That red dress compliments your fair complexion very well.
20.   Fred sends you his complements.
     
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    Answers
     
1.   Wrong, complement
2.   Wrong, complimented
3.   Wrong, quite
4.   Wrong, quite
5.   Wrong, diary
6.   Wrong, dairy
7.   Wrong, complement
8.   Wrong, compliment
9.   Wrong, Dairy
10.   Correct
11.   Wrong, soul
12.   Wrong, sole
13.   Correct
14.   Wrong, compliments
15.   Wrong, quite
16.   Wrong, quite
17.   Wrong, Dairy
18.   Wrong, diary
19.   Wrong, complements
20.   Wrong, compliments
 
     
 
 

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