Confusable Words: Industrious, Industrial, Adapt and Lain Exercise

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1. It was not easy to break the caste proscription in ancient India.
2. More than 10,000 kilometers separate / separates India from Europe.
3. In this age of competition, only industrious people can survive.
4. It was the age of the industrial revolution.
5. We must try to adapt ourselves to changing circumstances.
6. How long have you lain in bed?
7. The project will require a considerable amount of money.
8. The speech was rather uninteresting.
9. She sat there lost in thought.
10. The soldiers fired indiscriminately.
11. Some authors are very sensitive to criticism.
12. He can’t possibly retain all these figures in memory.