Road vs Rode
Road: A way or path used for public transportation, routing, opening and ending at various intervals to lead to different destinations.
For example:1. The road that takes you away from home is the same one that can bring you back.
2. It’s a never ending road of evilness and greed - once you start and then you continue forever.
Rode: It means to sit and travel on a vehicle or on the back on an animal. It is the past tense of ride and never to be confused with ‘road’.
For example:1. The horseman who rode the black horse was cunning indeed.
2. It was the bike he always wanted and when he first rode it, his happiness knew no bounds.
Read the following sentences and choose the one that uses the words correctly:1. The highways are more prone to accidents than normal city ____ (rode/roads) for highways have the most number of heavy vehicles especially those carrying loads of weight.
View Answer / Hide Answer2. David started following the man who ____ (rode/road) the bike and took the same ____ (rode/road) where they had found the clues.
View Answer / Hide Answer3. He ____ (rode/road/rowed) to the shore in the boat and then took the ____ (rode/road) to his home, this was the shortest way he had known since he was a kid.
View Answer / Hide Answer4. The number of ____ (rode/road) accidents happening in India is increasing at an alarming rate; it is high time when new rules should be formulated and strict actions be taken to implement them.
View Answer / Hide Answer5. It’s been quite a long time since I actually ____ (rode/road) a bicycle, maybe 10 or even more years.
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