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==Related Lessons== | |||
* [[Language/English/Vocabulary/Parts-of-the-Body|Parts of the Body]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Vocabulary/Healthy-Habits|Healthy Habits]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Vocabulary/Art|Art]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Vocabulary/Humor|Humor]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Vocabulary/Give-up-VS-Abandon|Give up VS Abandon]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Vocabulary/Meaning-of-ain't|Meaning of ain't]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Vocabulary/Phrasal-Verbs-UP!|Phrasal Verbs UP!]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Vocabulary/Common-Mistakes|Common Mistakes]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Vocabulary/“In-the-office”-or-“at-the-office”|“In the office” or “at the office”]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Vocabulary/As,-because,-since-and-for|As, because, since and for]] | |||
Revision as of 16:18, 26 February 2023
HELLO ENGLISH LEANERS!
ALTHOUGH ENGLISH IS A FUN LANGUAGE TO LEARN, SOME WORDS AND PHRASES MAY TRIP YOU UP!
HERE IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY WORDS AND PHRASES WITH DEFINITIONS:
ACCEPT/EXCEPT
- ACCEPT IS A VERB MEANING “RECEIVE.”
- EXCEPT IS A PREPOSITION OR CONJUNCTION MEANING “OTHER THAN.”
ALLUSION/ILLUSION
- ALLUSION IS “A REFERENCE TO SOMETHING.”
- AN ILLUSION IS “A DECEPTIVE APPEARENCE.”
ALL TOGETHER/ALTOGETHER
- ALL TOGETHER MEANS “IN UNISON OR IN ONE PLACE.”
- ALTOGETHER MEANS “ENTIRELY.”
AFFECT/ EFFECT
- AFFECT IS A VERB MEANING “TO INFLUENCE.”
- EFFECT IS A NOUN MEANING “A RESULT.”
BESIDE/BESIDES
- BESIDE IS A PREPOSITION MEANING “NEXT TO.”
- BESIDES IS A PREPOSITION MEANING “EXCEPT.”
CAN/MAY
- CAN INDICATES “ABILITY.”
- MAY INDICATES “PERMISSION.”
DISINTERESTED/UNINTERESTED
- DISINTERESTED MEANS “IMPARTIAL.”
- UNINTERESTED MEANS “HAVING NO INTEREST.”
ESPECIALLY/SPECIALLY
- ESPECIALLY MEANS “PARTICULARLY.”
- SPECIALLY MEANS “FOR A SPECIFIC REASON.”
FARTHER/FURTHER
- FARTHER MEANS “ADDITIONAL DISTANCE.”
- FURTHER MEANS “ADDITIONAL TIME OR AMOUNT.”
GOOD/WELL
- GOOD IS AN ADJECTIVE. “A GOOD SPORTSMAN.”
- WELL IS AN ADVERB. “WE SING WELL TOGETHER.”
SHALL/WILL
- SHALL IS USED IN THE FIRST PERSON. “SHALL I GO SHOPPING.”
- WILL IS USED IN THE SECOND AND THIRD PERSON. “YOU WILL SIT.” “THEY WILL SIT.”
SHOULD/WOULD
- SHOULD IS USED IN FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PERSON. IT EXPRESSES SOME KIND OF “OBLIGATION.”
- WOULD IS ALSO USED IN ALL THREE PERSONS. IT EXPRESSES A “WISH OR DESIRE.”
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THOSE TRICKY WORDS IN ENGLISH THAT MAY CAUSE CONFUSION. THERE ARE MANY MORE BUT THESE ARE AMONG THE MOST COMMON.
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