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Confusing words

Teach and learn

To teach= to give instruction Teach is normally used with an object and the infinitive. Example I taught my brother to read. To learn= to gain knowledge Learn can be followed directly by the infinitive. Example Im learning to play the piano.

Damage, injure and hurt

When you damage something, you harm or spoil it. Example A fire damaged the school. If you injure someone, an animal, or a part of the body, you cut the skin; break a bone, cause bruising, etc. Example I injured my right arm when I fell off my bike. If you hurt someone, an animal, or a part of the body, you cause a feeling of pain. Examples Did you hurt yourself? Stop! You are hurting my arm. Hurt can also mean to feel pain Example My arm hurts.

Health and fit

www.cartiaz.ro Carti si articole online gratuite de la A la Z Healthy and fit both indicate that a person is physically strong and isnt suffering from any physical illness. Healthy refers to the condition, which are good for someones health, or the outward signs of good health. Examples They have healthy children. This cold weather isnt very healthy. Fit suggests that someone is in good physical condition, particularly as a result of taking regular exercise. Examples How do you stay so fit? I go to keep-fit classes

Hit and beat

A person, animal, or thing can be hit by a hand or by an object. This can be deliberate: Example She hit her head when she got out of the car. Beat means to hit repeatedly. We cannot beat people or things accidentally. Example He was beaten by a group of boys.

Tell and order

Tell is more neutral than order and is more commonly used. Example Theyve been told to finish the job by tomorrow. Order is much stronger than tell and is used of people who expert to be obeyed. Example The policeman ordered the cyclist to stop.

Look, gaze, and stare

www.cartiaz.ro Carti si articole online gratuite de la A la Z Look (at) means to direct ones eyes toward a particular object. Example Look at this. Its lovely. Gaze (at) means to keep ones eyes turned in a particular direction for a long time. Example She gazed unhappily out of the window. Stare (at) suggests a long, deliberate, fixed look. When we stare, the eyes are often wide open. Example She lay there for an hour with her eyes staring at the ceiling.

Economic and economical

Economic and economical are both adjectives. Economic means concerned with economics and the organization of money, industry, trade, etc. Example What is wrong with our economic system? If something is economical, it does not require a lot of money, time, etc. Example This car is very economical. It does not use a lot of petrol.

Height/tall and high

Height is a noun. It can be (1) the vertical measurement of a person or object. Example What is your height? Or (2) the distance of somebody or something from ground or sea level.

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Example The aircraft was flying at a height of 3.000 meters. Tall is an adjective. It relates to sense (1) above and it is used mainly of trees, people, and buildings. Example How tall are you / is the building / tree? High is also an adjective. It is related to senses (1) and (2) above but it is not used for measuring people. Example How high is the wall?

Affect and effect

Affect is a verb meaning have an influence on. Example Colours have been shown to affect people. Effect is a noun meaning result or influence. Example Blue has a calming effect.

Trip / journey and excursion

Journey may indicate a long or short distance travelled regularly. Example How long is your journey to work? A trip and (more formal) an excursion are short journeys and visits from and returning to the same place. Excursion suggests a group of people travelling together in order to visit something. Example When I was in England I went on a trip / an excursion to Oxford>

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Note: you cannot say a travel. Travel is only used as a verb. Example I usually travel by train.

Remember and remind

To remember is to have or to keep something in the memory; to recall to ones memory. Example I cant remember his name. I remembered to lock the door. To remind someone is to inform someone of a fact, or tell someone to do something they may have forgotten. It is always followed by a personal object. Example I reminded him that he owed me 50.

Died and dead

Died is the past tense and past participle of the verb to die. When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living. Example Shakespeare died in 1616. Dead is an adjective. A person, animal, or plant that is dead in not longer living. Example The King is dead. Long live the Queen.

Price and prize

The price is what you pay if you buy something.

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Example Whats the price of the green jacket? A prize is what you are giving if you win a competition, or if you have done something well. Example She received the prize for the best essay.

Advise and advice

Advice is the verb and advice is the noun. In this case, you can hear the difference. Example She gives me a piece of advice. She advised me to go home.

Drive and ride

The person who drives a car, bus, or train is the person in control of it. Example He drives a Honda. The person in control of a horse or bicycle in the person who rides it. Example I ride a bicycle to work. Travelling as a passenger, we ride in a car, bus, or train. Example I often ride in my uncles car.

www.cartiaz.ro Carti si articole online gratuite de la A la Z When talking about the way we travel, we use go by (car, boat / ship / sea, bicycle, etc.) Example How did you go? I went by car.