Let's practice! 🤓 - Words that are often confused in English

1. The words foreigner, outsider and stranger are often confused. What is the difference in meaning?
   

2. Look at some other words that are often confused. For each pair, complete the sentences with the right word (you may need to change the form): suit /sut/ | suite /swit/ a) The hotel upgraded us and gave us a _________ instead of a double room. b) You should definitely wear a ________ to the interview -- you’ll make a better impression. beside | besides c) Let’s not go out tonight. I’m tired, and ____________ I want to read. d) They live in that new apartment building __________ the school. lay | lie e) Please __________ down and relax. This will only take a minute. f) If you ____________ her on the sofa gently, I’m sure she won’t wake up. actually | currently g) The inflation rate is ___________ two percent. h) I thought I wouldn’t enjoy the movie, but ____________ it was very funny announce/advertise i) It is rumored that the President will ____________ the latest recipient of the Medal of Honor this week. j) The company is planning to ____________ the new product both on TV and online. affect | effect k) How does the crisis ___________ you? l) What is the main _____________ of the crisis? ashamed | embarrassed m) As soon as the plumber arrived, the leak stopped! I was so ____________ n) When my teacher told my father I had cheated on the test, I felt so ____________ deny | refuse o) The accused does not ___________ being in the house, but he insists that he did not touch anything. p) The man continues to ______________ to answer the question. compromise/commitment q) I know we will agree about what to do, but we should try to reach a _____________. r) The company’s ____________ to providing quality at a reasonable price has been crucial to its success. economic | economical s) I think we should buy the Toyota. It’s nicer looking, and it’s much more __________ on gasoline. t) I don’t agree with the government’s ____________ policy.
   

3. Complete the sentences with words from b. Then say if you think they are more true of men or women, or equally true of both.
   

a) They let personal problems _____________ them at work.

b) They feel _____________ when they have to talk about feelings.

c) They are afraid of making a long-term ____________ to a relationship

d) They tend to buy things because they are ______________ on TV.

e) They often say they can do something well when _____________ they can’t

f) They ____________ to admit they are wrong in an argument

🤓 CHECK YOUR ANSWERS: 1- a foreigner is... somebody from another country.

an outsider is... somebody who is not accepted as a member of a society or a group.

a stranger is... somebody you don’t know; somebody who is in a place they haven’t been to before.

2- a) Suite - a set of rooms, esp. in a hotel, usually with a bedroom, a living area, and a bathroom. b) Suit - a jacket with a matching pants or skirt. c) Besides - in addition to, apart from. d) Beside - next to or at the side of somebody. e) Lie - put yourself in a horizontal position. f) Lay - put something or somebody in particular position or put something down *Lie (down) does not have an object; Lay something/somebody (down) needs an object.

g) Currently - right now; at this moment. h) Actually - in fact, to tell the truth. i) Announce - tell people something officially. j) Advertise - tell people about a product or service to encourage them to buy or use it. k) Affect - verb meaning to produce a change in somebody or something. l) Effect - verb meaning the consequences of an action. m) Embarrassed - shy or awkward especially in a social situation. n) Ashamed - feeling bad about something you have done. o) Deny - say you have not done something. p) Refuse - say you will not do something. q) Compromise - an agreement between two parties or groups in which each side gives up some of the things they want so that both sides are happy at the end. It can also be a verb. r) Commitment - a promise to do something or to behave in a particular way. It is also a verb. s) Economical - money-saving t) Economic - related to the economy

3- a) affect b) embarrassed c) commitment d) advertised e) actually

f) refuse

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