Bài tập về từ nhầm lẫn trong tiếng anh.B. CONFUSING WORDS (Từ thường dùng nhầm lẫn)Exercise 1:1. The afternoon activities will………………. soon. (take placetake part)2. I will certainly……………….my uncle’s murder. (revengeavenge)3. I hope that I can……………….you to try some of these appetizers. (persuadeconvince)4. First thing in the morning we……………….the camp flag. (raiserise)5. Cathy………………. a nice sports car. (hasis with)
B CONFUSING WORDS (Từ thường dùng nhầm lẫn) Exercise 1: The afternoon activities will……………… soon (take place/take part) I will certainly……………….my uncle’s murder (revenge/avenge) I hope that I can……………….you to try some of these appetizers (persuade/convince) First thing in the morning we……………….the camp flag (raise/rise) Cathy……………… a nice sports car (has/is with) I……………… high marks in music very easily (take/get, receive) Clara……………….her daughter how to read (taught/learnt) She does not……………care of her plants so they always look sick (take/care for) Dad, ……………….I be excused from the table? (can/may) 10 I will……………… you 25 pushups if you forget your kit (make/let) Exercise The……………… of the Titanic was a horrible naval disaster (drowning/sinking) I……………… the newspaper to relax (read/study) On week nights I try to……………… early (sleep/ go to bed) The Canadian doctors, Banting and Best, ……………insulin (invented/discovered) Do you……………… to go skiing with me this winter? (like/want) The doctor……………….in his office as usual all morning (was found/was) How……………….I get to Tokyo from here? (can/may) I……………….you invitation to the dance (agree/accept) I am going to……………….a book from the library (lend/borrow) 10 I like to……………….early in the morning (raise/rise) Exercise Can you……………….the airplane in the sky? (see/look) Eric……………….to drink the medicine (refused/denied) Her testimony……………….me that he is guilty (persuaded/ convinced) Are you……………….at the airplane in the sky? (seeing/looking) I……………….my textbook for one hour every evening (read/study) The picture was……………….over the fireplace (hung/hanged) Do not……………….go off the string of the kite (leave/let) When you come in, ……………….your wet clothes at the door (take out/take off) He decided to……………….his wife and live alone (give up/leave) 10 The library will……………….me a book (borrow/lend) Exercise Could you kindly……………….me a pair of scissors? (fetch/search) Help me……………….to give back her pencil (remind/remember) I ……………….you and understand your feelings (like/sympathise) Do you……………….skiing in the winter? (like/want) I……………….aspirin whenever I have a headache (get, receive/take) Have you ever learned how to……………….a pie? (make/do) Cheese is……………….milk (made of/made from) I can……………….with you but I cannot change the facts (sympathize/like) ……………….your belt (Get tight/Tighten) 10 Can you……………… the music playing upstairs? (listen/hear) Exercise Summer is a good time……………… the family (to be with/to have) I took……………….on the thief who stole my watch (avenge/revenge) It takes practice, patience and perseverance to………to speak English (learn/teach) Sheila plants to……………… at Harvard next year (learn/study) I……………….how to use a word processor (learn/know) Remember to……………….the garbage in the morning (take off/take out) He does not……………….spaghetti very much (take care of/care for) Carol……………….that she would travel abroad this summer (said/told) The telephone was……………….by Alexander Graham Bell (invented/discovered) 10 Sally……………….gloves before she goes out to the garden (wear/puts on) Exercise Jack……………….me that he is going to Hawaii for a few months (said/told) A man fell from a bridge and……………… (sunk/drowned) It is better to be poor than to……………….a bank (steal/rob) I asked whether the picture could be ……………… (repaired/restored) I……………….down and skinned my knees (fell/fall) We……………….this sofa with us from Canada (brought/took) I was so excited I could hardly……………… (sleep/go to bed) France was not expected to……………Argentina in the 1998 World Cup (beat/win) I am……………….how to drive this summer (studying/learning) 10 The doctor told me to……………….drinking (leave/give up) Exercise The spy was……………….for treason (hanged/hung) He went down on his hands and knees to…………for his contact lens (fetch/search) ……………….it alone (Leave/Let go of) The river ……………….gently to the sea (flowed/flown) The burglar……………….all of her jewelry (stole/robbed) Please……………….your homework before dinner (make/do) Fred wants you to……………… the parcel on the kitchen table (lie/lay) The birds have……………….south for the winter (flowed/flown) Sally always……………her diamond earrings with her blue gown (wears/puts on) 10 Rachel could not……………….that she had witnessed the accident (refuse/deny) Exercise Please……………….me to give back her pencil (remember/remind) Rubies……………….in Thailand and Cambodia (are/are found) I have……………….to go with you to the party (agreed/accepted) The bumps on the road made me……………….down and skin my knee (fell/fall) I am trying to……………….to the music (hear/listen) I am going to the store to ……………….milk (take/buy) Japanese lanterns are usually ……………….paper (made from/made of) Fred wants to……………….down for a short nap (lay/lie) I will be unable to……………….in today’s activities (take place/take part) 10 I……………….some money for the milkman in that envelope this morning (put/keep) Exercise Please .me in! (make/let) Our team is going to .the championship (win/beat) Where were you .? (borne/born) Those who agree, please .their hands (raise/rise) What would you .? (advice/advise) Open the window I can’t .! (breathe/breath) The greatest problems are poverty and (disease/decease) We’re not .on anybody (dependant/dependent) Wipe up the mess with this (cloth/clothe) 10 We’ve got some nice cakes (housemade/homemade) Exercise 10 How can we improve the .condition? (human/humane) It’s a question of (/principal) What a small .you have (waist/waste) I .what the time is (wonder/wander) Good night I’m going upstairs to (bed/sleep) I’ve had a lonely .and I feel quite fresh (relax/rest) Tell me the (true/truth) Men often get bald in their middle (age/years) Don’t be so .! (foolish/fool) 10 English is different .German (than/from) Exercise 11 Sumo is a sport that is only open to (people/men) I live in the red brick on the corner (house/home) I have no .for meat when the weather is hot (appetite/desire) I want to get a good seat to watch the (play/theatre) Roger wore a three-piece .to the ceremony (dress/suit) The in the mountains is fresh and easy to breathe (wind/air) No one knew how to .the engine (restore/repair) We have a .in my country to exchange gifts at Christmas time (custom/habit) She .her eyebrows in surprise (rose/raised) 10 Ballads, lyrics and epics are some of the many different kinds of (poetry/poem) Exercise 12 He broke his in two places-above the ankle and below the hip (foot/leg) Trisha is in the of running early in the morning (habit/custom) In a moment the moon would (rise/raise) I hurt my .when the brick fell on my shoe (leg/foot) What is she .of this painting? (price/cost) A ninth floor apartment is the place I call (house/home) He jumped in the window and landed on the (ground/floor) Immigration from Europe is an important part of Canadian (history/story) In English class we are studying a by Wordsworth (poetry/poem) 10 He jumped out of the window and landed on the (ground/floor)