AFFECT vs EFFECT
Affect- влиять
Does television affect children’s behaviour?
Effect - влияние, результат
Does television have an effect on children’s behaviour?
ACCEPT vs EXCEPT
Accept - принимать, признавать
They accepted our contract and expect to have our information updated on their website within a couple of weeks.
Except - кроме, исключая
Everyone was invited to the party except Robert.
ADVICE vs ADVISE
Advice- совет.
If you take my advice (noun), you'll stop seeing her.
Advise- советовать.
When a consultant advises (verb) people, he gives them advice (noun).
ANT vs AUNT
Ant /ænt/ муравей
Aunt /ɑːnt/ тетя
BYE vs BUY
Bye - пока
Bye! See you next week.
Buy - покупать
I want to buy a nice dress.
BREAK vs BRAKE
Beak- ломаться.
Brake- тормоза.
BORROW vs LEND
Borrow - брать взаймы.
Can I borrow your book?
Lend- давать взаймы; занять.
I can lend you some money.
DESERT vs DESSERT
Desert /ˈdezət/ - пустыня.
They were lost in the desert for five days.
Dessert /dɪˈzɜːt/ - дессерт.
For dessert there's apple pie or cheesecake.
DRAUGHT vs DRAFT
Draught /drɑːft/- сквозняк.
Draft- набросок; эскиз; черновик
HERE vs HEAR
Here- здесь, тут
I live here.
Hear- слышать
Can you hear me?
IT'S vs ITS
It's- сокращенная форма от it is.
It's a big room.
Its- притяжательное местоимение его ( если речь идет о неживом предмете или животном).
A leopard can't change its spots.
LIE vs LAY
lay – laid - laid
lie – lay - lain
Lie- лгать, лежать.
The cat was lying fast asleep by the fire.
Lay- класть, положить.
Lay the pens on the table, please.
MASSAGE vs MESSAGE
Massage /ˈmæsɑːʒ/- массаж.
Massage can be a part of physical therapy or practiced on its own.
Message- сообщение.
I have a message for you from Mr Cole.
PRACTISE vs PRACTICE
Practise - практиковать.
That won't work in practice.
Practice - практика.
Betty needs to practise her French.
QUITE vs QUIET
Quite /kwaɪt/- вполне
He plays quite well.
Quiet /ˈkwaɪət/ - тихий.
Keep quiet!
SIGHT vs SITE vs CITE
Sight - достопримечательность
We're going to Paris for the weekend to see the sights.
Site - сайт, строительная площадка
Cite - цитировать
She cited a passage from the President’s speech.
TAIL vs TALE
TAIL vs TALE
Tail- хвост
This cat has got a long tail.
Tale- сказка
His latest book is a delightful children’s tale about talking animals.
WHOSE vs WHO'S
Whose- чей.
Whose car is this?
Who's- сокращенная форма от who has или who is.
Who's got the dictionary?
Who’s that man?
YOUR vs YOU'RE
Your- твой.
Your book is on the table.
You're- сокращенная форма от You are.
You are a nice person.
