Words easily confused 2.0 level 10

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Words easily confused 2.0

2. Be able to use very similar words in their own context
without confusing them.
Be able to write and pronunce each of these words without
any mistakes.
Goals

3. Contents:
I. Introduction
II. Words easily
confused
III. Conclusion
IV. References

4. In the English world, we have many words which are
very similar whether it is in spelling or in pronunciation.
Sometimes it is very difficult for us to recognize them and
to use then correctly.
The goal of this lesson is to help with not confusing
these words any more and mainly to use them in the
correct context.
I. Introduction

6. Fare (= fer)
The money a passenger has
to pay on public
transportation.
For example:
I need $2 dollars to pay the
bus fare.
-------------- tarifa --------------

7. Ticket (= ti ket )
Billete que permite usar un medio
de transporte o entrar en un
establecimiento público o en un
espectáculo, generalmente un
número limitado de veces.
For example:
I bought a ticket to watch the new
movie of Avengers.
------------------ boleto -------------------

8. Mention (= men chan ) : ------------ mencionar ------------
Refer to something briefly and without going into detail.
For example:
She mentioned she had problems with her family.

9. Report ( = ri port) ------------- reporte ---------------
Give a spoken or written account of something that one
has observed, heard, done, or investigated.
For example:
We had to report our stolen car last night.

10. Similar (= si mi ler)
Looking or being almost, but not
exactly, the same.
For example:
These statues are very similar, but
one is bigger than the other.
--------------- similar ----------------

11. Identical (= ai den ti kol)
Similar in every detail; exactly
alike.
For example:
Those twins are identical, it is
difficult to identify them.
-------------- identico -------------

12. Foreign ( = fo rein )
From or characteristic of a
country or language other
than one's own.
For example:
This money is foreign, it is
from Europe.
---------- extranjero ----------

13. Strange ( = streinch)
Something that is unusual or
out of the ordinary.
For example:
This Chinese food is
strange, I don’t like it.
------------- extraño -----------

14. Get out of ( = get aut af)
We use the phrasal verb get
out of when talking about a
car.
For example:
She got out of the car in a
hurry.
------------- salir de -------------

15. Get off ( = get af)
We use get off when talking
about transportation such as
bus, plane and train.
For example:
She got off two blocks from
her house.
------------ bajar de ------------

16. III. Conclusion
To conclude this lesson, we have to make an effort to
recognize each word, specifically in its own context. We
need to remember that in English a lot of words may be
different in spelling but may be similiar in use.
IV. References
- Traveller Level B1+,H.Q. Mitchell, MM Publications

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Superiores de Cuautitlán Izcalli
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