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    Word confusion



    Clarifications of words that are often misused or confused.

    to light (lit ou lighted):

       to light a candle

         

    		to switch on;

    to switch on the lamp

      chimney       fireplace    
     a cup of coffee

    		             a pub     
    desk      office    
         he works in an office
      girl (≠ boy)
    (a female child)    		 
       a girl            a boy    		daughter (≠ son)
    (a person's female child)    		     
          mother and daughter
    woman (women)
    adult female person    		 
    a woman        a man    		wife (wives) (≠ husband)
    (married)    		      
              he kisses his wife
     sheet (of paper)       
               sheets of paper    		leaf (leaves)    
     house        
        a house with a blue roof    		 home    
             they are at home
     queue     tail     
     coast  rib          
     straight (line)       
                 a straight road    		 right    
          a right hand
     skipping rope
     
                		 violin string
     
                   		 piano wire
     
               		 vocal cord
     
         
     scene
     stage      		 poucethumb

    		inch





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    1. Tom fell off the cherry tree and broke two .

    2. I'm waiting for a I don't know. She is a friend of my .

    3. As soon as she arrived home Linda the light and the fire.

    4. Santa Claus enters a house down the and puts the parcels in front of the .

    5. We've just moved into our new (building), but it doesn't feel like yet.

    6. Some people say that the is linked to the distance between the tip of the
    and the first joint.

    7. Oh no! I have forgotten an important file on my I must go back to my .






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