22.Communication Club Easily confused words

Question 1

požičať
To take a loan

Answer 1

borrow
Can I borrow $20 from you please?

Question 2

požičať
To give a loan

Answer 2

lend
I will lend you $20.

Question 3

povedať
To report someone’s words
To ask about how to use a language

Answer 3

say
Did she say anything about me?
How do you say “hello” in Spanish?

Question 4

povedať
To instruct
To narrate

Answer 4

tell
Tell him to stop the car.
He’s telling a good joke.

Question 5

urobiť
To carry out activities or tasks

Answer 5

do
He needs to do his homework.

Question 6

urobiť
To cause to happen
To create or build something

Answer 6

make
Don’t make him angry.
Don’t forget to make a list.

Question 7

To show ability
To request (informal

Answer 7

can
I can contact the company if you would like me to.
Can I help you?

Question 8

To express a possibility
To request (polite)

Answer 8

may
I may see you later at the party.
May I help you?

Question 9

To come into contact with someone
To be introduced to someone
To arrange to see someone
He met her for the first time yesterday.

Answer 9

meet
He met her for the first time yesterday.
I will meet you in front of the main building.

Question 10

To be familiar with someone
To understand a fact or truth

Answer 10

know
I’ve known Sheila for a long time.
He knows a lot about geography.

Question 11

To fail to use something valuable in an effective way

Answer 11

waste
Don’t waste your time watching too much TV.
Don’t waste water! We don’t have enough of it.

Question 12

To fail to use something valuable in an effective way

Answer 12

spend
spent a lot of money at the shop yesterday.
He spends much of his time at the beach.

Question 13

To recline or to rest
To not tell the truth

Answer 13

lie
The cat lies in the sun most of the day.
The documents are lying on the table now.
He lay on his bed in pain last night.
He lied to me about the money he’d spent.

Question 14

To put, place or set down

Answer 14

lay
He lays his keys on the counter every day.
He laid the mail on the table when he came in.

Question 15

To carry towards someone or somewhere

Answer 15

bring
He brings me flowers every week

Question 16

To carry away from someone or somewhere

Answer 16

take
He always takes his brother to hockey games.

Question 17

to take or claim as one’s own

Answer 17

adopt
They adopted a child from Vietnam last year.

Question 18

To get used to
To change

Answer 18

adapt
John adapted to the weather in the East quite quickly.
That company adapts and resells the ideas of others.

Question 19

To get up
To go up

Answer 19

rise
He rises at 5:00 every morning
Gas prices are steadily rising.

Question 20

to make higher

Answer 20

raise
The government is raising the price of fuel.

Question 21

To leave a country

Answer 21

emigrate
Joshua emigrated from the UK in 2001.

Question 22

To move to another country

Answer 22

immigrate
She immigrated to Canada in 2002.