Commonly Confused Words

Question 1

Borrow vs lend

Answer 1

Borrow: get something from someone, intending to give it back after a short time

Lend: give something to someone for a short time, expecting that you will get it back

Question 2

Dead
Died
Death

Answer 2

Dead: use as an adjective, opposite to alive. Description, no action

Died: verb = passed away

Death: noun (la mort, une mort) can be count or not count = many deaths = correct

Question 3

Earn
Win

Answer 3

Win: receive an award, be the #1

Earn : get Something in exchange for your work

Question 4

Fun
Funny

Answer 4

Funny : causing laughter or amusement hahahaha

Fun: causing enjoyment ( cetait plaisant) n/c noun could be an adj

Question 5

Learn
Teach

Answer 5

Learn : gaining knowlegde by studying

Teach: giving lessons

Question 6

Leave
Let

Answer 6

Leave: go away, go in the opposite direction

Let: permit or allow

Question 7

Like
As

Answer 7

Like: such as, for example, similar, in the same way

As: because, comparative to equality (comme)

Question 8

Live
Experience

Answer 8

Live : live your life, live in the city/at an address, etc ( in English toi cannot “vivre qqch”)

Experience : vivre qqch (A situation, a feeling)

Question 9

Leave
Live

Answer 9

Leave: quitter, laisser

Live: habiter

Question 10

Lose
Loss
Loose

Answer 10

Lose: verb, not able to find something (louze) (after To its going to be lose

Loss: noun, losing a person or a thing

Loose: (loussseee) adj, not tight

Question 11

Quit
Leave

Answer 11

Quit: stop doing Something you usually do

Leave : to exit a location

Question 12

Really
Very

Answer 12

Really : actually, truly, indeed ( vraiment) can be before adj, adv and verb

Very: large manner, extremely (canot modify a verb, only en avant dun adj ou adv)

Question 13

Remember
Remind

Answer 13

Remember : keep a person or a thing in mind / ça vient seulement de moi

Remind: make you think of a person or a thing that ressemble to the person I remember
Vient dun extenal object / person that inspires/creates memory
* ON se rappele grâce à qqch dexterne

Question 14

Still
Again
Always

Answer 14

Still : no interuption, the action started and continues

Again : another time, encore

Always: very frequently( on peut dire ca poir remplacer) = repetitive action

Question 15

That
Then
Than

Answer 15

Then : indicate time or consequence

Than: indicate comparaison

That: refer to a person, object, idea

Question 16

Remark vs notice

Answer 16

Remark: à synonym of say

Notice: to see/hear, etc something that attracts your attention.
I remarked that he look handsome in his new suit.

I noticed that he was wearing a tie.