Commonly Confused Words Flashcards
Always
All the time, continuously
Still
Continuing now, as in the past
Again
Once more, another time
Arrive
To come to a place, to reach a destination
Happen
To occur, to take place
Borrow
To obtain with a promise to return it
Lend
To allow the use of something on the condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
Lose
To fail to keep, preserve, or maintain.
Loss
The act of losing possession of something
Loose
Not tight; free or released from being attached
Live
To be alive, to exist, to reside in a place
Leave
To go out of or away from, as a place
Let
To allow or permit
Pass
To gain an adequate or required mark in a test, the minimum grade to have success in a test.
Spend
To employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some proceeding
Succeed
To accomplish what is intended or desired
Remember
To recall to the mind, to think of again
Remind
To cause (a person) to remember, to think of someone or something
Earn
To receive in return for one’s labor or service
Win
To finish first, as in a race or contest
Quit
To stop, cease, or discontinue, to stop working at a job
Leave
To go out of or away from, as a place
Learn
To gain or acquise knowledge of or a skill in, by study, instruction, or experience
Teach
To impart knowledge of, or a skill in
Dead
No longer living, not alive
Died
The simple past tense of to die
Death
The act of dying, the end of life
Fun
Something that provides amusement, that is enjoyable
Funny
Comical, causing amusement, that is enjoyable
Really
Is an adverb that intensifies adj., verbs, and other adv. It is more emotional and less formal than very.
Very
Is an adv that intensifies adj, other adv, but NOT VERBS. It is less emotional than really.
That
Used to refer to a person or thing pointed out or mentioned before
Then
At that time, immediately or soon after, or next in order of time or place
Than
Used after comparative adj and adv and certain other words, such as other more, etc., to introduce the second part of a comparaison: bigger than, other than, etc.
Like
Like (same form, appearance, kind, or character) takes a noun or pronoun: like you; like he does; she acts like we do.
As
(In the manner) takes a clause (subject and verb) as its complement; comme in French. It may be shortened to just the auxiliary verb or just the subject: As his friend; as I imagined; as previously mentioned, etc.
Similarity/equality between one person/thing and another : He is as sly as a fox; he is as nice as Bob.
