Page 73 Unit 2: C -Make sentences to show the difference in meaning between each pair of words Flashcards
Lie
1. Position (verb) to be in or move into a horizontal position on a surface: to lie in bed, to lie on a beach, to lie on your side.
He lies awake at night, worrying.
Lie
2. Speak falsely (verb) to say or write something which is not true in order to deceive someone.
I suspect he lies about his age.
He asked me how old I was and, lying through my teeth, I said ‘29’.
Lay - put down carefully or put down first. This verb is always followed by an object. Laying is the present participle. Laid is the past simple and the past participle.
She laid the papers on the desk.
I lay down and went to sleep.
rise
At 6 am we watched the sun rise (=appear and move upwards in the sky).
When you put yeast in bread and bake the bread, it rises.
raise
She asked the boss for a pay raise.
Her answers raised doubts / fears / suspicions in my mind.
angle
I realised I was looking at it from the wrong angle.
angel
Be an angel and help me with this.
story
Will you read / tell me a story, daddy?
storey
Their new house has four storeys including the attic.
vain
1. unsuccessful or useless; of no value
The doctors gave him more powerful drugs in the vain hope that he might recover.
vain
2. too interested in your own appearance or achievements
He was very vain about his hair and his clothes.
vane
a flat narrow part of a fan, propeller, etc which turns because of the pressure of air or liquid against it.
The flat, narrow part of a fan is called a vane.
