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Or False Cognates: Confusing Words

This document discusses confusing words and provides examples of false cognates and confusing word pairs with different meanings in English. It gives practice examples of word pairs like aboard/abroad, action/activity, advise/advice, affect/effect, appreciable/appreciative, avoid/prevent, beside/besides, and briefly/shortly to illustrate how the words are often confused but have distinct definitions.

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Or False Cognates: Confusing Words

This document discusses confusing words and provides examples of false cognates and confusing word pairs with different meanings in English. It gives practice examples of word pairs like aboard/abroad, action/activity, advise/advice, affect/effect, appreciable/appreciative, avoid/prevent, beside/besides, and briefly/shortly to illustrate how the words are often confused but have distinct definitions.

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Confusing words

OR FALSE COGNATES
FALSE COGNATES

A false cognate, or false friend, is a word which has a similar


form to a word in another language but has a different meaning
CONFUSING WORDS

Confusing words are two or more words which:

• have a similar meaning to each other but


which are used in a different way

• are related to the same topic, but have a


different meaning

• look similar, but have a different meaning


PRACTICE

aboard / abroad

More and more people go abroad for their holiday.

In 2002, she became the first woman to travel aboard the


space shuttle Discovery.
PRACTICE

action / activity

We decided to take immediate .................... when we realized


there was a problem.

The environmental changes in the area are the result of


human .......................
PRACTICE

advice / advise

Can you ...................me on the best course of action


to take?

He offered me some excellent.......................


PRACTICE

affect / effect

Diverting the course of the river will have a major


...................on the local ecosystem.

Frequent traffic jams in the suburbs


seriously.................... journey times into the city.
PRACTICE

appreciable / appreciative

Widening the road made an ...................difference to


the flow of traffic.

The applause at the end of the concert was warm


and .....................
PRACTICE

avoid / prevent

Rapid international action managed to .................... an


environmental disaster from taking place.

There are areas in the city that are wise to ....................


after dark.
PRACTICE

beside / besides

The company's main office is .................... the railway


station.

.................... their regular daytime job, many people do


extra work in the evening.
PRACTICE

briefly /shortly

.................... before the earthquake began, many animals


were seen to be behaving in an unusual manner.

She spoke .................... but passionately about the need to


help those in developing countries.

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