Vocabulary Precision
Commonly confused words
Some words look or sound alike but do different jobs. A small trick keeps them apart.
1 Observe
Read each pair slowly. What is the one letter or sound that changes?
- Affect A verb: to change or influence something.
- Effect A noun: the result of a change.
- Accept To take or agree to something.
- Except Leaving out; apart from.
2 Discover
Some word pairs are easy to confuse because they look or sound alike. The fix is a trick: Affect is an Action (both start with A), and the Effect is the End result. Then test the word in your sentence.
In the Gerund course: Unit 22 Common Errors
3 Apply
Lack of sleep can ____ your mood the next day.
Everyone came to Sana's birthday ____ Arjun, who had a cricket match.
After the long walk in Jaipur, we ordered kulfi for ____.
4 Create
Make your own memory trick for one confusing pair and write it in one line.
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Example: The new timetable will affect every class, but its effect will be good.
5 Explore
Open the confusable cards and pick the trick you like best.