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Easily confused words

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    Pairs of words that students often confuse, they have to explain the difference.
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  • What's the difference between 'foreigner' and 'stranger'?
    A foreigner is someone from a different country to your own. A stranger is any person you don't know.
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  • What's the difference between 'quite' and 'quiet'?
    Quite means 'rather'. Quiet means `not noisy'.
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  • What's the difference between 'lose' and 'loose'?
    If you lose something, you can't find it. Loose is the opposite of 'tight
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  • What's the difference between 'remind' and 'remember'?
    To remember is to recall from your memory. To remind is to tell someone to remember something.
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  • What's the difference between 'fun' and 'funny'?
    If something is fun it is pleasant or enjoyable. If something is funny, it makes you laugh.
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  • What's the difference between 'discover' and 'invent'?
    To discover something is to find something that already exists but was not known before To invent something is to make or produce something for the first time
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  • What's the difference between 'lucky' and 'happy'?
    If you are lucky you have good luck or are fortunate (e.g. you win the lottery). If you are happy, you are not sad.
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  • What's the difference between 'alone' and 'lonely'?
    If you live alone, you live on your own. If you feel lonely you long for other people's company.
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  • What's the difference between 'sensible' and 'sensitive'
    Sensible means 'showing good sense'. Sensitive means that you are easily offended.
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  • What is the difference between 'advice' and 'advise'?
    Advice is the noun. To advise is the verb.
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  • What's the difference between ' blink' and 'wink'?
    When you blink, you close then open both eyes - often mechanically. When you wink you deliberately close then open just one eye.
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  • What's the difference between 'to take' and 'to pass' an exam?
    To take an exam means to physically do the exam. At this stage you don't know if you have passed or failed. To pass an exam means that you are successful.
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  • What's the difference between a 'recipe' and a 'receipt'?
    You use a recipe when you cook. You are given a receipt when you buy something from a shop.
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  • What's the difference between 'shadow' and 'shade'?
    Your shadow is the dark shape that appears behind you (or trees, buildings, etc.) when the sun is shining. Shade is the opposite of direct sunlight.
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  • What's the difference between ' something fits you' and 'something suits you'?
    If something fits it is the right size. If something suits you it looks good on you.
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  • What's the difference between 'their' and 'there'?
    Their means 'belonging to them'. There is the opposite of here.
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