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Task 3



Task 3


The video below is about how crazy English can be.

Watch the video as a reference.
Find 10 confusing words in English.
Write sentences using all the words you found. 


http://9gag.tv/p/9MdBy/a-poem-about-how-the-english-language-is-crazy

10 comentarios:

  1. Ship by truck-Cargo by ship:
    Strawberries of Mr. Daniel are shipped by truck to the nearest city however the biggest cargo is carried to Brazil by ship.

    Brother-Brethren:
    My brother Ronald has by his dad, to Mario and Marco how brethren.

    Bed-Bead:
    When I go to Marias´ bed I found a strange object so I asked her what was it? And She said me that it is a strange bead and her father explained us that it was a pearl of Red Sea.

    Moose-Meese:
    The plural of moose is the same of the singular, so it will never be meese.

    Goose-Geese:
    I don't remember if the plural of this bird is goose or geese, does you know?

    ResponderBorrar
  2. 1- Dessert-Desert:
    He had dessert in the desert.

    2- Principle-Principal:
    The principals must have very strong principles.

    3- Effect-Affect:
    The effects of a big catasthrophe affects a lot of people.

    4- Add-Ad:
    Can you add an ad to that poster?

    5- Aisle-Isle:
    There is an aisle to reach the isle.

    ResponderBorrar
  3. 1. Accept-Except
    I accept all animals except mice

    2. Ades-Aides
    In the bus aides bring me ades

    3. Adverse-Averse
    She had an adverse in Germany because her averse to military people

    4. Allude-Elude
    She elude to allude about her past

    5. Ant-Aunt
    When I was a child I thought that ants were aunts of spiders

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  4. 1. Word - Sword
    The power of one word can to do more than a sword.

    2. Great - Threat
    The great threat is a told secret.

    3. Dear- Fear
    My dear mother in law is my fear.

    4. Dose - Rose
    The dose of water you must give to your rose is 1 ounce per day.

    5. Work - Cork
    After a hard work finally I get the cork out of the bottle.

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  5. 1. Far-Fart
    No matter how far you are, your fart will reach the worst place

    2. Bass( fish)-Bass
    Once my mother told me "you want a bass?". I was dissapointed to discover it wasn't food

    3. Clash-Class

    My class had a clash over what to believe

    4. Call-cold

    A call in the cold will leave her bold

    5. Neat-neet

    Is so neat that neet changed his life

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  6. 1. Goose/Geese
    Look at that goose over there, why isn't he with the other geese?

    2. Brother/Brethren
    Marco is the oldest of all his brethren.

    3. Bough/Dough
    Don't put the rosemary bough near the bread dough

    4. Thwart/Cart
    The delivery was thwarted by the owner of this cart

    5. Beard/Bird
    Your beard is so big it looks like a bird nest

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  7. Clash/Class: We had a clash of viewpoints during the class

    Call/Cold: the cold blooded murderer made the call to the police

    Dear/fear: My dear father told me not to fear to the darkness

    Great Threat: The Great White is a threat to many little fishes in the water.

    Word/Sword: My sword is yours, you only have to say the word.

    Aunt/Ant: Whene she saw the little house, my aunt said: What's this? A house for ants?

    Accept/Except: I Accept every comment, except when they are not polite.

    principle/principal: The school's principal told me he was raised with principles.

    Add/Ad: The objective of the ad, was to add a little bit of hope in the heart of the people

    Dessert/desert: While he was in the desert, he ate the spinacs as the most delicious dessert he had ever tried

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  8. Moose-meese: The plural of moose should never be meese, it is moose.

    lose-loose: It doesn't have to be loose because it could get lose.

    aisle-isle: There won't be any aisle in the isle.

    break-brake: The won't break if you step on the brake.

    plain-plane: The plane is going to land in the plain part of the field.

    cue-queue: That cue is going to cause a huge queue.

    clause-claws:

    paws-pause:

    The difference between a compound sentence and a cat is that one has claws at the end of its paws, and the other one has a pause at the end of its clause.

    course-coarse: The course is considered to be rather coarse.

    current-currant: The current trend in muffins is to put currant in them.

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  9. ward: the ward of my house is a mess.
    thward: he thward her plans.
    goose: she goose on my bag.
    boot: I boot my children.
    brethren: I have six brethren.
    dough: they catch him with both hands in the dough.
    threat: Ana were threated again.
    oxen: juan buy oxen for his farm.
    dose: the dose of the medicine is 5 ml every 8 hours.
    cork: this is the cork of the wine we opened yesterday.

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  10. *Prescribe - Proscribe :

    I was going to use my old prescribe in the drug store and then I remember that the drug was proscribe.

    *Ensure - Insure:

    She need to ensure that her insure is deposit on time.

    * Cereal - Serial:

    They are watching a serial of videos meanwhile eating cereal.

    * Aloud - Allowed:

    No one is allowed to say aloud the answers on the test.

    *Bare - Bear:

    The bear's bare feet felt the cold soil. It was winter.

    *Chord - Cord:

    With a cord you can make a lot of beautiful chords.

    *Council - Counsel:

    We went to the council asking a counsel about our problem.

    *Exercise - Exorcise:

    I would prefer to be in a exorcise that making exercise.

    *Altar - Alter:

    They will alter the altar for the weeding.

    *With - Weed:

    They will smoke their weed with other friends.

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