Top 50 Vocabulary Mistakes: How to Avoid Them

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Whatever your mother tongue, you are likely to have encountered difficulties with most of the 50 vocabulary items in this book. Each chapter contains: Examples of typical mistakes. Examples of correct usage. Rules / explanations. A short exercise where you can immediately practise what you have learned. Additional exercises (including false friends) By completing the exercises in this book, you should be able to eliminate some of the most common vocabulary mistakes that non-native speakers of English tend to make. Easy English! is a series of books to help you learn and revise your English with minimal effort. You can improve your English by reading texts in English that you might well normally read in your own language e.g. jokes, personality tests, lateral thinking games, wordsearches. doing short exercises to improve specific areas grammar and vocabulary, i.e. the areas that tend to lead to the most mistakes - the aim is just to focus on what you really need rather than overwhelming yourself with a mass of rules, many of which may have no practical daily value Other books in the Easy English!series include: Wordsearches: Widen Your Vocabulary in English Test Your Personality: Have Fun and Learn Useful Phrases Word games, Riddles and Logic Tests: Tax Your Brain and Boost Your English Top 50 Grammar Mistakes: How to Avoid Them Top 50 Vocabulary Mistakes: How to Avoid Them Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 According to (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 3-4 Actual, Actually (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 5-6 Advice, Advise (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 7-8 Agree (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 9-10 Among, Between, Of, From (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 11-12 Appreciate (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 13-14 As, Like (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 15-16 Available, Comfortable, Convenient (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 17-19 Beautiful, Good, Fine, Nice (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 21-22 Because, Why (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 23-25 Big, Great, Large (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 27-29 Borrow, Lend, Loan (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 31-32 Both, Either, Neither (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 33-35 Bring, Take, Carry, Fetch, Get, Lead (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 37-39 Camping, Campsite, Parking, Car Park (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 41-42 Chance, Possibility, Occasion (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 43-45 Close, Near, Next (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 47-49 Clothes, Dress, Dresses, Get Dressed, Put on, Wear (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 51-53 Come, Go (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 55-56 Control, Check (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 57-58 Cook, Cooker, Cooking, Kitchen, Dish, Course, Plate (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 59-60 Do, Make (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 61-62 Early, Soon, On Time, In Time (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 63-64 Earn, Gain, Win, Beat, Deserve (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 65-66 Economic, Economical, Economically, Financial (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 67-68 Education, Background, Upbringing, (Good / Bad) Manners, Training (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 69-71 Enjoy, Have A Good Time, Funny, Fun (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 73-74 Enough, Quite, Pretty, Sufficient (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 75-77 Even If, Even Though, Although (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 79-80 Ever, Never, Always (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 81-82 Expect, Wait (For) (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 83-85 Find, Find Out, Discover, Search, Look For (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 87-89 Fit, Match, Suit, Go Well With (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 91-92 Grow, Grow Up, Increase, Cultivate (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 93-95 Happen, Occur, Take Place (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 97-98 Home, House; Homework, Housework (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 99-101 In the End, At the End, Eventually, Finally, At Last, Lastly, If Necessary (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 103-105 Job, Work (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 107-109 Know, Meet (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 111-113 Last, Latest, Most Recent; Next, the Next (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 115-117 Look At, See, Watch (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 119-120 Look, Seem, Sound (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 121-123 Lose, Lack, Miss, Waste (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 125-127 Remember, Remind, Forget (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 129-131 Rise, Arise, Raise (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 133-134 Say, Tell (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 135-136 Sorry, Excuse, Apologize (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 137-138 Think, Think Of, Think About, Believe (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 139-140 Travel, Trip, Way (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 141-142 Understand, Catch, Figure Out, Realize (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 143-144 Front Matter ....Pages 145-145 Revision Tests (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 147-157 Front Matter ....Pages 159-159 False Friends (Adrian Wallwork)....Pages 161-166 Back Matter ....Pages 167-175