Давайте взглянем на книгу Шидловской С.Н. «Трудноразличимые английские слова«. Она кажется такой же фундаментальной как и книга про словообразование.
Примеры разбираемых слов
1.Able — Capable.
2.Accident — case — chance — event — incident
3.Accommodation — home — house — place — residence
4.To accuse — to blame — to charge
5.To ache — to hurt
6.To achieve — to approach — to reach
7.Actual — real
8.Advice — to advise
9.To affect — effect — impact — to influence
10.To afford — to allow — to let
В книге 116 подобных групп слов и поэтому можно надеться на хороший результат, если хорошо проработать содержание книги
Упражнение на лексику
1.There was almost a diplomatic ______ when the ambassador was arrested by mistake.
accident|case|chance|event|incident
2.She was reluctant to talk about the traumatic ______ of her childhood.
accidents|cases|chances|events|incidents
3.Every room in the ______ is nicely decorated.
accommodation|home|house|place|residence
4.I think I’m suffering from the ______ of too much work.
affects|effects|influences|impacts
5.Visitors were not ______ to walk about unescorted.
afforded|allowed|lets
6.It was pitch dark by the time I ______ their house.
achieved|approached|reached
7.The tower ______ a beautiful view over the city.
affords|allows|lets
8.She is certainly ______ of running the business.
able|capable
9.We had expected 50 people, but the ______ number was a lot higher.
actual|real
10.Our company provides ______ to students.
accommodation|home|house|place|residence
11.She had a fever and her head was ______.
aching|hurting
12.Slow down as you ______ the corner.
achieve|approach|reach
13.She finally ______ her ambition to visit London.
achieved|approached|reached
14.I have eaten too much — my stomach ______.
aches|hurts
15.Engineers say the new engine could ______ on the way future cars are designed.
affect|effect|influence|impact
16.Don’t lose the bracelet; it’s made of ______ gold.
actual|real
17.She’s very good at making friends and ______ people.
affecting|effecting|influencing|impacting
18.There’s no coffee left? In that ______ I’ll have tea.
accident|case|chance|event|incident
19.I received some very bad financial ______.
advice|advise
20.He ______ them of drinking alcohol while driving.
accused|blamed|charged
21.I ______ her for not supporting his plan.
accused|blamed|charged
22.Her garden was a cool pleasant ______ to sit.
accommodation|home|house|place|residence
23.She was involved in a serious car ______ last week.
accident|case|chance|event|incident
24.The police ______ him with a car theft.
accused|blamed|charged
25.It’s a disease which ______ many older people.
affects|effects|influences|impacts
26.The tourist guide described it as a well-preserved Georgian ______.
accommodation|home|house|place|residence
27.The Amazon is ______ to many rare species of animals.
accommodation|home|house|place|residence
28.We do not ______ our staff use social networking sites at work.
afford|allow|let
29.Chess is a game that has no element of ______.
accident|case|chance|event|incident
30.We were ______ to get a grant for the project.
able|capable
31.The personnel manager will be pleased to ______ you.
advice|advise
Ответы на упражнение
1.incident 2.events 3.house 4.effects 5.allowed 6.reached 7.affords 8.capable 9.actual 10.accommodation 11.aching 12.approach 13.achieved 14.hurts 15.impact 16.real 17.influencing 18.case 19.advice 20.accused 21.blamed 22.place 23.accident 24.charged 25.affects 26.residence 27.home 28.let 29.chance 30.able 31.advise
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