常見英語錯誤|EF ENGLISH LIVE部落格


有許多很容易混淆的英語字彙,有一些讀音相似,但拼寫不同;有一些讀音不同,但拼寫相同;有一些則在中間使用標點符號,但仍然讀起來和另一個字相似。

在口語中,這些字彙很少會產生問題,但在寫作中,錯誤的拼寫可能讓句子有完全不同的意思,讓文章看起來很糟糕。

那麼,這些容易混淆的字有哪些呢?下面有9組讀音相似的字,在每一組中,選出正確的字,然後檢查你的答案和下面的發音。

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Last week I lost my car keys. I always loose/lose things.

In the past/passed I have lost keys, phones, jewelry and even my dog.

I found my dog eventually, although by then he was to/too tired to walk and I had to carry him home.

When your/you’re like me and you keep losing things, it’s/its often the reason that you are late for something.

I don’t know the cause of this clumsiness. I like to think that my brain is very full and that other people have fewer thoughts in their/there heads than I do.

If I didn’t have so much to think about, I wouldn’t be so careless with my possessions.

I hear/here that this is a problem for many people, not just me.

So the next time you make an arrangement with someone who’s/whose often late, don’t try to give them advise/advice, just understand that maybe they are very intelligent.

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[Answers (correct answers in bold):

lose /luːz/ (loose /luːs/ = not tight)

past /pɑːst/ (passed /pɑːst/ = past tense of to pass/go by/not fail a test or exam)

too /tuː/ (to /tuː/ = part of the infinitive verb/preposition)

you’re /jɔː,jʊə**/** (your /jɔː,jʊə/= it belongs to you)

it’s /ɪts/ (its /ɪts/= it belongs to something gender neutral)

**their /**ðɛː/ (there /ðɛː/ = in that position/place)

hear /hɪə**/** (here /hɪə/ = in this position/place)

who’s /huːz/ (whose /huːz/ = possessive question)

advice /ədˈvaɪs/ (advise /ədˈvaɪz/ = verb of the noun advice)]

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常見英語錯誤:用下面簡單的練習檢查你的知識