tailieunhanh - Những từ dễ nhầm lẫn trong tiếng anh 6

Tham khảo tài liệu 'những từ dễ nhầm lẫn trong tiếng anh 6', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | POTATO potato singular potatoes plural See PLURALS iv . practical or practicable A PRACTICAL person is one who is good at doing and making things. A PRACTICAL suggestion is a sensible realistic one that is likely to succeed. A PRACTICABLE suggestion is merely one that will work. The word practicable means able to be put into practice . It does not carry all the additional meanings of practical . practice or practise Use these exemplar sentences as a guide PRACTICE makes perfect. An hour s PRACTICE every day will yield returns. The young doctor has built up a busy PRACTICE. In the examples above practice is a noun. You should PRACTISE every day. PRACTISE now In these examples practise is a verb. precede or proceed PRECEDE to go in front of PROCEED to carry on especially after having stopped prefer preferred preferring preference See ADDING ENDINGS iv . prehaps Wrong spelling. See PERHAPS. prejudice not predjudice 164 PRESENT preparation prepositions Prepositions are small words like by with for to which are placed before nouns and pronouns to show how they connect with other words in the sentence They gave the flowers TO their mother. Let him sit NEAR you. Two problems can arise with prepositions. i Take care to choose the correct preposition. A good dictionary will help you comply with protest at deficient in ignorant of similar to and so on. ii Don t take too seriously the oft-repeated advice not to end a sentence with a preposition. Use your discretion and word your sentence however it sounds best to you. Do you prefer the first or the second sentence here a WITH whom are you Or Who are you WITH Which do you prefer here c She s a politician FOR whom I have a great deal of respect. d She s a politician I have a great deal of respect FOR. present not -ant 165 PRESUME presume See ASSUME OR PRESUME . priest See EI IE SPELLING RULE. primitive not -mat- principal or principle Use these exemplar sentences as a guide Rebuilding the school is their PRINCIPAL aim. chief .