บทเรียนย่อย 1

In this unit we look at words like dessert and desert, bored and boring. Learners of English often find it difficult to choose the right one. Do you? Practise using easily confused words with us.

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Listening practice

You've practised these easily confused words in a written context. But somtimes it's useful to test your listening skills too. Can you tell which words are used in these spoken sentences? And are the words right or wrong?

To do

Listen to the recording. In it you will hear eight example sentences. If the sentence uses the right word, drag it into the 'Right' column. If it's wrong, drag it into the 'Wrong' column.

Note

The words desert and dessert are pronounced slightly differently. Desert stresses the first syllable: DEsert. Dessert stresses the second syllable: deSSERT.

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That doesn't sound right...

10 Questions

Listen to the recording. In it there are ten example sentences. Each of them contains at least one easily confused word. Are the words used correctly? If so, drag the example into the 'RIght' column, if not choose the 'Wrong' column

ยินดีด้วยคุณทำแบบฝึกหัดเสร็จแล้ว
Excellent!เยี่ยม!แย่หน่อย!คุณทำคะแนนได้:
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That doesn't sound right...

10 Questions

Listen to the recording. In it there are ten example sentences. Each of them contains at least one easily confused word. Are the words used correctly? If so, drag the example into the 'RIght' column, if not choose the 'Wrong' column

ยินดีด้วยคุณทำแบบฝึกหัดเสร็จแล้ว
Excellent!เยี่ยม!แย่หน่อย!คุณทำคะแนนได้:
x / y

End of Session 1

That's the end of this session. We hope you're now more confident when using these easily confused words. And don't worry, if these are too easy for you, there are lots more easily confused words in English for you to master!

Session Vocabulary

  • sensible
    acting with good judgement

    sensitive
    easily upset

    boring
    not interesting at all

    bored
    feeling uninterested or with nothing to do

    desert
    an area of land with sand and rock where very little grows and there is little rain

    dessert
    a sweet dish at the end of a meal

    recipe
    instructions for making or preparing food

    receipt
    a small document, either paper or electronic, that shows you have paid money for something

    contents
    all the things that are inside something else

    ingredients
    individual parts that are combined to make something else, often food