The video below is about how crazy English can be:
http://9gag.tv/p/9MdBy/a-poem-about-how-the-english-language-is-crazy
After watching the video as reference:
Find 10 confusing words in English.
Write 10 different sentences using all the words you found.
Post your sentences as a comment.
10 confusing words in English:
ResponderBorrar1.Heard
2.Beard
3.Bird
4.Foot
5.Boot
6.Tough
7.Bough
8.Cough
9.Dough
10.Bead
Write 10 different sentences using all the words you found:
1.Heard: My sister went to the doctor because she had a problem with her heard.
2.Beard: My father has a big beard.
3.Bird: The birds are the most wonderfull creation of God.
4.Foot: I went running yesterday and I twisted my foot.
5.Boot: The most of people use the boots when is raining.
6.Tough: The math exam is tough.
7.Bough: Biology is a bough of the science
8.Cough: Today I woke up with a lot of cough
9.Dough: I love the dough of the pizza.
10.Dead: My teacher's cat is dead.
CONFUSING WORDS
ResponderBorrar1. Beard
2. Bird
3. Dead
4. Bed
5. Bead
6. Here
7. Dear
8. Fear
9. Dose
10. Rose
SENTENCES
1. I don't have a leafy Beard
2. The bird is very noisy
3. My first favorite serie was The Walking Dead
4. I miss my bed
5. I broke my bead
6. Come here piece of shit
7. I bought a gift to my dear father
8. Fear of the dark
9. I want my dose of alcohol
10. I brought a rose to my mother
CONFUSING WORDS
ResponderBorrarGOOSE-BOOT-BEET-BOUGHT-BEARD-DEAD-DEAR-THERE-DOSE-CORK!
SENTENCES:
1.The goose white is beautiful.
2.My mon has a black boot and another coffee.
3. I don't like beet.
4. My father bought a car red.
5. My beard is cool.
6. The dead man had a lot of money.
7. My dear friend Fernando already works.
8. There are two batteries.
9. I want to decrease my dose alcohol.
10. The cork of the wine was hard.
Bird
ResponderBorrarRose
Dose
Cork
Work
Font
Front
Sword
Word
Cart
The bird is beautiful
Put the cork back in the wine-bottle.
It’s time you had a dose of your medicine.
Put the cork back in the wine-bottle.
Her plan to get rid of me didn’t work.
The small font size makes the document difficult to read.
The garden at the front of the house
I try not to cross swords with my boss.
The project had problems with funding right from the word go.
They loaded their furniture onto the cart.
Find 10 confusing words in English.
ResponderBorrarRose, Work, Card, Go, Box, Bear, Dead, Meat, Fear, Here
Write 10 different sentences using all the words you found.
Rose: I would like have a garden with roses of different colors.
Work: Jose works in the school with your wife.
Card: In the past, my family find many cards in merry Christmas.
Go: I go to University all days.
Box: In the Box we have a many toy.
Bear: The Bear is a beautiful mammal.
Dead: I don’t can see the Serie “the Walking dead”.
Meat: I am a vegetarian, we are not meat eaters.
Fear: The tourist feared for their lives as the ship began to sink.
Here: I need you here and right now.
Find 10 confusing words in English.
ResponderBorrarTough, bough, cough, heard, beard, bird, meat, great, threat.
Tough: Math exercises are tough.
Bough: The tree have a big bough.
Cough: I have a terrible cough.
Dough: I need the bough for making tortillas.
Heard: I have heard the conversation.
Beard: I do not have beard.
Bird: The brid flies free in the sky.
Meat: The meat is delicious.
Great: That new is great.
Threat: The deliquency is a terrible threat for the TEC students.
Dose: I need a dose of nascar
ResponderBorrarHammers: In my hardware the hammers are cheap
Ham: The chicken ham is very rich
Oxen: The farmer has a few oxen
Goose: There's a goose on campus, and it's dangerous.
Tough: The exam is tough
Cough: The child has a cough
Heard: I heard the show will be great
Threat: You are a threat
Debt: You already paid your debt
+Find 10 confusing words in English:
ResponderBorrarFoot,Boot, Cough, Dough, Bead, Suite, Great ,Fear, Lose, Sword
+Write 10 different sentences using all the words you found:
1-) I have a problem on my rigth foot.
2-) The boot are expensive because they are leather.
3-) The main cause of cough is wetting with rain.
4-) My mother makes dough for the recipe
5-) The doctor indicates that he has a problem in the bead
6-) The builders work on the building
7-) She had a great beach weekend
8-) The film 'it' cause some people fear
9-) The team has no chance of losing
10-) Swords are very common in samurai films
1. Foot
ResponderBorrar2. Boot
3. Dough
4. Beard
5. Straight
6. Debt
7. Goose
8. Dose
9. Cork
10. Thwart
1. Since yesterday my foot hurts
2. She was sent to boot camp
3. I need some dough to make the tortillas
4. She had a beard
5. straight to the point
6. Check the debt
7. This goose is cooked
8. a good dose of his misery
9. Such a simple thing like a game to thwart the people
10. The cork came out
WORDS AND THEIR SENTENCES:
ResponderBorrar1- Recite: Last year, I recite a great speech about human rights.
2- Ship: The ship could be dangerous if you don't use seat belt.
3- Cargo: The principal function for the pick up cars is to transport cargo.
4- Hammers: When I think about a builder, I always think about hammers too.
5- Oxen: In Costa Rica, there are a lot of oxen for the independence day.
6- goose: There are a goose near my home, named Mateo.
7- moose: Bullwinkle was a animaded moose, he had a chipmunk friend named Rocky.
8- pear: My favorite fruit for make a drink is pear.
9- geese: Before, there were geese in the TEC.
10- thwart: I try never to thwart my family.
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ResponderBorrar1. Hammer: In my last project, I damaged my hammer.
ResponderBorrar2. Box, boxes:I found a lot of boxes into your box.
3. Ox, oxen: In my country exist a musical group that use word ox, do not oxen, for their name. Their name, in spanish is “Ojo de Buey”.
4. Feet: I really need hot socks for my feet for this cold night.
5. He, his, him: He told his brother that he did not hit him.
6. Dead, bed:I am tired, I gonna dead in my bed tonight.
7. Meat, great, threat: This meat from that restaurant is really great. Its flavor is a threat to other rival restaurants.
8. There, bear, pear: There, at the big table with a bear shape, is your pear.
9. Here, dear, fear: Right here, in the old black house, is your dear fear.
10. Lose, choose, goose: If you lose, I choose your challenge: You should make like a goose in front of unknow people.
Confusing words
ResponderBorrar1. HAM
2. OX
3. GOOSE
4. BEAD
5. BOOT
6. FONT
7. DOUGH
8. DOSE
9. FEAR
10. THWART
Sentences
1. HAM: My family eat ham for lunch.
2. OX: I saw an ox in the parade.
3. GOOSE: The goose is a very aggressive animal.
4. BEAD: I make salad with an oil bead.
5. BOOT: This morning, it was raining and I did not found my left boot.
6. FONT: I used Arial 12 as font for my document.
7. DOUGH: I like to cook Italian food because I love dough.
8. DOSE: My doctor gave me a three-dose medicine.
9. FEAR: I have fear of spiders.
10. THWART: I do not like to thwart me when I lose.
Words.
ResponderBorrarTough, Bough, cough, dough, heard, beard, bird, dead, bed, bead.
Sentences.
-This one was be a tough semester for me.
-I just find a bough, on my way to home.
-I'm sick, I have flue and a terrible cough, I don't wanna go to CONARE but I must
-The Saturday I prepared pancakes with my own dough recipe
-I have heards pain, I don't know must be the flu.
-I like a tall, white man who has a beautiful beard.
-Am gonna fly like a bird to the night (this is from a song)
-In this moment of the semester, be dead is actually not a bad idea.
-All I want is be in bed, 100 percent real no fake.
-My mom has this bead necklace, she shays it will be mine when she dies.
Task number 2.
ResponderBorrar1. Tough.
2. Bough.
3. Cough.
4. Dough.
5. Dept.
6. Pear.
7. Bear.
8. Fear.
9. Dear.
10. Goose.
1. I hate the tough summer is so hot.
2. The bough of an tree had broken.
3. Emily has a cough in the luke face.
4. Could you lend me little dough?
5. Heard Forensic Science Dept. needs a new director.
6. I had a fruit salad with pear, orange, and watermelon for breakfast.
7. America is home to many species of bear.
8. I fear that they were in an accident.
9. Dear John, thank you for your letter
10. I see a goose and a gander. I wonder if they will mate.