Confusing+words

Confusing words and false friends

1. action / activity 2. advise / advice 3. effect / affect 4. appreciable / appreciative 5. assumption / presumption 6. prevent / avoid 7. beside / besides 8. shortly / briefly 9. channel / canal 10. conscious / conscientious 11. continuous / continual 12. inspect / control 13. objections / criticism 14. injury / damage / harm 15. invent / discover 16. for / during / while 17. However / Moreover 18. considerable / considerate 19. intolerable / intolerant 20. job / work 21. lies / lay 22. watch / look at 23. permit / permission 24. possibility / chance 25. priceless / worthless 26. principle / principal / principal / principle 27. procession / process 28. rise / raise 29. respectful / respectable 30. treat / cure 31. subjective / objective 32. disinterested / uninterested or disinterested (it is a common misconception in English that disinterested cannot be used in the same way as uninterested when we want to say that someone does not find something interesting) 33. infer / imply 34. complementary / complimentary

 ** Confusing words **** and false friends (pages 12 – 14) ** ** 1. ** action / activity **2.** advise / advice **3.** effect / affect **4.** appreciable / appreciative **5.** assumption / presumption ** 6 ****. ** preven t / avoi d ** 7 .** besid e / beside s ** 8 .** shortl y / briefl y ** 9 .** channe l / cana l ** 10 .** consciou s / conscientious ** 11. ** continuous / continual **12.** inspect / control **13.** objections / criticism **14.** injury / damage / harm **15.** invent /  discover **16.** for / during / while **17.** However / Moreover **18.** considerable / considerate **19.** intolerable / intolerant ** 20. ** job / work **21.** lies / lay **22.** watch / look at **23.** permit / permission **24.** possibility / chance **25.** priceless / worthless **26.** principle / principal / principal / principle **27.** procession / process **28.** rise / raise **29.** respectful / respectable **30.** treat / cure **31.** subjective / objective **32.** disinterested / uninterested or disinterested (it is a common misconception in English that //disinterested// cannot be used in the same way as //uninterested// when we want to say that someone does not find something interesting) **33.** infer / imply **34.** complementary / complimentary