Top 50 Vocabulary Mistakes.

2018. — 176 p.

By completing the exercises in this book, you should be able to eliminate some of the most common vocabulary mistakes that non-native speakers of English tend to make. Easy English! is a series of books to help you learn and revise your English with minimal effort. You can improve your English by reading texts in English that you might well normally read in your own language e.g. jokes, personality tests, lateral thinking games, wordsearches. Doing short exercises to improve specific areas grammar and vocabulary, i.e. the areas that tend to lead to the most mistakes - the aim is just to focus on what you really need rather than overwhelming yourself with a mass of rules, many of which may have no practical daily value.

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CONTENTS
Part I Top 50 Vocabulary Mistakes
1 According to 3
2 Actual, Actually 5
3 Advice, Advise 7
4 Agree 9
5 Among, Between, Of, From 11
6 Appreciate 13
7 As, Like 15
8 Available, Comfortable, Convenient 17
9 Beautiful, Good, Fine, Nice 21
10 Because, Why 23
11 Big, Great, Large 27
12 Borrow, Lend, Loan 31
13 Both, Either, Neither 33
14 Bring, Take, Carry, Fetch, Get, Lead 37
15 Camping, Campsite, Parking, Car Park 41
16 Chance, Possibility, Occasion 43
17 Close, Near, Next 47
18 Clothes, Dress, Dresses, Get Dressed, Put on, Wear 51
19 Come, Go 55
20 Control, Check 57
21 Cook, Cooker, Cooking, Kitchen, Dish, Course, Plate 59
22 Do, Make 61
23 Early, Soon, On Time, In Time 63
24 Earn, Gain, Win, Beat, Deserve 65
25 Economic, Economical, Economically, Financial 67
26 Education, Background, Upbringing, (Good / Bad) Manners, Training 69
27 Enjoy, Have A Good Time, Funny, Fun 73
28 Enough, Quite, Pretty, Sufficient 75
29 Even If, Even Though, Although 79
30 Ever, Never, Always 81
31 Expect, Wait (For) 83
32 Find, Find Out, Discover, Search, Look For 87
33 Fit, Match, Suit, Go Well With 91
34 Grow, Grow Up, Increase, Cultivate 93
35 Happen, Occur, Take Place 97
36 Home, House; Homework, Housework 99
37 In the End, At the End, Eventually, Finally, At Last, Lastly, If Necessary 103
38 Job, Work 107
39 Know, Meet Ill
40 Last, Latest, Most Recent; Next, the Next 115
41 Look At, See, Watch 119
42 Look, Seem, Sound 121
43 Lose, Lack, Miss, Waste 125
44 Remember, Remind, Forget 129
45 Rise, Arise, Raise 133
46 Say, Tell 135
47 Sorry, Excuse, Apologize 137
48 Think, Think Of, Think About, Believe 139
49 Travel, Trip, Way 141
50 Understand, Catch, Figure Out, Realize 143
Part II Revision Tests
51 Revision Tests 147
Part III False Friends
52 False Friends 161
Appendix 167
Index 173

What Is Easy English?
Easy English is a series of books to help you learn and revise your English with minimal effort.
There are two main strands of the series. You can improve your English by
1. doing short exercises to improve specific areas of vocabulary (this book) and grammar. The grammar and vocabulary books focus on the areas that tend to lead to the most mistakes. The aim is just to highlight what you really need, rather than overwhelming you with a mass of rules, many of which may have no practical daily value
2. reading texts in English that you might well normally read in your own language (e.g. personality tests, jokes, lateral thinking games, word searches).
Who Is the Book for? What Level Do I Need to Be?
Anyone who is interested in eliminating the typical mistakes they make when faced between choosing from a set a of similar words.
You need to have reached a mid-intermediate level of English to benefit from this book.
How Many Vocabulary Mistakes Are Dealt with?
This book is called The Top 50 Vocabulary Mistakes. In reality there are over 150 words dealt within the 50 sections of Part I of this book. Another 50 false friends are dealt with, in less detail, in Part III.

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