Today we look at some nouns, how they change into verbs and examples of use. English learners often confuse the noun form for the verb form when speaking, let's see if we can fix that problem for these words!
Advice (noun): My grandmother gave me some good advice.
Advise (verb): I advise you to travel abroad while you can.
What do you think is the best response to each question?
1) What did John say?
a) He said he would call you tonight.
b) He saying he would call you tonight.
c) He calling you tonight he said.
The correct answer is a) 'He said he would call you tonight' because it is the correct use of reported speech.
2) Have you seen Belinda?
a) I haven't seen her since 3 days.
b) I haven't seen her for 3 days.
c) I seen her 3 days ago.
The confusion between amount and number is common but can be easily overcome. They are not interchangable - their use relates to countable and uncountable nouns.
Amount
Use amount is with uncountable nouns and abstract nouns:
amount of time
amount of snow
amount of noise
amount of love (abstract noun)
amount of pride (abstract noun)
Number
Can you raed tihs sntecene?
Can you read this sentence?
Smoe of the lteters hvae been mxeid up.
Some of the letters have been mixed up.
Raed touhrgh the flolnowig sncteeens and ulcrmnabse the key wdros.
Read through the following sentences and unscramble the key words.
Tpye the crcroet seilpnlg in the bexos.
Type the correct spelling in the boxes.
All the wodrs are rteaeld to bdeomros.
Do you smoke?
Did you know the UK government are trying to pass a law banning branding on packs of cigarettes.
If they are successful tobacco manufactuers will be forced to sell their cigarettes in plain packets.
The motivation behind this decision is to make smoking less appealing to people, especially children.
A similar law was passed in Australia in 2012 that has resulted in a fall in smoking rates from 15.1% to 12.8% for people aged 14.
We've had a lot of requests for another find the mistakes quiz. Like last month's lesson, all you have to do find the one mistake in each sentence. Rewrite the correct sentences in the comments area.
Click 'Show Answers' to see the correct sentences.
1) I'll be with you in a moment, please being patient.
2) She do judo in her spare time.
Roughly 60 percent of the body is made of water, but how _1_ of it do you drink in a day? Although it's the best thing we can put in our body most of us are not drinking _2_.
Drinking water in either plain or in the form of other fluids or foods is _3_ to your health. Experts recommend adults drink between 8 and 10 glasses a day. Drinking coffee or soda are not included because they can dehydrate you.
So why should we drink water?
You are more likely to get sick during winter, so here are some expressions that, unfortunately, you might find useful at this time of year:
Catch means get, so catch a cold means get a cold. We can also say pick up a cold.
I caught a cold from my brother. I hope I don't give it to anyone.
I don't feel very well today, I think I have picked up a cold.
When we become sick we say have come down with a cold.
All and whole are determiners.
All the school took part in the festival. all + noun
The whole school took part in the festival. whole + noun
The can be used with all and whole:
He's busy all the time. - use the after all.
Words that sound like one another but have different meanings are called homonyms. Here we look at some examples of words that are pronounced alike and have different spellings.
Ate and eight are examples of homonyms.
Ate the past tense of eat: She ate a salad for lunch.
Eight the number 8: I've seen Star Wars eight times.
I and eye are examples of homonyms.
