SPECIAL VERBS

I. SPECIAL VERBS THAT ARE OFTEN CONFUSED

There are several verb pairs in English that lead to confusion. In some cases, they have only one equivalent word in Spanish and it’s easy to confuse their meaning in English. For example “say and tell”.  Their meaning is “decir” in Spanish.  However, each of them has a special use in English. Here is a list of some of the most common confusing verb pairs, an approach to ONE of their possible different meanings according to context, and how they should be used in a sentence. Listen to the following examples:

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II. CONSOLIDATION

TRY THE FOLLOWING QUIZ TO TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF SPECIAL VERBS.  Choose the correct letter (A-J) from the box to complete the sentences correctly.

III. EXERCISE I

Choose a, b, c or d  to complete the following sentences correctly. 

IV. READING TEXT.

Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap. Use higher case letters

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V. BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cambridge University Press. (2015). Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Fourth Edition.

Eastwood, J. (2019). Oxford Practice Grammar. Intermediate. Oxford University Press.

Hewings, M. (2013) Advanced Grammar in Use with Answers: A Self-Study Reference  and Practice Book for Advanced Learners of English. CUP

Murray, L. (2014) English Grammar.  Cambridge University Press.

Swan, M & Walter, C. (2016). Oxford English Grammar Course. Intermediate. Oxford University Press.

VI. WEB RESOURCES

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Reading Text retrieved and adapted from Biology 2e_ Chapter 1_ The Study of Life_©Rice University. Textbook content produced by OpenStax licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International  License (CC BY 4.0) . Access for free at https://openstax.org

VII. CREDITS

  • All practice exercises and charts were  written by Connie Reyes Cruz_2022_ENES- LEÓN-UNAM
  • Audio version performed by Kimberly, Sally, John and Matt_Compra propia de licencia de uso de voces en Voicemaker, exenta de derechos de autor. https://voicemaker.in/ _Connie Reyes Cruz_2022_