CoMMonly confused words (II)

Queridos amigos, os dejo uno facilito para el viernes, que la mayoría tenemos ya las neuronas preparándose para el finde, ya sea para refrescarlas a base de bien o para derretirlas en la playa.
CoMMonly confused words volumen II.  Que paséis un buen finde!




ADVICE/ ADVISE.


Advice (noun.)


Advise (verb.)


The same happens with (noun)  /  (verb)


practice/practise
device/devise
licence/license






FORTH/ FOURTH.


Forth (adverb): hacia delante.


i.e: She was moving back and forth. (se movía de atrás a delante)


Fourth (adverb): cuarto.


i.e: Mary finished the fourth in the race.






COMPLEMENT/ COMPLIMENT.


Complement: complemento (noun)/ complementar (verb).


Compliment: cumplido.






STATIONARY/ STATIONERY.


Stationary (adjective) : parado, inmóvil.


Stationery (noun): papalería.


i.e: We bought all the pencils and notebooks for school in the stationery this morning.






WONDER/ WANDER.

Wonder (verb): preguntarse.

i.e: I wonder why she is doing that.

Wander (verb): vagar, deambular.

i.e: They wandered around the fair for two hours.






BORROW /LEND.


Borrow (verb):  to take or accept something for a short time with the intention of returning it to its rightful owner


i.e: May I borrow a pencil, please?


Lend (verb): to give something for a short time with the intention of getting it back


Would you please lend me a pencil?




BORED/ BORING.



Bored (adjective):  when someone feels tired and unhappy because something is not interesting or because they have nothing to do.


i.e: She was so bored that she fell asleep.


Boring (adjective): describe something that is not interesting or exciting.


i.e: The lesson was so boring that she fell asleep. 


The same happen with excited and exciting,
                                   interested and interesting,...




Un poco de música para despedirnos!