today's lesson is about some confusing words in english we all know english can be a little
confusing at times some words sound the same but are spelled different some words have the same
or almost the same meaning and they can be easy to misuse so let's learn about some commonly confused
words in english accept accept accept is a verb that means to receive something willingly you can
accept a gift for example or a school can accept a new student the verb except means to leave out
to exclude something or someone for example we have everything we need for breakfast
except eggs let's try and see if we can guess the answer to these i
offered my brother an apology but he wouldn't blank it what do you think
that's correct accept let's try another one everyone was there blank for sarah
that's correct except the next words that are commonly confused in english are advise and advice
the main difference between advise and advice is that advice is a thing it's a noun advise is an
action it's a verb in the word advise the s sounds like a z advise advise means to recommend or to
give information to follow to counsel advice is an opinion or recommendation given to help
guide someone to do something let's have a look at some examples the doctor advised her to take her
medicine the boy carefully followed his father's advice okay let's try and guess the answer
to these sentences i blank you to see a doctor that's correct advise i'm grateful to you for your
blank that's correct advice the next confusing words in english are affect and effect affect
is usually a verb that means to impact or change effect is usually a noun and it can be positive or
negative and it is the result of being affected by something effect is the end result of something so
effect is usually a verb and effect is usually a noun maybe this will help you
remember when you see or hear the words a is for action effect e is for end result effect
okay okay let's look at some examples the cold weather affected the flowers this means the cold
weather produced a change in the flowers the verb effect can also mean to change someone's feelings
or thoughts for example the painting was so beautiful that it deeply affected her the painting
changed her feelings or thoughts here's an example for effect eight hours of sleep can
have a positive effect on your health okay let's try and guess the answer to these sentences the
higher train fares won't blank me i have a car that's correct affect the higher train fares
won't affect me i have a car the medicine had an immediate blank i felt better at once that's
correct effect the medicine had an immediate effect i felt better at once i will make more
confusing words in english videos let me know in the comments which english words confuse you and
maybe you'll see them in one of my future videos thanks for watching i'll see you in the next video