hey guys and welcome back to love English I'm Sabra today I have a little
hopefully enjoyable vocabulary test for you so we're looking at similar words so
word which are often confused in the English language I'm going to see if you
guys know the difference and if you don't know the difference you are going
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our links are here I'm gonna say hello today in two languages in Hindi and in
Polish these have been 2 requested languages so here we go I'm gonna say
namaste namaste and chest ok guys so number one I don't know this
city can you guide or steer me through it I don't know this city can you guide
or steer me through it what do you think it is have a little think okay it is
guide I'm sure you guys all got that the difference between these two verbs is
that steer is often used for cars, ships aeroplanes things like that when we're
actually driving it we're actually moving it in a certain direction so
that is steer but steer can also be used like guide meaning change direction for
something or push it in a certain direction but we use it in a more formal
context for example we might say the government are really steering education
in a new direction the governments are really steering education in a new
direction it means they're moving them in that direction but when we're talking
about going around a new city we would say can you guide me guide is much more
general it's more frequently used and so it's the right one in this sentence
so number two I was brought up or grown up by my grandma I was brought up or
grown up by my grandma which is it okay let's do the answer I'm sure you guys
got this one it is I was brought up brought up is when someone else is
actually raising us so they're feeding us taking us to school paying for our
education telling us off with we're playing too much PlayStation all of
those things that are very active that parents will other people who might
bring us up will do for us grow up we do it by ourselves so grow up is what we
actively do and bring up is what someone else does for us number three can you
believe it the local shop was stolen or robbed can
you believe it the local shop was stolen or robbed what is it guys have a think
okay guys it is it was robbed very important this difference because it's
easy to make a mistake but if you make a mistake it sounds ridiculous
so if you say for example I was stolen this means that you were taken all of
you you were kidnapped you can say I was robbed because it means that something
was taken from you so robbed is when we steal something from inside something so
for example if someone robs you they take your bag or they take the wallet
that was in your pocket if someone robs a shop they take what's in the till, in the
bank the same they're taking what's inside but steal is to steal the whole
thing so if you say you stole the shop you mean you steal the whole shop you
stole the whole shop which you'd have to be very strong and it could take a long
time to do something like that so it's not really possible number four can you
speak up I can't hear or listen you can you speak up I can't hear or listen you
okay guys I'm going to do this one quickly as I think it's fairly easy this
one is I can't hear you here just means to receive sound yeah we don't have to
do anything you're receiving sound you're hearing sound like
example you would say I heard a noise or ah I think I just heard the postman
you're hearing things listen is when we actually pay attention
so I want to listen to this or listen to me and listen goes with the preposition
to we listen to something we are paying attention to that thing
so here the person was saying they weren't able to hear because it was too
quiet they couldn't receive sound yeah so they couldn't hear them so in this
sentence it was here number five what an amazing painting I
really admire your innovative or your creativity I really admire your
innovative or your creativity which do you think it is guys have a little think
I'll give you a clue there's a grammar issue okay let's do the answer it is I
really admire your creativity here we're saying I admire something you're
something you're ability, your creativity your painting yeah it's a noun
innovative is an adjective we could say you're innovative
yeah now creative and innovative are also different in terms of meaning
creative means that you can make things from scratch you are artistic innovative
means that you lead in terms of change that you develop new things so we can
say that somebody is innovative if they think of new solutions to problems or if
they create something that is new or different but creativity is more general
so you could say wow you're so creative look at the way you play music you know
you're so creative with the way you play music okay number six there are people
from all over the world living in this city there's a lot of multicultural or
diversity what do you think it is okay let's do the answer it is there's a lot
of diversity now this is a grammar point because multicultural was an adjective
so hopefully you notice that guys and you saw that multicultural was an
adjective and it can't go after a lot of can't see
there's a lot of multicultural we could say there's a lot of can you guess it
multiculturalism yes that is the noun they're multiculturalism means that
there's lots of different cultures living together whereas diversity can be
used to describe all sorts of things it can be an art gallery has a lot of
diversity meaning with so much variation in terms of the the ages or the styles
it's not just about cultures and nationalities diversity it's broader
than that number seven she's very quiet she doesn't join participate in the
class very much what do you think it is okay guys let's do the answer it is I
know you got it participate yes she doesn't participate
in the class we can't say she doesn't join in the class because join in would
mean participate phrasal verb but we can't say join in in the class you can't
double the ins there so it wouldn't make sense join in does mean the same as
participate but here we just had join join can mean start become a member
things like that participate means actually be involved in something so
here the right word was participate number eight he recently composed or
comprised a new piece of music he recently composed or comprised a new
piece of music what could it be okay let's do the answer it is composed now
these words are difficult as composed has two meanings comprised doesn't
compose can mean as it does in this case to write or to create something like
that or to compose something so we might compose a poem or a new proposal
something like that so often we talk about musicians composing a new piece of
music but compose can also mean that something is composed of
there are different things that it consists of different things so for
example we could say the United Kingdom is composed of four countries Scotland
England Wales Northern Ireland in the same way that we can use comprised
comprised means the United Kingdom is comprised of and then the same so it is
confusing here but because it is the other meaning of composed that is why in
this case composed fits and comprised doesn't number nine she still won the
game of tennis although or despite her broken ankle she
still won the game of tennis although or despite her broken ankle
what could it be okay guys it is despite now this is a grammar test despite and
although have the same meaning in spite of, despite, although
they have very very similar meanings but they cannot
grammatically work in the same way although has to go with a verb phrase
of a subject + verb so for example it would be although she had a broken ankle
something like that but despite and in spite of can go with a noun or a gerund
so a verb in the ing form or a phrase beginning the fact that so quite a lot
of grammar there for you number 10 the results of the vote will be notified or
announced today the results of the vote will be notified or announced today okay
it is announced I'm sure you guys got that I'm sure you did
so announced means that something is publicly said whereas notified is
something you get on a much more personal level so you can be notified of
something given a note usually in the written form the difference here is
really that announced is more spoken a public announcement for example or a TV
announcement and notified we look at it note is much more in the written form
number 11 she was surprisingly or interestingly engaged in
my talk on geopolitics she was interestingly or surprisingly engaged in
my talk on geopolitics what could it be okay guys let's do this one quickly it
is surprisingly she was surprisingly engaged surprisingly is it's here
because this is surprising we're saying the person the person is saying this is
a difficult topic geopolitics so it is surprising that she was so interested in
it or he was so interested in it number 12 I managed or handled to pass
my driving test I managed or I handled to pass my
driving test what do you think it is it is managed so the difference here is a
little complex to manage something can also be about the end result I managed
to as we had in this sentence to pass, I managed to live in a country I didn't
like for example it's about the end result the achievement even though it
was difficult handle is about you dealing with it at the time okay
number 13 passing IELTS with 7.0 can be difficult to succeed or achieve passing
IELTS with 7.0 can be difficult to succeed or achieve what could it be
that's right the answer is achieved okay achieve so
succeed is similar but perhaps it's more about the finishing the success
than the process also here guys we've got a grammar issue as to why we can't
use succeed if we want to say that we succeeded with something we need to say
that we succeeded in for example it is possible to use succeed in this sentence
but you would need that preposition in you succeed in doing something number 14
we really need to conserve or keep our environment
more we really need to conserve or keep our environment more which do you think
it is I'm sure you guys all got this the answer is conserve keep is a very
general verb keep your promise I'm going to keep going to that class it can mean
continue conserve is a lot more specific it means to protect or to take care of
we often use it when we're talking about the environment or looking after old
buildings things of historical or cultural significance and things like
that number 15 the last one yay I hope you
guys are doing very well in these I'm sure you are he didn't look very happy
about going to the Opera he scowled or grinned he didn't look very happy about
going to the Opera he scowled or grinned what could this be
I'll give you a clue guys a scowl looks like this a grin looks like this so what
do you think it is it is he scowled so when we scowl are unhappy about
something we scowl when we grin we're very happy usually a grin is a big smile
so here the perfect one of course would be scowled because he wasn't happy about
going to the Opera all right everybody that is the end of our vocabulary test
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