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23 January 2009: Confusing Words

Happy New Year to all of you and I hope it is a very successful one for everybody. The pound is lower against the euro so there is no excuse for not returning to Chester for another English course.

Some changes in the school, as you probably know Nigel Paramor has taken over as principal from Richard Day and in January Jo Whittick became Academic Manager as Harriet retired as Academic Principal. But don't worry, the school is just the same as before, the teachers are just as excellent as always, the office just as helpful and we guarantee that you will have a wonderful time if you decide to return to the school. Stay in Touch will remain the same as Harriet will be coming into school to devise the lessons.

I thought we might look at what are often called Confusing Words. These are words which look the same as another word but have a totally different meaning.

Exercise 1
Complete the following sentences with the correct word.
Many people today are    of the need to recycle much of their rubbish.
He was a very    student and always handed his work in on time.
He asked me to    him about the possibility of going to university in Great Britain.
Thank you for your   , it was really helpful.
He tries to    having to do any extra work whenever possible.
We did everything we could to    the illness from spreading further.
It is important to regularly    the schools to ensure the standards are maintained.
We must    the price of energy to ensure that people are not paying too much for basics.
Cuts in spending in the education budget will have a serious    on the standards of the schools.
The strike will certainly    the level of service we can provide.
Exercise 2
Complete the following sentences with the correct word.
The    hum of the air conditioning service was so annoying that we had to turn it off.
Their    arguing was really annoying.
There is always the    that the government will amend the new laws.
If we leave now we will at least have a    of getting the last train home.
That old painting we discovered in the attic is   . Apparently it is by one of the C16 old Dutch masters and worth a fortune.
There was nothing of interest on sale in the shop. It was all    old junk.
The students listened in    silence to their lecturer.
He has a very    job and is certainly not an out of work lay-about!
He commented    on the economic situation in Africa.
   before he left university he was offered a job in the Foreign Office.

The word this week is regeneration as in: "The government sees the regeneration of the inner city as one of its first objectives."

Enjoy the Chinese New Year and the rest of January
With Best Wishes from all at English in Chester


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