English 101 Series: 101 Vocabulary Problems
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This book aims to explain common vocabulary problems to students of English as a foreign or second language and to provide them with an opportunity to do some simple vocabulary exercises. Of course, not every learner will have the same problems and there are likely to be different problems for learners whose first languages differ. As I have been working in China, it is predictable that these problems are common with Chinese learners.
Each entry contains a short explanation on correct usage and is followed by an exercise (usually of five items). There is an answer key at the end of the book. Sometimes, suggested answers are given where there are many possible answers or where learners have been encouraged to create their own examples.
Mark Griffiths
I have been teaching English as a foreign language since 1990, mainly in the Czech Republic and China. I have written several books on IELTS that have been published in China, selling over 200,000 copies. My work has also been used to create various apps which have been downloaded tens of thousands of times.The books that I will be publishing on Smashwords are updates of my published works, modified for the international market.The majority of books will be in the 'English 101 Series' which has proven so popular in China.The cover photographs on the Smashwords editions are all by the author.
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English 101 Series - Mark Griffiths
English 101 Series: 101 vocabulary problems
Mark Griffiths
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Copyright 2013 Mark Griffiths
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Table of Contents
Preface
1. House/flat/dormitory
2. Cartoon/animated film
3. Home town/province
4. In/near
5. Common/popular
6. Country/nationality/language
7. Names of academic subjects and job titles
8. Just/only
9. 'like' and 'verb + like'
10. 'graduate' and 'graduation'
11. 'health' and 'healthy'
12. 'climbing' and 'hiking'
13. 'friend' and 'acquaintance'
14. 'pollution' and 'population'
15. all/every/never/none
16. photograph and photographer
17. neighbour and neighbourhood
18. right, possibility and obligation
19. let and make
20. enter society (become an adult)
21. 'pay' and 'spend'
22. 'traditional' and 'common' or 'typical'
23. 'opinion', 'think' and 'know'
24. prefer and rather
25. bring and take
26. communicate
27. adjective and adverb
28. 'quite' and 'quiet'
29. lose and loose
30. cooker and cook
31. country and in the country(side)
32. lend and borrow
33. wedding and marriage
34. programme/show and channel
35. job and work
36. make/take/do an exam/test
37. holiday and festival
38. rob and steal
39. accept (do not like)
40. famous and know well
41. natural resources/formations
42. public and private transport
43. connect (meet/contact)
44. simple and ordinary
45. laugh and funny
46. waste money and spend money
47. memorise, recite, remember
48. local, area, part
49. visit, stay at and live in
50. old and ancient
51. birthdays
52. radio programme and radio station
53. wild and domesticated animals
54. sport and exercise
55. touch
56. (personal) qualities and abilities
57. suit and fit (suitable)
58. dead and died
59. last and latest
60. price and prize
61. principal and principle
62. sensible and sensitive
63. shade and shadow
64. advice and advise
65. affect and effect
66. alone and lonely
67. know and think
68. been and gone
69. bought and brought
70. complement and compliment
71. either, neither nor, as well (too), both
72. 'hard' and 'hardly'
73. hear and listen to
74. remember, forget and remind
75. yes/no (agreement or positive/negative)
76. bored and boring
77. win and beat
78. interested and interesting
79. amazed and amazing
80. surprised and surprising
81. see and watch
82. 10,000 plus
83. expressing discounts
84. north, south, east and west
85. teach and learn
86. all day and every day
87. nearly
88. cook and make (cold dishes)
89. stop and station (buses, subways and trains)
90. spend time and take time (not 'cost')
91. cup, flask, mug, glass
92. lesson, class, lecture, course
93. decimal points
94. apartment and department
95. Condition (ability)
96. play computer
97. multicultural
98. hill and mountain
99. perfect and excellent
100. adverbs of frequency
101. adverbs of degree
Answer Key
About the Author
Preface
This book aims to explain common vocabulary problems to students of English as a foreign or second language and to provide them with an opportunity to do some simple vocabulary exercises. Of course, not every learner will have the same problems and there are likely to be different problems for learners whose first languages differ. As I have been working in China, it is predictable that these problems are common with Chinese learners.
Each entry contains a short explanation on correct usage and is followed by an exercise (usually of five items). There is an answer key at the end of the book. Sometimes, suggested answers are given where there are many possible answers or where learners have been encouraged to create their own examples.
Every entry is hyperlinked to the corresponding entry in the answer key. By clicking on ‘Back to top’ which is inserted after every 5 entries, the reader can return to the start of the book. Then, the reader can follow a link to another