The video below is about how crazy English can be:
http://9gag.tv/p/9MdBy/a-poem-about-how-the-english-language-is-crazy
After watching the video as reference:
Find 10 confusing words in English.
Write 10 different sentences using all the words you found.
Post your sentences as a comment.
Play:I used to play the lottery.
ResponderBorrarShip: That ship is sinking fast.
Tough: She was tough, loyal, and beautiful.
Cough: Paola had had a cough for weeks.
Bird: There is a big blue bird in the garden.
Beard: I can´t imagine my brother with a beard.
Choose: It´s your decision if you choose to take that job.
Cork: To open a bottle of wine, you have to twist the cork with effort.
Word: I couldn´t say the last word.
Work: I always have so much work to be done.
Dose. Do not exceed the recommended dose.
ResponderBorrarcork. This bottle wine is corked.
ward. This is a children ward.
Thwart. The police officers thwart the theft schemes.
Ham. I am not keen to eat ham.
Oxes. A yoke of oxes mut learn to work together.
Geese. I saw some geese yesterday.
Brethren. He is not a blood brethren.
Bough. Apple boughs laden with blossom
cart. There are several carts lined in the supermarket.
1. Play. I used to play the guitar when I was in the school.
ResponderBorrar2. Smell. His shoes smelled very bad.
3. Recite. My brother loves reciting poems in his free time.
4. Ship. That container was shipped last week.
5. Cargo. We have to move all this cargo before 5pm.
6. Ox. The oxen were in the pasture at the moment of the explosion.
7. Moose. Those moose are in the middle of the road, we need to get rid of them.
8. Heard. Last nigth I heard a really weird noise coming out of the fridge.
9. Dead. Some cultures honor their dead with great festivals.
10. Run. That river runs through the forest, we can use it to ease our journy.
1-ox. One day I was walking and I saw an ox on the road.
ResponderBorrar2-box. The ox was carrying a box with something inside.
3-goose. A goose came flying through the sky.
4-boot. Suddenly I got a boot in the stomach.
5-brethren. And when I was lying on the floor I see the brethren that police was looking for.
6-tough. It wasn't tough to recognize them.
7-beard. Both of them had long beards.
8-dead. I knew that someone was going to be dead, me or them.
9-threat. They threatened me and ask me for the box.
10-sword. I said: This box has nothing but a sword.
1) Oxen: My grandfather had many oxen
ResponderBorrar2) Box: The box of the refrigerator is the biggest I've seen in my life
3) Goose: My cousin Javier has a pet goose
4) Sword: He was killed with a sword
5) Bird: This bird can't fly.
6) Dead: Is the snake alive or dead?
7) Bed: I'm going to bed now.
8) Rose: I planted roses in the garden
9) Fear: I see fear in your eyes.
10) Feet: She has small feet.
1. Oxen: Those oxen over there are enormous!
ResponderBorrar2. Geese: There´s a restuarant in Pacayas that has a lot of geese in their "farm".
3. Moose: The logo of that company is a moose.
4. Tough: His boss ordered her to complete a tough task.
5. Bough: Chemestry is a science bough.
6. Cough: The patient's cough was very strong.
7. Dough: You will need eggs, flour, and baking powder in order to get the dough.
8. Heard: She heard a strange noise coming from the roof.
9. Beard: Every little kid loves Santa's white beard;
10. Bird: There was a beautiful bird flying above us.
• Hammers: We can buy the hammers that we need in this hardware.
ResponderBorrar• Wise man: Listen to my grandfather, he is a wise man.
• Oxen: Look at that cart, it is pulled by many oxen!
• Goose: Yesterday I saw a pink goose near of the lake.
• Moose: Tommy plans to hunt a moose in the summer.
• Beets: My aunt says that beets are good for the skin.
• Brethren: I would like to have brethren.
• Bough: The cause of the accident was a huge bough.
• Font: I do not like that font for the title, change it!
• Swords: There are many people who like to collect swords.
1)Moose: He was attacked by a moose.
ResponderBorrar2)Beet: Her kids usually left the beet on the plate.
3)Brethren: I met all the brethren of the Smith's family at the bar.
4)Dose: The doctor asks for a special amount of dose for the medication according to the illness.
5)Cork: She forgot to extract the cork of the bottle of wine when she was at the kitchen.
6)Thwart: The students usually feel thwarted at the exams season.
7)Cargo: The company was expecting the cargo since last month.
8)Hammers: He hit himself with a hammer while he was trying to nail a nail.
9)Ox: The kid enjoyed watching an ox pass by the street where he was
10)Dough: She needed the dough for the biscuits that the restaurant had ordered.
1. HEARD: As they heard the bells, they start running.
ResponderBorrar2. BEARD: My father used to have a big beard.
3. BIRD: Some years ago, I used to have a little bird as my pet.
4. GOOSE: There is a goose in the yard of my neighbor.
5. BRETHREN: The brethren of my best friend are living in the beach.
6. TOUGH: When I started studying at TEC, I learnt how tough is the university.
7. DEAD: You are dead if you can't see the beauty of a new day.
8. BED: My relationship with the bed is complicated.
9. DEAR: My dear deer is running in the forest.
10. COUGH: I suffered a cough after getting wet in the rain?
1. Ship: This ship is really hug!
ResponderBorrar2. Ox: His grandfather used to have two oxen
3. Cough: This cough is killing me
4. Beard: She said that she likes men with beard
5. Bird: Do you remember when a bird poop you?
6. Bed: I found 5000 colones under my bed =D
7. Threat: Professor threatened to lose the course
8. Debt: The debt was about 2 millions
9. Rose: In Turkey grown up black roses
10. Cork: He broke the bottle taking off the cork
Recite: My nephew has to recite a story at the school.
ResponderBorrarHammers:In my house there are two hammers.
Boxes: I always recycle boxes
Bough: That tree has a big bough!
Bird: In that nest there is a bird.
Meat: I ate meat at lunch
Straight: The paint is suposse to be straigth.
Bear: I have never seen a real bear.
Lose: I always lose my keys.
Card: I get a card from Taco Bell
1-Geese: A lot of people is attacked by the geese who live in Tec's lake.
ResponderBorrar2-Meese: Last time I went to Canada I took the best picture of a meese someone could take.
3-Dose: The doctor sent me a large dose of those pills.
4-Cork: Now we can celebrate, let's take out that cork.
5-Ward: This is better to be talked in my ward.
6-Thwart: I am doing all the posible things to thwart his attack.
7-Cargo: She's still waiting for the cargo from China.
8-Dough: The lunch you gave me was great, specially that dough.
9-Bough: Your cat is in that three's bough, if you don't go it will fall.
10-Bead: He will not play the game, his bead hurts him very much.
Dose: He get’s a dose of medicine.
ResponderBorrarWard: She’s playing at the ward.
Oxen: My grandpa has an oxen pair.
Bird: There is a bird into my house.
Geese: Look at these geese.
Bough: There is a bough on the road.
Brethren: They are brethren in that family.
Sword: I’m fighting with a big sword.
Heard: Her Heard is too rare.
Dough: I need the dough to bake his cake.
-1 Bed : My bed is very comfortable.
ResponderBorrar-2 Rose: I gave her a white rose yesterday.
-3 Dear: I always start a letter with word dear.
-4 Dead: His uncle is dead.
-5 Play: I play saxophone every night at 8pm.
-6 Beard: I have not shaved my beard since ten months ago.
-7 Feet: Her left feet is bigger than her right.
-8 Lose: I lose my mind every morning when i wake up.
-9 Smell: Your car smell as strawberries field.
-10 Box: My gift was delivered in a carton mail box.
1. Oxen: In Costa Rica oxen were used for agricultural work.
ResponderBorrar2. Geese: When I was a child I was told that geese were stinging.
3. Moose: The moose is a typical inhabitant of Europa's forests.
4. Brethren: The brethren of my boss are traveling to USA.
5. Cough: Cough has been a difficult disease to treat.
6. Threat: Robberies are a constant threat.
7. Debt: My business has left me many debts.
8. Dose: Exceed the dose of a drug is dangerous.
9. Cork: High quality wines are covered with cork.
10. Sword: The swords are used for esgrima.
1. Recite: He recites most beautiful lyrics.
ResponderBorrar2. Recital: they are recital to go to the concert.
3. Ship: my uncle had the most expensive ship in the world
4. Truck: my brother have a green truck
5. Noses: some monkeys have the ugly noses.
6. Goose: yesterday her goose runs before me.
7. Tough: your chair is very tough
8. Bough: in the bough found a rabbit died
9. Cough: my friend be ill they have a lot of cough
10. Dough: she has a big monument with dough
1. Recite: He recites most beautiful lyrics.
ResponderBorrar2. Recital: they are recital to go to the concert.
3. Ship: my uncle had the most expensive ship in the world
4. Truck: my brother have a green truck
5. Noses: some monkeys have the ugly noses.
6. Goose: yesterday her goose runs before me.
7. Tough: your chair is very tough
8. Bough: in the bough found a rabbit died
9. Cough: my friend be ill they have a lot of cough
10. Dough: she has a big monument with dough
1. Nose. My grandfather had a big nose.
ResponderBorrar2. Goose. In TEC there is a lot of gooses in the lake.
3. Cough. Yesterday I was in the rain, so now I have Cough.
4. Oxen. Most of the carts here in Costa Rica was pull out with Oxen.
5. Dead. My Dead is the thing that I have most fear in the world.
6. Lose. I lose all my money yesterday, because I was in a casino.
7. Ward. Today we have a party and the ward have to be big for dancing.
8. Bird. All the birds migrate to other places to have their eggs.
9. Truck. My uncle had a truck and I was able to travel in it.
10. Card. Some people can trough cards at bis velocities.