難分辨的字詞

reach 到達  reachv 到達  When will you reach Taiwan?   reachv 聯繫  How do I reach you?

arrive 到達  arrive atv  到達 ( 小地方 )You arrived at the office early.  ※ When will you arrive there?  arrive inv 到達 ( 大地方 )  When is Mary going to arrive in Taichung?  get tov 到達地方  How do I get to the bus station?  ※ How do you get there?

lend 借出 / 借入  lendv 借出  I need to buy some pens. Would you lend me some money?  borrowv 借入  I borrowed some books from the library?

beside 在旁邊 prep/ 除 … 之外  besideprep 在旁邊  Tom sits beside Mary.  besidesprep 除 … 之外  Besides Taiwan, we traveled to Japan before.  adv 除 … 之外  Tim is the best in my class. Besides, he is our class leader.

few/a few/quite a few  few adj 極少  She is so shy that she has few friends.  a fewadj 一些  I have a few friends in Taipei.  quite a fewadj 多  There are quite a few people at the party.

find/found  findv 找到  I can’t find my hat. It must be somewhere in the room.  foundv  find (pt, pp)I found my hat under the chair.  found v 建立  He founded a company in 1999.

Late/later/latter/latest  lateadj 晚 Don’t be late for school.  adv 晚 Don’t go to school late.  lateradj, adv 晚點  See you later.  latteradj 後者  Here are Tom and John. The latter is my brother.  latestadj 最新的  You can see the latest movie in the theater.

hard/hardly  hard adv 猛烈，努力 It rained hard.  adv 努力 Mary studies hard.  adj 困難 It’s not hard to finish the work.  hardlyadv 幾乎不  He hardly exercised, so he became weak.

time/times  timen 時間  Time is money?  timesn 次數  I’ve been to Taipei Zoo several times. It’s nice for a family tour.

through/though/thought  throughprep 穿越  The car ran through a red light.  thoughconj 雖然  Though he’s a child, he still can help you.  thoughtvthink (pt)  I thought you would win the game.

snack/snake  snackn 點心  Can I have some snacks?  snaken 蛇  Most people are afraid of snakes.

dessert/desert  dessertn 甜點  After dinner, we can have ice cream or pudding for dessert.  desertn 沙漠  We can see camels in the desert.

except vs. expect  exceptprep 除 … 之外  We go to school every day except Sunday.  conj 除了  The men here are 70 years old expect my grandfather is 75.  expectv 期盼  He expects to visit you soon.

tired vs. tried  tiredadj 疲倦  I was so tired that I I went to bed directly.  triedvtry (pt)  We tried many ways to make new things.

fever vs. favor  fevern 發燒  He has a high fever, so he goes to the doctor.  favorn 恩惠  Please do me a favor.

parents vs. present  parentsn 雙親  Both my parents are teachers.  presentn 禮物  This present is from Tim on my birthday.