{"id":2222,"date":"2017-06-06T16:17:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T16:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2017-06-07T06:43:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T06:43:06","slug":"words-commonly-confused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/words-commonly-confused\/","title":{"rendered":"Words Commonly Confused"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Die and dye<\/h3>\n<p>Different forms<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Die \/ dying \/ died<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dye \/ dyeing \/ dyed<\/p>\n<p>To die is to perish, stop or diminish. To dye is to colour something by a chemical matter. The colouring matter is also called dye as in hair-dye.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The rose bushes will die without water.<\/li>\n<li>The sound died away.<\/li>\n<li>Dye these Easter eggs. (NOT Die these Easter eggs)<\/li>\n<li>She dyed her hair black.<\/li>\n<li>Add more dye to the water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hope and hop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Different forms<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Hop \/ hopping \/ hopped<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Hope \/ hoping \/ hoped<\/p>\n<p>To hop is to jump, leap or spring.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The rabbit hopped across the field.<\/li>\n<li>The boy hopped the mud puddle and ran down the walk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hop can also be a noun.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With one hop the frog was back in the pond.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hope<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hope means faith, confidence, reassurance or optimism. It can be a noun or verb.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Today\u2019s young people give me hope for the future.<\/li>\n<li>His fondest hope is to retire to his native place.<\/li>\n<li>We hope to buy a new car next year.<\/li>\n<li>We are hoping against hope.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mop and mope<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mop \/ mopping \/ mopped<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mope \/ moping \/ moped<\/p>\n<p>To mope is to sulk, languish, lament<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stop moping and perk up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To mop is to soak up by wiping.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scrap and scrape<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Scrap \/ scrapping \/ scrapped<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Scrape \/ scraping \/ scraped<\/p>\n<p>A scrap is a small piece or fragment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There was not a scrap of evidence against him.<\/li>\n<li>She threw scraps of bread to the birds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To scrap is to abandon something.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We have decided to scrap the old car.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scrape<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To scrape is to rub hard, bruise or clean by rubbing hard.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I rented a machine to scrape the paint off the furniture.<\/li>\n<li>I slipped and scraped a knee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Exercise<\/h2>\n<p>Select the word from the ones given in brackets and then supply the appropriate form of that word to fill in the blanks in each of the following sentences.<\/p>\n<p>1. The plants are \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (die \/ dye). They need more sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>2. She \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (mop \/ mopes) the floor every day.<\/p>\n<p>3. I was \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (hope \/ hop) that I would win the first prize.<\/p>\n<p>4. The kangaroo \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (hope \/ hop) across the field.<\/p>\n<p>5. They \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (scrap \/ scrape) the old car and bought a new one.<\/p>\n<p>6. It took me two hours to \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (scrap \/ scrape) out the paint.<\/p>\n<p>7. I am going grey. I must \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (die \/ dye) my hair.<\/p>\n<h3>Answers<\/h3>\n<p>1. The plants are<strong> dying<\/strong>. They need more sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>2. She <strong>mops<\/strong> the floor every day.<\/p>\n<p>3. I was <strong>hoping<\/strong> that I would win the first prize.<\/p>\n<p>4. 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