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WIN To achieve first position or get a prize in a compeition Win a match, a competition, a prize a medal…. EARN To receive money as paymentfor work that you do/ Earn money, a salary

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Page 1: Confusing verbs

WIN

To achieve first position or get a prize in a compeition

Win a match, a competition, a prize a medal….

EARN

To receive money as paymentfor work that you do/

Earn money, a salary

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HOPE

To want something to happen

Hope to win, to pass,

WAIT

To allow time to go by, until someone comes, something happens…

Wait for the bus, for someone…

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Look like (+ noun)

To have similar appearance

To look like your mother, an actor, a princess

LOOK ( + adjective )

To appear or seem

Look happy, sad, well

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WEAR

To have clothing, jewellery etc on your body

To wear clothes, make up, a ring

CARRY

To transport or take something from one place to another

Carry one bag, books…

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WATCH

To look at something for a period of time, especially something which is changing or moving

To watch TV, a film, a match…

LOOK ATTo direct your eyes in order to see.

Look at a photo, the board…

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KNOW

To be familiar with or to have experience or understanding of somehing or someone

To know somebody, someone…

MEET

To see and speak to someone for the first time/To come together with someone intentionally

To meet a friend….

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MAKE

To produce something, often using a

particular substance or material

Make a cake , a noise, a bed, a phone call, choice, coffee, comment, an exception, a guess, a joke, a trip, friends…

DOTo take action, deal with something

Do a composition, a course, an exam, exercise, a service, sport