CONFUSED WORDS

Question 1

WANDER

Answer 1

Physical activity.

It means to move around (usually walking) without a specific destination or purpose:

EXAMPLE
• On the first day of my trip, I spent a couple hours wandering around the city.
• We wandered through the park, looking at the flowers.

Question 2

WONDER

Answer 2

Mental activity.

It means to feel curiosity, to want to know something.

EXAMPLE
• I wonder what happened to my friend from elementary school? We haven’t been in touch for years.
• Your wife is wondering what time you’ll be home – please give her a call.

Question 3

ADVICE

Answer 3

Advice is an opinion offered as a guide.

EXAMPLE
-My advice is to study before tests.

Question 4

ADVISE

Answer 4

Advise is the action of offering an opinion as a guide.

EXAMPLE
-I advise you to study before tests.

Question 5

COARSE

Answer 5

Means rough.

EXAMPLE
-We sat on the pine log even though it was coarse.

Question 6

COURSE

Answer 6

Means a direction or path.

EXAMPLE
-The hurricane blew along the predicted course.

Question 7

AFFECT

Answer 7

Means to influence something.

EXAMPLE
-He affects me strangely whenever he winks at me.

Question 8

EFFECT

Answer 8

Means a result or to cause something to happen.

EXAMPLE
-Your wink has the strangest effect on me.