Homonym or Similiar sounding words..

I see a tendency of the examiners to test us on similir sounding words from the dictionary.

here is a link which can help us 

http://www.frostburg.edu/clife/writingcenter/handouts/homonym.htm

consider 

ascent and assent 

auger and augur

aural  oral 

allusion vs illusion

eminent vs imminent

http://www.business-words.com/dictionary/A_1.html#accede

Common Mistakes 2

EFFECT vs AFFECT

Another one from CAT 07

Find the correct sentences

A. So once an economy is actually in recession,

B. the authorities can, in principle, move the economy

C. out of slump - assuming hypothetically

D. that they know how to - by a temporary stimuli.

E. In the longer term, however, such policies have no affect on the overall behaviour of the economy.

(1) A, B&E (2) B,C&E (3) C&D (4) E only (5) B only

let's talk about E 

affect is a verb meaning to influence, act upon, or change something or someone.

effect in comparison means to have an impact on something or someone.

in C its out of the slump not out of slump.In D the correct word usage is stimulus not stimuli

A is wrong So is not needed .

Common mistakes in Sentences

Except Vs Accept

Accept is a verb which means to agree to take something

Except is an conjunction which means not including

eg:

I teach every day accept Sunday 

I always except good advice 

both are wrong

SC mistakes

Hi all

this is a question which was widely debated and came in cat 07.I found it hard in the exam

the following below is a passage ,which consists of five sentences connected ,we need to point the ones correct.

A. It is sometimes told that democratic

B. government originated in the city-states

C. of ancient Greece. Democratic ideals have been handed to us from that time.

D. In truth, however, this is an unhelpful assertion.

E. The Greeks gave us the word, hence did not provide us with a model.

(1) A, B&D (2) B,C&D (3) B&D (4) B only (5) D only

now A is the sentence

It is sometimes told that democratic

TOLD -verb ,simple past and past particple of to tell

it is used in reported speech i.e it is used to talk about people  (followed by an object + that:):

eg : i told him that i will be late

SAID - verb /adjective-simple past and  past particple of to said

 here comes what they asked,  SAID can be used with that for reported speech

 e.g:"The criminal said that he was sorry".

So A is wrong it is sometimes said is the correct phrase

In C The correct idiomtic expression is "handed down" 

in E hence is incorrect but is correct

So B and D is the answer (3)