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Pares de Palabras Frecuentemente Confundidos: Aprenda Rápido Escritura en Inglés (page 4)

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Where/ wear/ were

  • Where es un adverbio que se refiere a place, location.
  • Wear es un verbo que significa put on (ropa) o tire out. Como nombre significa deterioration.
  • Were es un verbo, la forma plural de be.
  • Ejemplos
    The slacks were (forma del verbo ser) too tight.
    The tires showed excessive wear (deterioración).
    They will wear (gastar) out these shoes if they wear (vestir) them too much.
    Where (ubicación) are the clothes you were (forma del verbo ser) planning to wear (vestir) Tomorrow?

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Brake/ break

  • Brake como verbo significa slow, stop. Como nombre significa hindrance, drag.
  • Break como verbo significa separate, shatter, adjourn. Como nombre significa separation, crack, pause, opportunity.
  • Ejemplos
    During our break (pausa) we spotted a break (rajadura) in the pipeline.
    Brake (frene) gently when driving on glare ice by applying slight pressure to the brake (freno).

Passed/ past

  • Passed es un verbo, la forma pasada de pass, que significa transferred, went ahead of or by, elapsed, finished.
  • Past como nombre significa history. Como adjetivo significa former.
  • Ejemplos
    The first runner passed (transfirió) the baton to the second just as she passed (pasó) the stands. Three seconds passed (transcurrió) before the next runner came by.
    Harriet passed (finalizar) her bar exam on the first try.
    I must have been a whale in a past (anterior, previa, pasada) life.
    Avoid digging up the past (historia) if you can.

Peace/ piece

  • Peace es un nombre que significa tranquility.
  • Piece como nombre significa division, creation. Como verbo significa patch, repair.
  • Ejemplo
    If you can piece (poner en orden) together the pieces (fragmentos, piezas) of this story, perhaps we can have some peace (tranquilidad) around here.
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