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Top 50 Vocabulary Mistakes

How to Avoid Them

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  • Intended for non-native English speakers
  • A guide to avoid common vocabulary mistakes
  • Written by experienced ESL teacher

Part of the book series: Easy English! (EAEN)

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Table of contents (52 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Top 50 Vocabulary Mistakes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. According to

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      Pages 3-4
    3. Actual, Actually

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      Pages 5-6
    4. Advice, Advise

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      Pages 7-8
    5. Agree

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      Pages 9-10
    6. Among, Between, Of, From

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      Pages 11-12
    7. Appreciate

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      Pages 13-14
    8. As, Like

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      Pages 15-16
    9. Available, Comfortable, Convenient

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      Pages 17-19
    10. Beautiful, Good, Fine, Nice

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      Pages 21-22
    11. Because, Why

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      Pages 23-25
    12. Big, Great, Large

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      Pages 27-29
    13. Borrow, Lend, Loan

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      Pages 31-32
    14. Both, Either, Neither

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      Pages 33-35
    15. Bring, Take, Carry, Fetch, Get, Lead

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      Pages 37-39
    16. Camping, Campsite, Parking, Car Park

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      Pages 41-42
    17. Chance, Possibility, Occasion

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      Pages 43-45
    18. Close, Near, Next

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      Pages 47-49

About this book

Whatever your mother tongue, you are likely to have encountered difficulties with most of the 50 vocabulary items in this book.

Each chapter contains:

  • Examples of typical mistakes.
  • Examples of correct usage.
  • Rules / explanations.
  • A short exercise where you can immediately practise what you have learned.
  • Additional exercises (including false friends)

By completing the exercises in this book, you should be able to eliminate some of the most common vocabulary mistakes that non-native speakers of English tend to make.

Easy English! is a series of books to help you learn and revise your English with minimal effort. You can improve your English by

  • reading texts in English that you might well normally read in your own language e.g. jokes, personality tests, lateral thinking games, wordsearches.
  • doing short exercises to improve specificareas grammar and vocabulary, i.e. the areas that tend to lead to the most mistakes - the aim is just to focus on what you really need rather than overwhelming yourself with a mass of rules, many of which may have no practical daily value

Other books in the Easy English!series include:

     Wordsearches: Widen Your Vocabulary in English

     Test Your Personality: Have Fun and Learn Useful Phrases

     Word games, Riddles and Logic Tests: Tax Your Brain and Boost Your English

     Top 50 Grammar Mistakes: How to Avoid Them

     Top 50 Vocabulary Mistakes: How to Avoid Them

Authors and Affiliations

  • English for Academics SAS, Pisa, Italy

    Adrian Wallwork

About the author

Since 1984 Adrian Wallwork has been teaching English as a foreign language - from General English to Business English to Scientific English. Although he lives and works in Pisa (Italy), through his university work he has taught students of all nationalities. Adrian is the author of over 30 textbooks for Springer Science + Business Media, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, the BBC, and many other publishers.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Top 50 Vocabulary Mistakes

  • Book Subtitle: How to Avoid Them

  • Authors: Adrian Wallwork

  • Series Title: Easy English!

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70981-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70980-2Published: 02 February 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70981-9Published: 28 January 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2522-8617

  • Series E-ISSN: 2522-8625

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 175

  • Topics: Lexicology/Vocabulary, English, Language Education

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 37.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access