Monday, June 4, 2007

Confusing Words


HOME OR HOUSE


1. House describes a particular type of building.
2. Home is the place where you live and feel that you belong to.


Compare the following:

- 'Most people in Britain live in semi-detached houses.
- We’re going to buy our daughter a doll’s house for her birthday.
- 'The Houses of Parliament in London are visited by 50,000 people each year.'
- 'I’ve enjoyed living abroad for the last six years, but it’s time for me to go back home now!'
- 'We were at home in bed when our car was stolen from outside the house.'
- 'These children need a good home and we are in a position to give them one.'

Note also the differences in meaning and use between 'house-proud', 'housework' and 'homework', 'homesick' and 'homeless'.

Study the following:

- 'I did my housework (i.e. cleaning the house) this morning and my homework (work given to me by my school to do at home) this afternoon.'
- 'People say that I’m house-proud because I spend so much time cleaning the house so that others will admire it.'
- 'She said that she was missing her home and family so much. She sounded really homesick.'
- 'I am homeless. I have no home to go to.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 4, 2007 at 7:55 AM

    Ur posting very useful.
    Can you upload the song " Child " ( Original version )
    thank you very much :)
    Have a nice day

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  2. hoctrobeconJune 5, 2007 at 9:00 AM

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  3. hoctrobeconJune 5, 2007 at 9:23 AM

    This entry reminds me of a saying, "Money can buy a house, but it cannot buy a home." It is very meaningful.

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  4. nguyenhonganhtesolJune 5, 2007 at 10:26 AM

    Yeah. No place is like home.

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  5. nguyenhonganhtesolJune 8, 2007 at 9:32 AM

    You like "Child" in English or Philippino?

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  6. babyDecember 18, 2007 at 10:57 PM

    teacher thuc suot dem de chuan bi cho x'mas ah.hixhix.

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