Advice and Advise

Two commonly confused words in the English language. When do you use each one? 

These two words have a very similar spelling, but they are pronounced differently.

Advice is pronounced with an "S" sound at the end.

Advise is pronounced with a "Z" sound at the end.

Advice

Advice is a noun. 

It talks about something someone tells you to do, because they think it is the best course of action.

When we have a problem, and we don't know what to do, we ask someone for their advice. We ask them what they thing is best for us to do.

Example:

You should talk to Laura. She always gives excellent advice.
(Laura always knows what to do. She will tell you what the best thing to do is).

Advise

Advise is a verb that means to give advice. 

This verb must always be followed by the person we are advising. In this way, it is just like the verb tell.

Example:

Michaela advises Janice to take a nice, long vacation.

If we want to say exactly what the advice was, we use to right after the listener's name, like in the example above.

Example:

The salesman advised the customer to buy the product.

Now that you know the difference between adivise and adivice, try the follow exercises.

Exercises

1 - If you need some __________about which courses to take, you can talk to the professors.
(The professors can give you helpful input about which courses are best to take).

2 - I didn't ask for his __________, but he told me what he thought anyway!
(I didn't want to know what he thought I should do, but he told me anyway).

3 - The experts __________ the president about complex situations.

(The experts give him advice about complicated situations).

4 - If you ask Donna, I'm sure she'll __________ you to report the problem.

(Donna will give you advice. She will tell you to report the problem).

5 - My ____________ is, always follow your heart!

(What I think you should do is, follow your heart).

Have a great week!  
 

                                 Pronouns

Definition:

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

(I,you, he, she, it, we,and they)

Eg.: 

Mary arrived late yesterday.

She arrived late yesterday.

Paul is asking for help.

He is asking for help.

Peter and Ann are going to see the new release movie tonight.

They are going to see the new release movie tonight.

The car is making a strange noise.

It is making a strange noise.

Now, try the following exercises:

1. ___is dreaming. (George)
2. ___is green. (the blackboard)
3. ___are on the wall. (the posters)
4. ___is running. (the dog)
5. ___are watching TV. (my mother and I)
6. ___are in the garden. (the flowers)
7. ___is riding his bike. (Tom)
8. ___is from Bristol. (Victoria)
9. ___has got a brother. (Diana)

Have a good time!

 

                                                                      

             

                              Do you know the difference
                                             between
                                   because and because of?

A - Because / Because of 

The difference between these two words is that because is followed by a subject + verb, and because of is followed by a noun: 

• The game was canceled because of the rain. 

• The game was canceled because it was raining. 

In spoken English, many people say ’cause as a short form of “because.” 

B - Would you like to try some exercises?  

1. He left ______________________ I asked him to. 

2. He left ______________________ me. 

3. _____________________ you, he had to quit his job. 

4. ______________________ he was such a bad worker, he was fired. 

5. Peter didn't know ______________________ I hadn't told him. 

Have a good week!