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Words often confused

to live/to leave

live-lived-lived – żyć, mieszkać

leave-left-left-opuszczać, wyjeżdżać 

to listen/to hear

listen-listened-listened – słuchać

hear-heard-heard - słyszeć 

to break/to brake

brake-braked-braked - hamować

break-broke-broken – łamać, tłuc 

to fly/to flow

fly-flew-flown – latać

flow-flowed-flowed – płynąć 

to sew/s / /to sow/s//to saw/s/

sew-sewed-sewed – szyć

sow-sowed-sowed – siać

saw-sawed-sawn – piłować 

to affect/an effect

affect-affected-affected – wpłynąć na, dotknąć

an effect – skutek, efekt, wpływ 

at last/at least

at last – w końcu

at least – co najmniej 

Exercise

Complete the sentences with the following words: 

1) at last/at least

................... 5 thousand people came to see the concert.

We’d waited for more than half an hour and, .................., the film began. 

2) broke/braked

I ................ my leg last holiday.

The driver ........................ rapidly and I almost fell down. 

3) flowed/flown

She has never ............................ by plane.

The river ....................... into the Atlantic Ocean. 

4) sewed/sowed/sawed 
He ………………this field with barley. 
The woodcutter  ………………. the trunks.

She finally ………………. on the button. 

5) affected/effect

The accident ……………. every aspect of his life.

This pills for the headache had no .......................... 

Key: 1. at least, at last 2. broke/braked 3. flown/flowed 4. sowed/sawed/sewed 5. affected/effect

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