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Confusing words

  SAY vs TELL SAY ●      Focus on the thing . ●      Structure: say + something ●      Example: She said “hello”. TELL ●      Focus on the person who receives the information. ●      Structure: tell + someone + something ●      Example: She told me the truth. 👉 Key idea: tell almost always needs a person . LISTEN vs HEAR LISTEN ●      You do it actively . ●      Example: Listen to this song. I listen to music HEAR ●      It’s a physical perception. ●      Example: I can hear a noise. 👉 listen = active 👉 hear = automatic perception   Complete with listen or hear TRAVEL vs TRIP TRAVEL ●      The action of moving (transfer) from place to place. ●      Example: the travel was good (the transfer ...