Avoid or Prevent?

Are you still struggling with the difference between "to avoid" and "to prevent"? Do you often confuse these two verbs? Well, don't despair! Here's a video that can help you understand the difference between these two commonly confused verbs and a link to a website where you can practise them.

I hope this will help you to avoid making mistakes when you use these verbs. In other words, I hope this will prevent you from confusing "avoid" and "prevent".

 

  You can practise the difference by clicking here.

5 & 6 Revise and Check

Here are the answers to the Revise and Check exercises on pages 62 and 63 in your books.

GRAMMAR

Exercise A 
1 hadn't found               2 didn't work
3 wouldn't have gone    4 wouldn't be
5 used to driving           6 to have
7 to getting up               8 I could speak
9 I had learnt to play     10 you wouldn't leave

 Exercise B 
 1 meeting 2 cleaning 3 to get 4 not to be 5 living

 VOCABULARY

 Exercise A
1 proud   2 homesick   3 grateful   4 guilty   5 stunned

Exercise B
1 exhausting    2 shocked     3 embarrassed    4 stressful    5 annoys    6 disappointing    7 amazes
8 horrified        9 offensive  10 scary

Exercise C 

1 a conductor   2 a band / a choir     3 a cello    4 a soprano    5 a keyboard

Exercise D

1 pillow  2 snore   3 nap    4 nightmare    5 set

PRONUNCIATION

Exercise A : 1 really  2 alarm  3 chauffeur  4 architect  5 guilty

Exercise B:  1 -set     2 de-   3 or-  4 -som- 5 sleep-

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?

1 a   2 c   3 c   4 b   5a   6 c  7 c   8 b   9 a   10  b

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS FILM?

1 c  2 b  3 a   4b   5c