Students Often Confuse These …. !
Lesson 1
Journey, travel, trip, way
If we asked you to arrange these travel-related words based on their long and short duration, how would you answer?
- journey
- travel
- trip
- way
Correct order: travel, journey, trip, way
Last summer I went on one of the journeys to Istanbul. During the day I sat around the lobby and played billiards with my friends, and we were very lazy. Then we made a trip to the mountains, which was about an hour from the hotel. On the way back to the hotel, we saw a snake right on the road. Oh! It was very scary.
Shortly, I think one of the best things to remember about foreign travel is to see different places and people.
Meanings:
- Journey: travel from one place to another
- Trip: a journey from one place to another for a short time
- Way: a route that you take to get from one place to another
- Travel: general word for the activity of long visits
Exercises:
- a weekend trip to London
- on the way to the hotel, we stopped and bought something.
- I have booked a journey to Athens with my classmates.
- In a business trip, you have a chance to see other businessmen.
- We spend more on foreign travel than before.
- Can you tell me the way to the hospital, please?
- I hope you have a good trip to London; see you a few days later.
- The way to my town takes 20 minutes.
Types of Holiday
| a camping holiday | at a campsite | meeting new people |
| beach holiday | at a luxury hotel | climbing |
| cruise | cruise ship | walking |
| backpacking | at sea | visiting monuments |
| independent travel | mountains | sunbathing |
| at the sea sight | relaxing |
Lesson 2
See, watch, and look
Here, we will study the words that ESOL Examination students often confuse.
Meanings:
- See: to notice people with your eyes
- Watch: to look at something for a period of time
- Look: trying to see something or someone
He saw a big snake on the way back to the hotel.
I checked the room, but I couldn’t find my purse. – Look everywhere – You know I have looked everywhere.
We watched Brad Pitt’s last movie at home yesterday.
Lesson 3
Listen and hear
Meanings and examples:
- Hear: let the sounds, music come to your ears without desire
- Listen (to): to say that you try to hear something
I can’t hear what you say.
I couldn’t hear the music from next door.
Can you hear me perfectly?
Listen to me!
We listened to the teacher carefully.
I can’t listen to the music because of the noise!