plane, plan or plain?

lawyer, liar or layer - very confusing

way vs. weigh

A tip for elementary and pre-intermediate students: Mind your spelling as well as the way you read these two words, because they ARE very different despite looking so similar! GREAT /ɡreɪt/ GREET /ɡriːt/  

Why these two words, you might ask yourselves? There's no obvious connection - they mean different things, they are spelt differently, they are pronounced differently. And yet, if you have a few years' teaching experience, you probably know that students get confused about these two words very often - and it's not just the case ...čitaj dalje

Do you know? Why is the Dead Sea (in the example in the picture) called 'DEAD'?

RICH is an adjecive and it means having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy. REACH - in the picture it is used as a verb and it means to stretch out an arm to touch or grasp something.

Mind your pronunciation of these two words as mispronouncing them changes the meaning

Pay attention to the difference between these 2 words. Basically, everything is different about them - spelling, pronunciation and meaning, but students (especially beginners) still find it difficult to make a proper distinction between them. COAST /kəʊst/ - the part of the land near the sea COST /kɒst/ - how much money something is worth/you ...čitaj dalje

Pay attention to the slight difference in the pronunciation of 'ball' and 'bowl' - if you get the pronunciation wrong, people might be confused