TOEFL SKILLS & EXERCISES

#common_mistakes #confusing_words ⚜Neglect 🆚 Forget⚜ 😨 Some teachers ⚜neglect = ⚜1⚜fail to look after someone or something properly: ▪️'The garden has been badly neglected and will require a lot of attention.' ⚜2⚜(formal) : fail to do something, especially something that you ought to do: ▪️'The public are demanding to know why the government neglected to warn them of the oil shortage.' ⚜forget = fail to realize something (and be guided by it): ▪️'Children tend to forget that their parents like to have fun too.'

#common_mistakes #confusing_words ⚜Rare🆚Scarce🆚Unusual ⚜ 😨 Water is very rare in some parts of the country.✖️ 😇 Water is very scarce in some parts of the country.✔️ ⚜If certain things are rare there are only a few of them in existence: ▪️'Rare coins are usually worth a lot of money. ▪️' A rare event is one that hardly ever happens: ▪️ 'I was lucky enough to witness one of her rare public performances.' ⚜To describe something that is usually common but for some reason is difficult to obtain at a particular time or in a particular place, use scarce: ▪️'After the war, food and clothing were scarce.' ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ 😨I think that my name is rare.✖️ 😇 I think that my name is unusual.✔️ 😨In San Francisco I saw some rare architecture.✖️ 😇In San Francisco I saw some unusual architecture .✔️ ⚜If something is different from what is usual, it is unusual: ▪️ 'The bread had an unusual flavour.' ▪️ 'Kit. That's an unusual name.' ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ 😨It is not rare that women have a job nowadays.✖️ 😇It is not unusual for women to have a job nowadays .✔️ ⚜not unusual (for sb) to do sth (NOT not rare): ▪️'It's not unusual to seebusiness people cycling to work these days.'