1. BESIDE / BESIDES

1. BESIDE / BESIDES

– Beside: giới từ, mang nghĩa bên cạnh, = ‘’next to’’, ‘’at the side of’’
Examples:

• I sit beside John in class.
• Could you get me that book? It’s beside the lamp.

– Besides: (adverb) meaning ‘’also’’, ‘’as well’’
: (preposition) meaning ‘’in addition to’’
Examples:

• (adverb) He’s responsible for sales, and a lot more besides.
• (preposition) Besides tennis, I play soccer and basketball.
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2. CLOTHES / CLOTHS
– Clothes (số nhiều) quần áo chúng ta mặc nói chung
Examples:

• Just a moment, let me change my clothes.
• Tommy, get your clothes on!

– Cloth: vải vóc nói chung (không đếm được)
– Cloth (số nhiều là cloths): miếng vải, tấm vải, thường dùng để lau hay làm khăn trải bàn…
Examples:

• There are some cloths in the closet. Use those to clean the kitchen.
• I have a few pieces of cloth that I use.

– clothing (không đếm được): nói đến một loại quần áo đặc biệt, cụ thể nào đó
Examples:

• Protective clothing

3. DEAD / DIED
– Dead: adjective meaning ‘’not alive’’, chết
Examples:

• Unfortunately, our dog has been dead for a few months.
• Don’t touch that bird. It’s dead.

– Died: past tense and past participle of the verb ‘’to die’’, thì quá khứ và phân từ hai của động từ “die”
Examples:

• His grandfather died two years ago.
• A number of people have died in the accident.

4. EXPERIENCE / EXPERIMENT
– Experience (đếm được): kỷ niệm
– experience (ko đếm được): kinh nghiệm
Examples:

• (first meaning)His experiences in Germany were rather depressing.
• (second meaning) I’m afraid I don’t have much sales experience.

– Experiment: thí nghiệm, thử nghiệm
Examples:

• They did a number of experiments last week.
• Don’t worry it’s just an experiment. I’m not going to keep my beard.

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