英会話・英語 アミック Commonly Confused Words (part 2)
2017/07/22
4. wonder, wander
wonder /ˈwʌndə/ – ‘won’ looks like it should rhyme with ‘on’ but in fact it rhymes
with ‘sun’
wander /ˈwɒndə/ – ‘wan’ looks like it should rhyme with ‘ban’ but in fact it rhymes
with ‘on’
5. of, off
of /ɒv/ (strong form) and /əv/ (weak form)
off /ɒf/
6. loose, lose, choose, chose
loose – adjective – /lu:s/
lose – infinitive verb – /lu:z/
choose – infinitive verb – /tʃu:z/
chose – past simple of choose! – /tʃəʊz/
