小学一年级英语 Confusing words

Complete the sentences with the word we´ve learned so far.
A) Two masked men attacked him and_______ his wallet.
B) They________ the banks and stole cars. C) She has a _________ temperature. D) He´s only one meter twenty__________. C) The house was___________ on stilts. D)The cost of living keeps on____________. E) ‘Stop a moment’, he said, _____________
The forms of the verb lie are lie, lies, lying, lay, lain. A person lies somewhere when they rest there, streched out, or having dropped there. A place lies somewhere if that is where it is located.
Tall vs High
You use tall to describe things such as trees, columns and buildings, which stand on the ground, extend upwards a long way, and are quite thin. You also use tall to talk about people´s height.
Lay and lie are two verbs that have related meanings. You can use them both to talk about things that are placed on something, usually horizontally.
As nouns, both raise and rise can mean an increase in salary or wages. Raise is used in American English and Rise is used in British English
Lay vs Lie
his hand on my arm. F) The village_______ twenty miles to the west.
Answers
A) stole B) robbed C)high D) tall E)raised F)rising G) laying H) lay
He was lying in bed, looked very ill.
Lie can also mean ‘ to say things that are not true’. In this meaning, the correct form of the past tense and past participle is lied.
The plant grows only in high mountains
Raise vs Rise
Raise is a regular transitive verb. It means to lift to a is hand to get the teacher´s attention.
Confusing words
Rob vs Steal
To rob a person, a bank or a shop is to take money or property from them using threats or force.
He was robbed in the street by two masked man
The house was surrounded by tall trees.
You use high to describe things such as hills and mountains, which stand on the ground, extend upwards a long way, and are quite wide. You can use high to talk about what an object measures from the top to bottom, but not to talk about people´s height. You always use high to describe things that are great distance above the ground and not standing on it.
To steal something is to take it although it does not belong to you. Steal is often followed by the preposition from.
She stole from her friends and neighbors.
The forms of the verb lay are lay, lays, laying, laid.
To lay something somewhere is to put it down gently or carefully.
She laid the flowers on the grave.
Rise is na irregular intransitive verb (past tense rose, past participle risen) It means “ to move upwards” or “to increase”
The cost of living keeps on rising.