Commonly Confused Words
Food
Weddings
Idioms
Pronunciation
100

Explain the difference between Fun and Funny

Fun = divertido / enjoyable

Funny = gracioso / makes you laugh

100

How do you say 'sabor' in English?


flavor

100

What are the words for:

1) a woman who gets married at a wedding

2) a man who gets married at a wedding


1) Bride

2) Groom

100

If I have a green thumb, I'm good with plants. 


What if I kill plants? What do I have...? 

A black thumb

100

Every person on the team must pronounce this word perfectly. If someone does it incorrectly, correct them! 

Chocolate


Chac-lit

200

Fix the mistake: 

Every weekday I take chicken for lunch.


eat chicken OR have chicken

200

What's the difference between:

Fast Food and Junk Food?

Fast Food = convenient, fast, easy - but could have some nutritional value (or not)


Junk Food = food with no nutritional value 

200

When you are engaged to be married, you are a __________and you also have a _________. 


Fiancée

200

I was such a couch potato this weekend! 


Explain the meaning.

a lazy person who sits on the couch and chills all weekend 

200

Every person on the team must pronounce this word perfectly. If someone does it incorrectly, correct them! 

Popular 


pop-you-ler

300

What does it mean: to assist vs to attend?

to assist = to help

to attend = to go to

300

Basil, Oregano, Garlic, and Rosemary are all types of __________.

Herbs 

300

According to the video we watched in class, this word was created when the bridge and groom went M.I.A. for a full moon cycle, and people brought them honeywine during that time. 


Honeymoon

300

What does it mean if something is 'hit or miss'? 

Something is unpredictable: sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. 

300

Every person on the team must pronounce these words perfectly. If someone does it incorrectly, correct them! 

Chemist

Chemistry

Chemical 


kemist

kemis-tri

kemi-cl

400

Explain the difference between: 

Cook/Chef vs. Cooker 


Cook/Chef = the person who cooks

Cooker = the british way to say 'stove'

400

Name 4 ways to cook eggs. 

Fried 

Scrambled

Omelette

Poached

Hard-boiled 

400

What is the name for the most important female friend of the bride at a wedding. This person is usually responsible for helping the bride, holding her bouquet during the ceremony, and giving a speech during the wedding reception. 


Maid of Honor

400

Having a 10 minute walk to work has been a game changer.

What does this mean?

Something that completely changes things for the better.

400

Every person on the team must pronounce these words perfectly. If someone does it incorrectly, correct them! 

Steak vs. Stick 


steak = stai-k

stick = stik

500

Tell the difference between Trip / Travel / Journey

Trip = n., countable, when you leave point A, go to point B, and travel back to point A.

Travel =  v. or uncountable noun - EX: I love to travel./It takes a lot of time to travel to California./Travel is one of the only ways you can spend money that makes you richer.

Journey = n. an act of travelling from one place to another - usually used to describe the duration and method of travel. EX: My journey to California on Friday will take 22 hours and involve 2 flights, and 1 long layover.




500

What is offal? 


(Hint: I think offal is awful.) 

the entrails and internal organs of an animal used as food

500

What is an idiom that we have learned that means: "To get married."

To tie the knot

500
My coworker hasn't been pulling his weight at work recently. It's really starting to irritate.


Explain the meaning.

Doing his fair share of the work...he leaves work for others to do. 

500

Every person on the team must pronounce these words perfectly. If someone does it incorrectly, correct them! 

- Liked

- Washed

- Wanted

- Played

- Called 


Like'T

Wash'T

Want'ID

Play'DUH

Call'DUH