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Nouns and verbs<br />
Words that cause confusion<br />
medal/meddle<br />
For example:<br />
practice/practise<br />
For example:<br />
stairs/stares<br />
For example:<br />
Our team won the silver medal.<br />
(Award—noun)<br />
Please don’t meddle in our business.<br />
(Interfere—verb)<br />
I will do some piano practice<br />
tonight.<br />
(Exercise—noun)<br />
Have a practice shot before we start.<br />
(Skill development—adjective)<br />
The team will practise their skills.<br />
(Perform—verb)<br />
The boy ran quickly up the stairs.<br />
(Steps—noun)<br />
He stares out the window until his<br />
mother gets home.<br />
(Looks intently—verb)<br />
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