{"id":23719,"date":"2025-06-17T13:43:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/?post_type=free_lesson&#038;p=23719"},"modified":"2025-06-17T13:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:51:01","slug":"nouns-and-their-verb-forms","status":"publish","type":"free_lesson","link":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/confusing-words\/nouns-and-their-verb-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Nouns and their verb forms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Today we look at some nouns, how they change into verbs and examples of use. English learners often confuse the noun form for the verb form when speaking, let&#8217;s see if we can fix that problem for these words!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>advice and advise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">advice (noun): <em>My grandmother gave me some good advice.<\/em><br>advise (verb): <em>I advise you to travel abroad while you can.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>choice and choose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">choice (noun): <em>There&#8217;s not much choice for vegetarians.<\/em><br>choose (verb): <em>Choose the flowers you like most.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>confusion and confuse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">confusion (noun): <em>The new road signs are causing a lot of confusion.<\/em><br>confuse (noun): <em>Her instructions were confusing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>criticism and criticise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">criticism (noun): <em>He doesn&#8217;t take criticism well.<\/em><br>criticise (verb): <em>The reviewer criticised the lead actor&#8217;s performance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>decision and decide<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">decision (noun): <em>They have a big decision to make.<\/em><br>decide (verb): <em>I can&#8217;t decide where to go to learn English.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>explanation and explain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">explanation (noun): <em>The explanation he gave for being late was not believable.<\/em><br>explain (verb): <em>Can you explain to me how this coffee machine works?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>invitation and invite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">invitation (noun): <em>We received an invitation to the wedding through the post.<\/em><br>invite (verb): <em>Did Ahmed invite you to his party?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>predict and prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">prediction (noun): <em>We made predictions about what the world will be like in 50 years.<\/em><br>predict (verb): <em>I predict Real Madrid will win the Champions League.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we look at some nouns, how they change into verbs and examples of use. 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