易混淆动词辨析
1. accept receive 接受
（1） accept “接受” 指当事人的态度，同意或不同意采纳 （2） receive “接到” 指客观事实，不含是否愿意接受的意思 She___________ an invitation but couldn’t accept it.
He asked Lucy to marry him and she ___________ his proposal(求婚). 2.reach arrive get to 到达
When did he ___________ home yesterday? We ___________ at the station five minutes late. How do you usually get to school every day?
3. borrow lend keep 均可表示“借”，但用法不同。
（1） borrow “借”，是终止性动词，表示主语 “借入”某物如 borrow sth from sb 表示 “从某人处借了某物”
（2）lend “借给” 是终止性动词，表示主语 “借出”某物如 lend sb. sth或 lend sth to sb 均表示“把某物借给了某人”
（3）keep “保存，借” 是持续动词，表示“借入之后长时间地保留某物” 如 keep sth for +时间表示“已经借了多长时间” How long can I ___________ the book? I ___________ a novel from the school library. Could you___________ me a bike? My bike is broken. 4.listen to 与hear均可表示 “听”，但用法不同
（1）listen 是不及物动词，与to 构成固定搭配，listen to “听.......”, 强调听的动作 （2）hear “听到” ，强调听到的结果 ___________! What’s that noise?
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I spent the night ___________records. Suddenly I ___________ a strange noise.
Can you speak a little louder- I can’t ______________ very well. Did you _____________ what I said?
5. say, speak, talk和tell 均可表示“说”，但用法不同
（1） say “说”，作为及物动词使用，其后常跟直接引语和间接引语 He said he would come tonight. “Good night,” she said.
（2） speak “讲话”，一般作为不及物动词使用，有时作为及物动词 speak+各种语言 May I speak to John, please? Do you speak English?
（3）talk “谈话”，是不及物动词， talk about 表示“谈论关于......” talk to/with 表示“和......讲话”
Mr. Thompson is talking with my father in the office now, please wait here for a moment. What are you talking about?
（4） tell “告诉，讲述”，是及物动词，可带双宾语和复合宾语，常用结构， tell sb sth/that从句；tell sb to do sth.
The teacher told us an interesting story yesterday.
She told us that we would have an English exam the next week. Excuse me, could you _____________me where the station is ? The teacher _______________ we should hand in our report on Friday. Could you _______________ more slowly, please?
We need to ________________ about the plans for the weekends. 6. bring，take，carry 均可表示“拿，取”，但用法不同。
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（1）bring “带来，拿来” 只把某物和某人从另一个地方带到说话的地方来，或者可以说是由远及近
Bring me you dictionary tomorrow.
（2）take “带走” 指把某物或某人从说话的地方带到另一个地方去，也可以说是“由近及远”，常和介词to 搭配
Can you help me take the book to the classroom?
（3）carry “提，扛，搬，携带” 意思较多，没有方向性 He is carrying water.
My sister went to Germany on holiday and ___________ me back a T-shirt. _____________ your coat with you-it’s cold.
Could you ____________ this bag for me? It’s quite heavy.
7. dress, put on, wear和in 均可表示“穿”，但用法不同
（1）dress常见用法有：dress sb 和dress sb up。 dress sb “给某人穿衣服” dress sb up “打扮某人” The boy dress himself quickly.
My mother is dressing up my brother and they are going to a party. （2）put on “穿上，戴上”，表示动作
After putting on his coat,Jim went out to play with his classmates. （3）wear “穿着，戴着” 表示状态 Bob is wearing a red shirt today. （4）in 表示穿着后面加衣服的颜色 The man in a black shirt is my father. 8.lay和lie
（1）lay表示“放置；铺；产（蛋，卵)”时，过去式和过去分词是不规则变化：lay-laid-laid Lay the books down and you can go.
（2）lie 表示“说谎”时，可做及物动词和不及物动词，过去式和过去分词是规则变化：
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