英语中有一些单词在拼写上相似，因此在背单词的时候很容易混淆这些单词以及它们的用法，产生一些雅思和PTE写作/口语中普遍存在的错误。在这篇文章中我列举一些容易混淆的词汇，帮助各位同学理解它们在词性、含义上的区别以及到底应该怎么用在实际句子中。Donovan老师Maybe vs. May beMaybe：一般用作副词，放在句首或者动词后表示 “有可能”。由于这个单词暗示“我觉得有可能”，相对比较主观，因此不论PTE还是雅思的写作中都不建议使用。也不建议用来作为雅思口语中“yes or no”问题的回答。例句：Maybe the real reason for her to quit that job was to pick a career of her interest. May be:这两个单词没有固定搭配或者必须同时出现的关系。只是很单纯的一个情态动词+动词原形的结构，共同组成一个句子的谓语。因此这个短语的意思就是“可能+是”。例句：The result may be varied if you try a different approach. Like vs. Likely Like:1）动词；喜欢。例句：I like persons with forgiving personality.2）介词；像。例句： You are like your father.Likely：形容词或者副词；表示 很可能的/地。例句：It is likely that he will win this match.Rise vs. Raise Rise:动词；升起。跟在提高的项目后，用主动用法。(过去式/过去分词：rose, risen)例句： The sun rises from the east every day.The stock price rose from $10 to $200 overnight.Raise:动词；抬高，募集。 跟在提高的项目后用被动用法。例句：The salary of each employee in this company should be raised above minimum level. Affect vs. Effect Affect：动词；影响。中性词。如果要表示非常糟糕地影响，最好还是用afflict。例句：Confidence may affect the performance of the athletes during the game.Effect：1）名词；影响。中性词。例句：The effect of this new training method is impressive. Contact, contract, contest, context, content Contact：动词或名词；联系。例句：People nowadays use cellphones to contact each other.Contract：名词；合同。动词；缔结合约关系。例句：Internships can choose to refuse to sign their contracts if they found the workplace to be undesirable.Contest：1）名词；竞争。例句：There are three candidates in this job contest, competing for the position.2）动词；对抗，挑战。P.s. 常用uncontested表示没有任何阻碍的，没有受到任何有威胁的反抗。例句：The Chinese table tennis team won an uncontested victory as always.Context：名词；上下文，环境，背景。例句：It is inappropriate to interpret the meaning of an idiom without the context.Content：1）名词；内容。例句：The content of the job description did not include such tedious and repetitive ordeals.2）动词；满足。例句：The joy of finding the better half of my life contents me.
