2007.03.14 -  SYNONYMS FOR MISTAKE AND ERROR

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2007.március 14.

fault

something wrong in a person’s character or in a thing. Responsibility for a mistake.

Valakinek a hibája. Ebből kifolyólag általában birtokos névmással jár együtt.

slip

a small mistake

Egy kics hiba, botlás. Pl. nyelvbotlás!

misunderstanding

not understanding something properly

félreértés

blunder

a silly mistake

buta hiba

defect

something that is wrong with or missing from somebody/something

TALÁLD MEG A MONDATBA LEGJOBBAN BEILLŐ SZÓT!

1. It is a ………. to argue with your friends.

a)       error

b)       fault

c)       mistake

d)       slip

2. The new assistant made a ………. and as a result all the accounts were messed up.

a)       slip

b)       fault

c)       misunderstanding

d)       blunder

3. Don’t blame yourself! It’s not your ……!

a)       fault

b)       error

c)       slip

d)       misunderstanding

4. The engineer was quick to point out the technical .......... .

a)       faults

b)       slips

c)       errors

d)       blunders

5. I can understand your Spanish in spite of the grammar ........... you made.

a)       mistakes

b)       slips

c)       defects

d)       misunderstanding

6. Sorry, I didn’t mean to say this, it was a .......... of the tongue.

a)       slip

b)       mistake

c)       fault

d)       error

7. Whose ........... is this? Yours, I’m afraid.

a)       blunder

b)       slip

c)       fault

d)       error

8. Your composition is full of .......... .

a)       defects

b)       mistakes

c)       faults

d)       slips

9. You will make a terrible ........... in introducing her to your parents.

a)       blunder

b)       slip

c)       error

d)       defect

10. The child broke the expensive vase but it was his mother’s ............ for letting him play close to it.

a)       error

b)       defect

c)       fault

d)       blunder

answers: mistake, blunder, fault, errors, mistakes, slip, fault, mistakes, blunder, fault

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