Monday 5 October 2015

Homophones - Grate v Great



Grate (verb) – to rub food against a grater in order to cut it into small pieces.
Ø     I walked in on my mother grating cheese in the kitchen for the cake she was preparing for tonight’s party.


Great (adj) – large in quantity, size or degree.
Ø     The rising cost of living is of great concern to voters.
Ø     The great majority of (= almost all) people would agree that the cost of living is rising at an alarming rate.
Ø     It gives us great pleasure to announce that we will opening a new store within the next 6 months.

Ø     John spent a great deal of time perfecting his spoken Mandarin before leaving for his new job in Shanghai.

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