Idiomatic Pairs of Nouns - By Leaps and Bounds

Meaning – very quickly, very much.

Ø      Mr Chong’s English has improved by leaps and bounds ever since he hired an English tutor.

Ø      That company is growing by leaps and bounds. I won’t be surprised if they open another office very soon.

Homophones - Fairy v Ferry

Fairy (noun) – an imaginary creature

Ø     Most of the girls at the party last night were dressed as fairies and princesses.

Ø     Carmen used to believe that fairies really existed.

Ferry (noun) – a boat or ship used to carry passengers and sometimes vehicles across an area of water on a regular basis.

Ø     Most of the passengers on the ferry were Europeans.

Ø     We are going to take a ferry to Calais.

Ø     We are going to Calais by ferry.

Homonyms - Address (As a Noun and Verb)

1.   (noun) – home details

Ø     Please send this parcel to the address given above.

Ø     Kindly send any further correspondence to my new address.

2.   (verb) – to speak or write to somebody

Ø     All questions and complaints should be addressed to the management.

Ø     Sarah calmly stood up to address the crowd at her party.

Ø     It’s impolite to address people by their first names at these formal events.

3.   (verb) – to deal with

Ø     The government really needs to address the rising cost of living.

Ø     Failure to address the current problem will eventually lead to more problems.