[ Ссылка ] we're looking at two tricky words - accept and except. We'll look at what they mean and the memory tricks to remember which is which.
They sound similar and both have the -cept ending which is stressed
ac + cept acCEPT
ex + cept exCEPT
Let's look at the meaning then the memory tricks to remember accept
accept - to acknowledge, to agree
Some of the meanings for accept =
to take something that someone gives you
It gives me great pleasure to accept this award.
to say yes to an invitation or offer
They offered her a job, and she accepted without hesitation.
to agree to do what someone asks or suggests
Our clients will never accept this proposal.
You can also have the opposite meaning when adding the prefix un- to acceptable
This is unacceptable behaviour
The new contract is totally unacceptable.
A memory trick to use for accept is to see the A in accept and in words with similar meanings =
ac - acknowledge
a - agree, admit, approve, allow
They offered her a job, and she accepted without hesitation.
They offered her a job and she accepted / agreed / approved
The word family
accept
accepted
accepting
acceptable
acceptably
acceptance
acceptability
opposite: unacceptable
let's look at except
except = something isn't included
not including; but not:
The museum is open daily except Monday(s).
It's cool and quiet everywhere except in the kitchen.
Everyone was there except for Sally.
A memory trick you could use is seeing the ex- in other similar words - except/ exclude your ex-husband, ex-wife,ex-boss - exclude exclusion
The word family
except
excepted
excepting
exception
exceptions
exceptional
unexceptional
exceptionally
which mean impressive/unimpressive/good and to emphasise a point. memory trick extra good / bad- exceptional
It was exceptionally good.
The film was unexceptional.
Notice these words everywhere and ask yourself the meaning within the sentence and remember the memory tricks and how you'd remember the word
That's it, thanks for watching and see you in another lesson
