 Hello dear learners, welcome to today's program. I am Dr. Pallupi Gugoy of Prishnakandha Handik's State Open University. This is the final video on Unit 6, vocabulary, distinction between similar words. The course is Foundation Course in English, semester 1, log 1. So, let us quickly begin. Starting with the learning objectives. After going through this unit, the learner will be able to distinguish between similar words, often confused, and also make suitable sentences using similar words which are used in different contexts or to mean different things. Distation between similar words. Let us look at the word accept and accept. To spell it out for you, A double C E P T accept and the other one E X C E P T accept. Now, let us look at the sentences. He has agreed to accept the offer. The other would be everyone except Rina has come. So, you see the difference between the similar sounding words. Similarly, let us take up another example. Access and access. Let us look at the sentence construction. He has access to the minister. Another sentence would be an excess of everything is there. So, now you see the difference. Adopt and adapt. The government has adopted steps to remove poverty. We must adapt ourselves to change. So, now you see the difference again. Now here is another pair that often occurs in our day to day writing or in our spoken English. Sunlight affects life. That is effects with an A. Sunlight affects life and water boils under the effect of heat. That is effect with an E. So, there is a difference. Another pair would be altar or altar. Offerings were placed on the altar of Goddess Saraswati. We must alter the plan. So, you see the difference. Opt and odd. Now, they sound very similar. Don't they? For opt, I know he is honest. We opt to love our country. There is a difference. So, the similar sounding pair of words are as listed below. Of course, there are many there countless such pairs. But I have just mentioned a few here for your quick understanding. So, the difference is in the spelling and the meaning. In this particular, pairs of words. So, this brings us to the questions to check your progress. Question number one makes suitable sentences from the following. Accept, accept, access, access, adopt, adapt, effect, effect, alter, alter, opt, opt. Question number two, mention a few pairs of similar sounding words which are used in sentences to mean different things. This could be also from your day to day life or your own experiences of using the language, whether in spoken or in written form. Here we come to a reference. I hope you go through BA English Creative Self Learning material where you will get a better idea of this particular topic. Thank you, dear learner.