These four words that sound very similar but are spelled differently, with different letters, with accents on different syllables often cause confusion in their spelling and use. Some of them are nouns and others are verbs conjugated in different tenses: present and past.
About these four words: fell, fell, shut up and shut up we will see the meanings and uses of each of the words, with examples so that there are no doubts about the differences between them.
Something similar occurs with other groups of words that present these difficulties: confusing the way they are written and not being clear about what each one means in order to use them properly.
To find exactly what is the difference between fell, fell, shut up and shut up we will try to define each of these words, write examples that help you remember more easily.
What do you need
- Research, read, write.
- Books, newspapers, magazine, paper, pencil, computer with Internet connection.
Instructions
- CAYO: Let’s start with the word key: it is a common noun, masculine gender that means “small flat and sandy island”. These small islands, commonly flooded and covered with mangroves, are typical of the Sea of the Antilles and the Gulf of Mexico. They are shallow islands and form on coral reefs. The keys are found only in tropical areas.
- The keys, typical of tropical zones, can be located in the oceans: Pacific, Atlantic and Indian, including the Caribbean Sea, the Great Barrier Reef and the Belize Barrier Reef.
- The group of keys is called keys, some of them of great territorial extension, for example the Cayo Coco, to the north of Cuba that has approximately 370 km 2 of extension.
- The keys have an ecosystem that can provide food and building materials for the islanders, although the main drawback is the lack of potable water.
- FELL: If we accentuate the word fell on the last syllable, it is completely transformed. Fell indicates an action. It corresponds to the third person singular of the simple past tense of the Indicative Mood of the verb caer. For example: The older man fell on the street when he tripped.
- The verb to fall is irregular, so when the past tense is formed, the letter “ y ” appears, that is to say that from I fall (in the present) the following orthographic change is produced: ai + vowel = ay. For example: Ca i….. ca y ó, ca y era, ca y eron
- It is conjugated: I fell, you fell, he (she) fell, we fell, you fell, they fell.
- In the film the woman accidentally falls down the stairs (present). In the movie the woman accidentally fell down the stairs (past).
- I fell at the entrance to the cinema, what a mess! (first person). Sofía fell at the entrance to the cinema, what a mess! (third person).
- CALLO: Callo is a noun of the masculine gender that means “hardness of the skin that forms especially on the feet and hands.”
- Corns, also called calluses, are formed due to friction on the skin, for example, they form on the feet due to friction from footwear, on the soles of the feet or on the hands due to permanent contact with an object such as the middle finger where the pencil rests.
- It is very common for calluses to form on the hands of masons due to the permanent use of tools.
- I have calluses on my left hand fingers from the guitar strings.
- Foot calluses are very annoying and painful if not treated properly.
- Callus is also called the new formation of tissues that are made at the junction of the parts of bones after fracture. In the x-ray it is clearly seen that the callus is already forming at the junction of the two parts of the bone.
- CALLÓ: This is the past tense of the verb to shut up, to be more precise, it corresponds to the third person singular of the simple past tense of the Indicative Mood of the regular verb to shut up. For example: He was silent before the insults of his opponent. If you don’t believe it, you can listen to the recording and you will know that the one who kept the truth quiet was her.
Tips
- Find out about everything that represents doubts, read a lot and encourage reading in others, write down the doubts that arise to investigate when you have time.
- Use the dictionary, and books of all kinds, for example if you leaf through any Geography book, you will see that you will learn many new words about geographical features such as “cayo”.