Relieve? or Relief? - Which One Is It? - Lil' but Mighty English

To summarise, “relieve” is used as a verb while “relief” is used as and a noun. We also discover how “relieved” can refer to the past tense form ... 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PostedBy RandallChew 02/16/2022 Relieve.Relief.Moststudentstendtousethesetwowordsinterchangeably.Aretheyacceptablespellingsofthesameword? Hi,I’mMsLee,ateacheratLil’butMighty,andtheanswertothisquestionisno,relieveandreliefarenotacceptablespellingsofthesameword.Whatistheirdifferencethen?Considerthefollowingexampletohelpyouidentifytheirdifference. e.g.Takingmedicationhelpstorelievethepaininmyfoot. e.g.Takingmedicationprovidesrelieffromthepaininmyfoot. Haveyounoticedhowthewordsareuseddifferently?Ifyes,youwouldagreewithmetosaythatrelieveisusedasaverbwhilereliefisanoun.Inthefirstexample,youcanseehowtakingmedicationleadstotheactionofrelievingorreducingthepaininmyfoot.Inthesecondexample,“relief”isreferredtoasathing(inthiscasethefeeling)thatIgetfromtakingmedication. Agreattiponhowtousethesewordsdifferentlyistopayattentiontothewordthatcomesbeforeand/orafterrelieveorrelief.Asrelieveisaverb,youoftenneedtohaveanounafterittoshowthattheactionwasdonetosomebodyorsomething. e.g.Jacksonwantedtorelievethestresshefeltbytakingawalk. Here,Jacksonisdoingtheaction“torelieve”tothenoun“stress”suchthathefeelsbetter.Anotherclueisalsotheuseof“to”thatmustalwaysbefollowedbyaninfinitive,whichisaverbinitsbaseform. Asfor“relief”,youcanlookoutforarticleslike“the”and“a”,pronounslike“his/her”,orprepositionslike“with”,“in”and“of”whichhinttoyouthatanoun/nounphraseshouldfollowafterthem.Let’slookatacommonexample. e.g.Jacksonheavedasighofreliefaftertakinganicelongwalk. Noticehowthe“sigh”isfollowedbythepreposition“of”beforetheword“relief”.Thephrase“asighofrelief”isanounphrasewhichreferstothehappinessthatJacksonnowfeelsaPertakingawalk.Trythefollowingquestionstoseeifyouhavenailedtheuseofthesedifferentwordforms! Q1.Thedogtriedto(relieve/relief)itspainbylickingitswound. Q2.SheLancesmiledinwith(relieve/relief)uponhearingthegoodnews.  Didyoumanagetoanswerthemcorrectly?Let’scheckyouranswers! Q1.Thedogtriedto(relieve/relief)itspainbylickingitswound. Here,thefirstclueis“to”whichhintsfortheneedtousetheverbformoftheword.Secondly,thenounphrase“itspain”thatfollowsaftershowsusthatthedogwasactingonitspainandreflectstheneedforaverbhere. Q2.Lancesmiledwith(relieve/relief)uponhearingthegoodnews. Inthisquestion,theuseofthepreposition“with”signalstheneedforanountofollowaPeritandwethereforeuse“relief”forthissentence.Theuseof“relief”hereisalsoanoun,athingforthereasonwhyLanceissmiling. Funfact:Theword“believe”and“belief”followasimilarpatterntoo!“Believe”istheverbformofthewordandusedasaverbwhile“belief”isthenounformoftheword.Remembertospellandusethemcorrectlyintheexamswiththetipshere! Nowthatyouknowthedifferencebetween“relieve”and“relief”,someofyoumaystillbewonderingabouttheuseof“relieved”.Isitaverboranoun?Let’slookatthefollowingexampleof“relieved”whichstudentsuseregularlyintheirwriting. e.g.Nitchiwasrelievedtoknowthathehadpassedhistest. Nowlet’scompareittothisone: e.g.Nitchirelievedthestresshewasexperiencingbytakingdeepbreaths. Figuredouthow“relieved”canbeclassifiedunderthewordclassesyet?Theansweristhatrelievedcanbeusedasbothanadjectiveandthepasttenseverbformof“relieve”! Inthefirstexample,“relieved”isanadjectivethatdescribesthefeelingofbeinghappybecausesomethingunpleasanthasstoppedorhasnothappened.Noticehow“relieved”canbereplacedwith“happy”thatshowsyouitsuseasanadjectiveforNitchi’sfeelings. Inthesecondexample,noticehow“relieved”isanacBondonebyNitchitoreducethestresshehadfelt.Like“relieve”,theverbformofthewordiscommonlyfollowedbyasubject,whichinthiscaseis“thestress”. Tosummarise,“relieve”isusedasaverbwhile“relief”isusedasandanoun.Wealsodiscoverhow“relieved”canrefertothepasttenseformof“relieve”orbeusedasanadjective,dependingonthewayitisusedinthesentence. Let’stakeafinaltesttoseeifyouhavenailedhowtouse“relieve”,“relief”and“relieved”accurately.PauseateachquestiontoreadandattemptbeforeIrevealtheanswertoyou! Q1.Youcan(1.relieve/2.relief/3.relieved)thesymptomsofyourfeverbytakingmedication. Theanswerisnumber1,“relieve”!Weareusingaverboverhereasyoucanseethenoun“thesymptoms”afteritanditmeanstomakethesymptomslessserious.Sincetheverbcomesafter“can”,wewillneedtousetheinfinitiveorbaseform.Thereforetheanswerwillbe1! Q2.Thestudentswere(1.relieve/2.relief/3.relieved)tohearthatthetesthadbeenpostponed. Theansweris3!Noticethatwedonotseeanounafter“relieved”andbasedonthequestion,theword“relieved”willexpresshowthestudentsfeltaboutthetestbeingpostponed.Therefore,theanswerwillbetheadjective“relieved”. Q3.Awaveof(1.relieve/2.relief/3.relieved)washedoverGurpreetwhenshefoundherwalletinherbag. Ihopeyousaw“awaveof”andgotthisoneright!“Awaveofrelief”isanounphrasetoexpresshowGurpreetfeltaftershefoundherwallet. Haveanyquestionsthatyoustillcan’tseemtosolvewiththeuseof“relieve”or“relief”?Feelfreetoasktheminthecommentsectionbelowortosimplyyoucanevenshareyourownusesofsentencesusingthesewords. Happypractising!(: FindOutMoreAboutOurNewestOnlineCourse! Ms.HuiJun Asateacher,MsHuiJunisdriventocreateasafeconducivespaceforlearninginherclassroom.Toachievethis,shemakesanefforttobuildrapportwithherstudentssothattheyareunafraidtoaskquestionswhenindoubt.Withanaimforherstudentstogrowfromeverylesson,sheencouragesthemtoreflectontheirlearningandfindwaystoconnectthemtoreallifeapplication.Withthis,shehopestostretchtheyoungmindsofallherpupilsandtoequipthemwiththelanguageskillsnecessaryinourworldtoday. Havesomethingtoshare?Dropusacommentbelow! LeaveaReplyCancelreplyYoumustbeloggedintopostacomment. 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