Differentiate Suit, Fit, Match, Go With in detail

1. Distinguishing Suit – Fit – Match – Go With

1.1. Usage of Suit

Often used in the fashion industry: fitting with style, design.

Ví dụ:

• The blue dress suits you a lot.

Means suitable for someone's time.

Ví dụ:

• Sorry but I am busy today, I think next weekend will both suit us.

1.2. Usage of Fit

Commonly used in the fashion industry: shoes, hats, clothes fitting someone.

Ví dụ:

• My feet are so small, a pair of high heels with size 35 will fit me.

Means appropriate (significant) to someone.

Ví dụ:

• The facts certainly fit your theory.

1.3. Usage of Match

Means 'suitable' when paired with something in parallel.

Ví dụ:

• The doors were painted blue to match the walls.

Means to meet the requirements.

Ví dụ:

• None of these glasses match. (= They are all different); Will the the number of schools match the future needs of this town?

Means to correspond to, be correct with.

Ví dụ:

• The dark clouds matched her mood.

1.4. Usage of Go with

Means 'suitable' when combined with something in parallel (synonymous with 'match').

Ví dụ:

• Does this jacket go with this skirt?

Tóm tắt:

• Suit: hợp về lĩnh vực thời trang (mặc đẹp), thoả về điều kiện gì đó (thường về thời gian)
• Fit: vừa vặn về kích cỡ, phù hợp về mặt ý nghĩa
• Go with, match: hợp với nhau khi được kết hợp, đồng bộ với nhau.

2. Application Exercises

1. These shoes don’t (FIT/ SUIT/ MATCH) me. Have you got a larger size?
2. This shirt is too small to (FIT/ MATCH/ SUIT) me.
3. This T-shirt (MATCHES/ FITS/ GOES WITH) you perfectly. It’s neither too long nor too short.
4. This shirt doesn’t (SUITS/ GOES WITH/ FITS) me. Have you got a smaller size?
5. This T-shirt (FITS/ MATCHES/ SUITS) your trousers perfectly.
6. I like this coat very much because it (GOES WITH/ FITS/ SUITS) my shoes,they are the same color.
7. The doors were painted blue to (MATCH/ FIT/ SUIT) the wall.
8. Really this dress does not (SUIT/ FIT/ Go WITH) you. I have to say you look weird in it.
9. You should wear this yellow T- shirt. It (FITS/ SUITS/ MATCHES) you more than the red one.
10. Those shoes (FIT/ MATCH/ SUIT) your hand bag really well.
11. White and black are colours that (SUIT/ FIT/ GO WITH) me very well.
12. Friday would (FIT/ MATCH/ SUIT) me very well for a meeting.
13. I am going because the life I am leading here does not (MATCH/ SUIT/ FIT) me!
14. Their new car barely (SUITS/ GOES WITH/ FITS) into the garage.
15. This shirt (MATCH/ GOES WITH/ SUITS) your blue tie.
16. I’m (FIT/ SUITABLE/ MATCHING) for this vacancy because I can type very quickly.
17. This T-shirt doesn’t really (SUITS/ MATCHES/ GOES WITH) me. It’s too colorful.
18. Bright colours don’t (MATCHES/ SUITS/ FITS) me well.
19. You won’t find any sizes of this T-shirt. One size (FITS/ MATCHES/ SUITS) all.
20. This T-shirt (MATCHES/ FITS/ GO WITH) your trousers perfectly.

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