"Hoping"은 "희망하다"라는 뜻을 가진 동사입니다. 반면에 "hopping"은 "뛰어다닌다"라는 뜻을 나타내는 동사입니다. ​두 동사는 맞춤법이 유사하지만 완전히 다른 뜻을 가진 서로 다른 단어입니다.

Hope (verb): wishing for something to be or happen; intending to do something
Hop (verb): to jump a short distance; to move from one place to another

자 이제 두 단어의 의미를 바탕으로, 이제 문맥에서 어떻게 사용되는지 살펴보겠습니다.

예시

"Hoping"과 "hopping"을 사용할 때 구분하기 어려운 경우, 각각 어떤 맥락에서 사용되는지 알아보기 위해 하단의 예시 문장들을 확인해 보세요.

Hoping

  • I am hoping the admissions office sends out responses soon, so I can know if I got in soon.
  • Hoping to find more gold, Jason went out to the river again.
  • The young middle school girls were hoping to see their favorite band at the music festival next month but were disappointed when they found out the event was canceled.
  • He carefully poured the batter into the cake frame, hoping for his life that his clumsy hands wouldn’t give way and accidentally spill some.
  • Cody was hoping there wouldn’t be another player on the basketball team better than he was at scoring.
  • Mother bought a lottery ticket every single day, hoping to escape from poverty the easy way.
  • Janine was hoping to catch the last bus so she wouldn’t have to call an Uber to go home.
  • My mentor told me that hoping for something would help me envision the path to that goal.
  • Sonia was hoping for rain so that her crops would finally get some water, as the drought has left them dehydrated for weeks.
  • Hoping the lecture would end soon, Ross spun his pen in his hand endlessly.
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Hopping

  • You can see the eager rabbits hopping quickly toward the caretaker with food.
  • It can be difficult to maintain your balance when you’re hopping on one foot.
  • Diana got caught by the security guards for hopping the fence, making this her second offense this year.
  • The coworkers plan to go bar hopping after work on Friday.
  • The eyewitness stated that he saw the suspect hopping on the 3 PM train to Prague.
  • The two frogs were hopping from one lily pad to another, racing each other to the spot with the swarm of flies.
  • The volleyball team’s training involved hopping while squatting from one side of the gym to the other without taking any breaks.
  • The mother kangaroo was hopping back to the shade of her favorite tree to escape from the scorching rays of the sun.
  • Please refrain from hopping around in this apartment or the neighbors downstairs will file a noise complaint.
  • In the past, popular children’s games involved more hopping, skipping, and running, but now, children prefer digital games that are played on consoles or computers.​

Practice questions

"Hoping"과 "hopping"을 언제 사용해야 하는지 배웠으므로, 다음 연습 문제를 통해 스스로 테스트해 보시기 바랍니다. 혹시나 아직 두 단어의 쓰임이 헷갈리거나 답을 모르겠다면 영어 문법 검사기 엔그램을 사용해 보세요!

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  1. Before hoping/hopping on that plane, be sure to take your medication.
  2. Darrell had been hoping/hopping for a promotion since the summer campaign ended.
  3. I realized Carol was injured when I saw her hoping/hopping to the phone on one foot.
  4. Hoping/Hopping to build some connections, Gabriel attended the networking event and tried to talk to as many new people as he could.
  5. The chickadee was hoping/hopping to where the sunflower seeds were dropped.
  6. We were hoping/hopping one of you would bring a cooler for the drinks.
  7. The CEO knew that the whole company was hoping/hopping for an announcement about some new changes in the company soon.
  8. After the graduation ceremony, the alumni went bar hoping/hopping all night until they couldn’t stand anymore.
  9. I was hoping/hopping to hop on a train to New York before the Times Square Ball Drop.
  10. Before I knew it, the rabbits were hoping/hopping out of the trunk to escape into the wild.
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정답:

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Hoping vs. Hopping
Wondering about the difference between hoping and hopping? The simple verb form of hoping is hope, and the simple verb form of hopping is hop.