Commonly Confused Words
Make a list of the following words and write a definition for each. It is important that you understand the difference between each commonly confused word, and you must be able to use each properly in a sentence. Save your list in your network folder as List Commonly Confused Words.
| accept, except |
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desert, dessert |
its, it's |
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vain, vane, vein |
| advice, advise | breathe, breath, breadth |
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device, devise |
principal, principle |
presence, presents |
| affect, effect | later, latter | precede, proceed | quiet, quit, quite | ||
| allot, a lot | can, may | farther, further | lead, led |
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waist, waste |
| all ready, already | faint, feint |
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lay, lie | rain, reign, rein |
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capital, capitol | fewer, less | leave, let | raise, rise |
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| all together, altogether | cite, site, sight | formerly, formally | loose, lose |
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knew, new, know, no |
| allusion, illusion |
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forth, fourth | notable, noticeable | sit, set | wear, were, where |
| coarse, course | good, well |
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stationary, stationery | whose, who's | |
| delusion, illusion, allusion | hear, here |
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passed, past | statue, stature, statute |
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hole, whole | brake, break | to, too, two | your, you're | |
| complement, compliment |
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peace, piece | than, then | ||
| award, reward |
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plain, plane |
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their, there, they're |
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| decent, descent, dissent |
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pore, pour | threw, through | incite, insight |
