Commonly Confused Words

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Commonly Confused Words

• AHSGE
• Objective I-9

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Course/ coarse

• Coarse- adjective-means not refined or something
  that is rough in texture.
• Course- noun- has multiple meanings.
• The sailor used ____________language.
• The race car followed the road ______.
• The first _________ of the meal was an appetizer.

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Council/Counsel

• Council- noun- a group that advises.
• Counsel- verb, to advise/noun, advice given by an
  authority.
• The student ______meets on Thursday.
• A lawyers job is to __________people.
• The school ________ is Mrs. Noah.
• The city _________ makes decisions about Muscle
  Shoals.

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All Ready/ Already

• All Ready means prepared
• Already means previously or so soon
• We were ______ to go to summer camp.
• Jeff was ______ on the bus.
• Are we there_______?
• Ford ______ spent his money.

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Capital/capitol

• Capital- noun, meaning seat of government or
  financial resources.
• Noun or adj. meaning upper case letter or
  most punishable by death
• Capitol- noun, actual building where the
  legislative body meets.
• Montgomery is the ____ of Alabama.
• The President gave his speech on the steps of the
  ___.
• He had the ___ to finance his own campaign.

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Cite/sight/site

• Cite-verb, meaning list
• Sight-noun, meaning the act of seeing
• verb, meaning to see
• Site- noun, meaning place
• You need to ___ your sources for research.
• It was a wonderful ____.
• We couldnt ___the deer because of the fog.
• The digging ___was in Australia.

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Complement/compliment

• Complement-noun/verb, meaning something added to
  complete
• Compliment- noun/verb, meaning a remark of praise
  or to praise
• A fancy bow was a ___ to the gift.
• He gave her a ___ on her dress.
• Her two bosses both ___her fine work.
• Basil and oregano ___ the Italian dish.

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Die/dye

• Die-noun, multiple meanings
• Verb, to pass away or to stop
• Dye- noun or verb, substance with color or to
  color
• The board game included one ___.
• He used a ___ to cut out the hole.
• I bought black ___ for my hair.
• We will all ___one day. Did your car___?

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Passed/past

• Passed-verb, past tense of pass or to have moved.
• Past- noun or adjective, referring to an earlier
  period of time or place
• Adverb or preposition- beyond
• The quarterback ___ the ball.
• We made mistakes in the ___.
• We drove ___ her house.
• We ___ our turn off, and we were late.
• Passed can only be an action verb. PAST will
  never be a verb.

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Principal/principle

• Principal- adj. most important
• noun-person in authority or original
  amount of money invested or borrowed minus
  interest
• Principle- noun, a rule, general truth, law or
  standard
• Marxism does not follow the ___ of democracy.
• The ___ingredient of cotton candy is sugar.
• The interest on the loan was four percent of the
  ___.

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Rain/reign/rein

• Rain-noun or verb- water droplets falling from
  the atmosphere
• Reign- noun or verb- royal authority
• Rein- noun or verb- straps or other means of
  control.
• The ___ washed all the pollen off the car.
• The kings ___ lasted ten years.
• He pulled the ___ to slow the horse.
• The queen will ___ as long as she lives.

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Stationary/stationery

• Stationary- adjective, not moving
• Stationery- noun, paper
• He exercised on a ___ treadmill for an hour.
• The ___ had bird houses on it!

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Their/ there /theyre

• Their- possessive pronoun
• There- noun or adverb- tells where or existence
• Theyre- contraction for they are
• ___ door is red.
• ___ are the missing papers.
• The book is right ___.
• Your pants are here look, ___ in the drawer!

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To/too/two

• To- preposition or part of an infinitive
• Too- adverb, excess, or also
• Two- adjective or noun, the number
• The water is ___ hot!
• They have __ cars. I have only one.
• He wants to go, ___.
• We walked __ the store.
• We wanted __ go, ___. ?

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Vain/vane/vein

• Vain- adjective, not successful or exaggerated
  pride.
• Vane- noun, a blade or device made to be moved by
  the wind or fluid.
• Vein- noun, a blood vessel, vascular framework of
  a leaf or insect wing, or a streak.
• He made a __ attempt to fix the car.
• Youre so ___. You probably think this song is
  about you!
• The weather __ pointed south.
• The ___(s) of the turbine were made of steel.
• Blood runs through our ___s.
• The miners found a __ of silver in the rock.

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Ware/wear/where/were

• Ware- noun, similar articles of the same
  material.
• Wear- verb, to put on (clothing), verb or noun,
  deteriorate from use.
• Where- adverb
• Were- plural linking verb/helping verb
• The company sells soft__.
• Which shirt should I ___?
• The tires __ out quickly.
• ___are my shoes?
• We ___going to the dance, but changed our minds.

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Whos/whose

• Whos- contraction of who is
• Whose- possessive pronoun
• __ is missing from class today?
• Do you know ___ jacket that is?

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Your/youre

• Your- possessive pronoun
• Youre- contraction of you are
• ___ brother just called me.
• ___ early to class today.

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Good/WellBad/Badly

• Good-Bad are adjectives used to describe nouns.
• Well-Badly are adverbs that modify action verbs.
• Look at the following examples and see if they
  are correct or incorrect!

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Good/badadj.Well/badlyadv.

• She is a good tennis player.
• She slept good all night.
• He wants a new TV bad.
• She plays tennis good.
• He sings bad.
• I feel good today!