Transcript Easily Confused Words List 2

Easily Confused Words List 1
Bye/Buy/By
• Bye: interjection, what you say when you are
leaving; short for goodbye
Buy: verb, what you do when you get things
from a store and pay money for them
“I need to buy ice cream and cake for the
party tonight.”
• By: Preposition, meaning next to something
or a time period.
“I live by Sherwood Park.”
“We need to leave by seven.”
Good/Well
• Good: adj. to describe a noun
(person/place/thing/idea)
“They have good food.”
“That movie was good.”
“Good idea!”
• Well: adv. To describe verbs or adjectives
“He did well on the vocabulary test.”
“That food was well prepared.”
“Did the movie do well at the box office?”
Then/Than
• Then: indicates time and the order
events occur.
“I went home, and then I made
myself a snack.”
• Than: used to draw a comparison
between two or more things
“He is taller than his brother.”
“I have more money than Tyler.”
Their/There/They’re
• Their: Shows ownership like mine, his,
and hers
“We will take their car to the movies.”
• There: A place or location. It’s similar to
here
“The movie theater is over there.”
• They’re: Short for THEY ARE
“They’re going to the movies later.”
Whether/Weather
• Whether: A conjunction that has a
similar meaning to if.
“I wonder whether it will rain.”
• Weather: what goes on outside: rain,
sun, snow, etc.
“This rainy weather is terrible.”
Where/Were
• Where: Used to ask the location of
something
“Where are my keys?”
• Were: past tense of the verb are
“We were in the kitchen.”
“They were on the couch.”
Whose/Who’s
• Whose: Comes before a noun to explain to
whom the noun belongs
“Whose pencil is this?”
• Who’s: Short for WHO IS or WHO HAS
“Who’s going to clean up this mess?”
“Who’s got the answer to number five?”