Transcript USAGE

USAGE
Accept / Except
 Accept (vb) – to receive;
to agree to
 Except (prep) – but; to
 Please accept this gift.
leave out.
 Everyone is here except
you.
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Your/You’re
 Your- the possessive form
of you
 Your arguments are
convincing
 You’re contraction of you
are.
 You’re doing a fabulous
job!
Their
Their
There
They’re
Possessive form of they
In or at that place
Contraction of they are
Ex: A hurricane damaged their
house
Ex: Put your book there
Ex:They’re our next door
neighbors
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Theirs/ There’s
 Theirs – possessive form of
 There’s – contraction of
“they” used as a pronoun.
“there is” or “there are”
 Theirs is the house with the
 There’s been an accident.
green shutters.
 There’s your friend Chad
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Affect/Effect
 Affect (vb) to cause a
change or influence
 Your decision will affect us.
 Effect (n) result; verb to
bring about
 The plan will have a
positive effect on you.
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To/Two/Too
To
Two
Too
In the direction of; can also be
part of the infinitive verb
The number after one
Very; also
Ex; We have two puppies
Ex: The soup is too salty
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Ex1: James walks to school
Ex2: She likes to study
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A
lot
 A lot – ALWAYS two
words; means “a large
amount
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 A lot is ALWAYS two
words!!!!!
Brake/Break
• Brake (vb) to slow down
• Break (noun)= a short
(noun) a device for stopping
Push on the brake if you go
too fast.
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rest (vb) to shatter; to
force through
• You can have a break after
you finish cooking.
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Choose/Chose
 Choose is the base form;
chose is past tense. The
parts are choose, choosing,
chose, chosen.
 Please choose a poem to
recite in class
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Chose – past tense of choose
I chose to read a poem by
Emily Dickenson
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Clothes
 Clothes – what you wear
 Cloths – pieces of fabric
 Please hang your clothes on
the hanger
 Use these cloths to wash
the car
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Good/Well
• Good (adj) use before
nouns, after linking verbs
to modify a subject.
• You look good in that
costume.
• George played a good game
today
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• Well (adv) modifies action
verbs; (adj) = in good health
• Joby plays the piano well
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Here/Hear
 Here (adv) in or at this
place
 Please put your books in
here.
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 Hear (verb) – to be aware
of sound by means of the
ear.
 I can hear you perfectly
well.
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Its/ It’s
 Its – the possessive form of
 It’s – a contraction of it is
it
 The dishwasher has finished
its cycle
or it has
 It’s (it is) raining again
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Knew/New
 Knew – the past tense of
 New- unused or unfamiliar
know
 I knew the answer
 I need a new pencil
 There’s a new student in
our class.
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Loose/Lose
• Loose (asj) – free; not
firmly attached; not tight
• The button came loose
from my shirt.
• Lose (verb) to misplace; to
fail to win.
• If we lose this game, our
season is over.
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• Do not lose your
homework.
Passed/Past
• Passed is the past tense and
past participle of the verb
pass.
• We passed your house on
the way to school.
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• Past- can be an adjective, a
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preposition or a noun.
This past week has been
busy for me. (adj)
We drove past your house
(prep)
At what time did you drive
past? (adv)
I love stories about the
past. (noun)
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Plane/Plain
 Plain – not fancy; clear;
 Plane- airplane; a two
dimensional figure.
 Did you hear about the plane
that landed in the Hudson ?
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 How did you find the area of
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the plane?
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large area of flat land
He wore a plain blue shirt.
The solution is plain to me.
Buffalo once roamed the
plains.
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Real/Really
 Real – An adjective; use it
before nouns and after
linking verbs to modify the
subject.
 Winona has real music
 Really- an adverb; use it to
modify action verbs,
adjectives, and other
adverbs.
 She is really talented.
talent
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Then/ Than
 Then (adv) “at that time”
 My mother was a young
girl then.
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 Than (conjunction) used
to introduce the second
part of a comparison
 LaTrista is taller than
Latoya
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Who’s/Whose
 Who’s a contraction of
“who is” or “who has”
 Who’s (Who is)
conducting the orchestra?
 Who’s (who has) read this
book?
 Whose- possessive form
of who
 Whose umbrella is this?
Reason is because
 Don’t use because after reason is. Use that after reason is or
because alone.
 The reason I’m tired is that I didn’t sleep well last night.
 I’m tired because I didn’t sleep well last night.
Weather/Whether
 Weather- the condition of
the atmosphere
 Whether- if: also used to
introduce the 1st of two
choices
 The weather in Portland is
mild and rainy
 Tell me whether you can
go.
 I can’t decide whether to
go or stay.