Transcript Power Point Set II

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Easily Confused Words!
Hi Maiza!
its
• The possessive form of it. It is a pronoun
• Example: “The vicious Chihuahua loves its bone!”
• Who possesses the bone? It’s the Chihuahua’s bone,
and he dares you to disagree.
it’s
• the contraction of it is or it has
• Example: “It’s been tremendously fun
learning how to dance “The Dougie!”,
exclaimed First Lady Michele Obama.
...or she could say...
• “It has been...”
its versus it’s
trick
• Simple test: if you can replace it’s in your
sentence with it is or it has, then your
word is it's; otherwise, your word is its.
• “The Chihuahua loves its bone.”
• “The Chihuahua loves it is bone.” No!
• “The Chihuahua loves it has bone.” No!
• Get it?
lose
• (verb) to mislay or suffer the loss of something.
• Example: A very common sentence Mr. Day
hears in his house is, “Oh, Phil! How did I lose
my keys again?”
Not again!!!
This will be
Mr. Day in
two years. Mrs. R
says, “No…too much
hair.” ;)
loose
• (adjective) means free or not fastened
• Example: On this ride, you better hope
your seat belt doesn’t come loose!
lose versus loose
tricks
• Next time you write the word loose, ask
yourself, “Should I lose the double letter
“o”? If you want a verb that means “to
mislay or suffer the loss of,” then lose the
extra “o”.
• On the other hand, if you want your word
to mean free or unbound, be free with your
use of “o”’s!
TRICK (a bit sick, but helpful)
• Think of the word goose. Goose has two
“o’s” in it. See the noose on its neck?
• Remember: It is a relief that the noose on
the goose is loose!
Lead
(pronounced “led”)
• (noun) a heavy metal
• Example: If you ever have played the
game Clue, you may have hypothesized
that the butler committed the murder by
striking the victim with a lead pipe.
Lead (pronounced “lēd”)
• (verb) to show the way
• Example: The New York Giants’ captains
always lead their team on the field, and
their Super Bowl victory catapulted the
team all the way to the White House.
led
• (verb) to show the way. It is the past
tense form of the verb lead.
• Example: A Nepalese Sherpa led this
climbing expedition to the top of Mount
Everest.
lead, lead, and led
tricks
• A rhyming trick: Lead the metal rhymes with bed. Would
you want to sleep in a lead bed?
• Horse trick: A wise person once said, “You can lead a
horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.” An
observant person once said, “I led the horse to water.
He did not drink. He then died.”
peace
• (noun) a state of calm or mutual harmony
• During times of war, whether it be between
nations or within one’s own, there are
always people who struggle for peace.
piece
• (noun) a section or a part of something
• On Thanksgiving, I always have at least
one piece of pumpkin pie.
peace versus piece
tricks
• Peace trick: It takes an ace to make peace in
today’s world.
– the last three letters of peace are a, c, and e. That
spells ace, and an ace is someone who is an expert!
• Piece trick: The word pie is the trick. Whenever
you are confused as to which spelling to use,
ask yourself if you are talking about a section of
something…a piece of something. If you are,
then you know it’s the piece with “pie” that is
correct.
He wouldn’t be smiling if he knew where his
insides went. 
good
• (adjective) satisfactory in quality, quantity,
or degree
• Example: Dana thought the Fleet Foxes song
“Helplessness Blues” was as good a song as
she had ever heard! Fleet Foxes (check them out!)
well
• (usually an adverb) in a satisfactory
manner
• Example: Eddie Vedder, the lead singer of
Pearl Jam, sang very well at last year’s
concert in Hartford!
“Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I’m still alive, yeaheahea I’m still alive!
Let’s compare good and well!
• Use the adjective good when describing
nouns or pronouns. In other words, use
good when stating how something or
someone is.
• Use the adverb form well when describing
verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. In
other words, how something or someone
does something.
• When referring to health, use well.
good versus well practice