SADLY TOO OFTEN MISUSED WORDS
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A - B
Accept. Except
Advice, Advise
Affect, Effect
Allot, A Lot
All Ready, Already
All Together, Altogether
Allusion, Delusion, Illusion
Altar, Alter
Among, Between
Are, Hour, Our
Award, Reward
Bad, Badly
Beside, Besides
Brake, Break
Breathe, Breath, Breadth
By, Bye, Buy
C - E
Can, May
Canvas, Canvass
Capital, Capitol
Cite, Site, Sight
Clothes, Cloths
Coarse, Course
Compare To, Compare With
Compare, Contrast
Complement, Compliment
Consul, Council, Counsel
Decent, Descent, Dissent
Desert, Dessert
Device, Devise
F - I
Faint, Feint
Farther, Further
Fewer, Less
Formerly, Formally
Forth, Fourth
Good, Well
Hear, Here
Hole, Whole
Imply, Infer
Incidence, Incidents
Incite, Insight
Instance, Instant
Its, It's
K - P
Knew, New, Know, No
Later, Latter
Lead, Led
Lay, Lie
Leave, Let
Loose, Lose
Notable, Noticeable
Object, Subject
Passed, Past
Peace, Piece
Plain, Plane
Pore, Pour
Precedence, Precedent
Presence, Presents
Principal, Principle
Precede, Proceed
Q - T
Quiet, Quit, Quite
Rain, Reign, Rein
Raise, Rise
Sea, See
Sit, Set
Stationary, Stationery
Statue, Stature, Statute
Than, Then
Their, There, They're
Threw, Through
To, Too, Two
U - Z
Vain, Vane, Vein
Vociferous, Voracious
Waist, Waste
Weak, Week
Wear, Were, Where
Weather, Whether, Rather
Whose, Who's
Your, You're
Allot, A Lot Exercise 2
Choose
allot
or
a lot
to complete each sentence.
Do you have _____ of homework tonight?
The land bureau was required to _____ homesteads to each settler.
There are _____ of things I don’t like about spiders.
We will have to_____ some of the money to pay bills.
The city council won’t _____ space for a park.
It was _____ of work to clear the land for farming.
You should _____ yourself enough time to finish your chores.
Telling lies was _____ to ask of a friend.
_____ of people would not have stopped to help.
No one can _____ blame for the accident.
Scroll down to see the answers - you must score this yourself.
Answers, Exercise 2:
Do you have
a lot
of homework tonight?
The land bureau was required to
allot
homesteads to each settler.
There are
a lot
of things I don’t like about spiders.
We will have to
allot
some of the money to pay bills.
The city council won’t
allot
space for a park.
It was
a lot
of work to clear the land for farming.
You should
allot
yourself enough time to finish your chores.
Telling lies was
a lot
to ask of a friend.
A lot
of people would not have stopped to help.
No one can
allot
blame for the accident.
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Home
A - B
Accept. Except
Advice, Advise
Affect, Effect
Allot, A Lot
All Ready, Already
All Together, Altogether
Allusion, Delusion, Illusion
Altar, Alter
Among, Between
Are, Hour, Our
Award, Reward
Bad, Badly
Beside, Besides
Brake, Break
Breathe, Breath, Breadth
By, Bye, Buy
C - E
Can, May
Canvas, Canvass
Capital, Capitol
Cite, Site, Sight
Clothes, Cloths
Coarse, Course
Compare To, Compare With
Compare, Contrast
Complement, Compliment
Consul, Council, Counsel
Decent, Descent, Dissent
Desert, Dessert
Device, Devise
F - I
Faint, Feint
Farther, Further
Fewer, Less
Formerly, Formally
Forth, Fourth
Good, Well
Hear, Here
Hole, Whole
Imply, Infer
Incidence, Incidents
Incite, Insight
Instance, Instant
Its, It's
K - P
Knew, New, Know, No
Later, Latter
Lead, Led
Lay, Lie
Leave, Let
Loose, Lose
Notable, Noticeable
Object, Subject
Passed, Past
Peace, Piece
Plain, Plane
Pore, Pour
Precedence, Precedent
Presence, Presents
Principal, Principle
Precede, Proceed
Q - T
Quiet, Quit, Quite
Rain, Reign, Rein
Raise, Rise
Sea, See
Sit, Set
Stationary, Stationery
Statue, Stature, Statute
Than, Then
Their, There, They're
Threw, Through
To, Too, Two
U - Z
Vain, Vane, Vein
Vociferous, Voracious
Waist, Waste
Weak, Week
Wear, Were, Where
Weather, Whether, Rather
Whose, Who's
Your, You're