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
Altar, Alter Exercise 1
Directions:
What should go on the blank in each sentence below, altar or alter?
Have you
_____
your hairstyle? I notice something different about you, but I can't tell what it is.
The wedding ceremony was so beautiful. The groom looked so happy when he met the bride at the
_____
.
You can _____ the color of your room with paint
My grandmother has a small
_____
in her living room. She lights a candle for it every morning.
When I realized Kimmie was a vegetarian, I
____
the menu for the dinner party.
Scroll down to see the answers - you must score this yourself.
Answers:
Have you
altered
your hairstyle? I notice something different about you, but I can't tell what it is.
The wedding ceremony was so beautiful. The groom looked so happy when he met the bride at the
altar
.
You can
alter
the color of your room with paint
My grandmother has a small
altar
in her living room. She lights a candle for it every morning.
When I realized Kimmie was a vegetarian, I
altered
the menu for the dinner party.
(Examples from
really-learn-English
and
K12reader
)
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