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
Peace, Piece Exercise
Complete each sentence with
peace
or
piece
. Then, scroll below the picture for the answers.
We just want to live in _____.
There is finally _____ between the two countries.
The man bought a _____ of cake at the bakery.
After a long day at the store, I like to go to the library and read my book in _____.
Please cut the pizza into 12 equal _____.
At the art show, I bought a nice _____ to hang in my living room.
Please cut a 1 inch _____
of wood.
Scroll down to see the answers - you must score this yourself.
Answers:
We just want to live in
peace
.
There is finally
peace
between the two countries.
The man bought a
piece
of cake at the bakery.
After a long day at the store, I like to go to the library and read my book in
peace
.
Please cut the pizza into 12 equal
pieces
.
At the art show, I bought a nice
piece
to hang in my living room.
Please cut a 1 inch
piece
of wood.
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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