Name: ____________________ Words Often Confused
Put an X over the words that are commonly misspelled and/or misused.
Alright
A lot
Rite
Should of
Supped to
Sentence
Sentence
All right
Alot
Right, Write
Should have
Suppose to
Recognize the distinctions among related words.
Definition
Word
Word
Definition
3 or more
Among
Between 2 only
Non-count
Amount
Number
count
Adjective
Good
Well
Adverb – describes
HOW something is
being done
Evident, clearly
understood
Explicit
Implicit
Implied, not clearly
stated
Know the difference that a single new letter can make
Definition
Word
Word
Definition
Before a word
A
An
Before a word
beginning with a
beginning with a
consonant (sound)
vowel (sound)
Before
Already All
ready
Completely
prepared
Sentence
Sentence
Name: ____________________ Words Often Confused
Sentence
To suffer the
deprivation of
Lose
Loose
Free from restraint
Verb; past tense of
are
Were
Where
A place
Know the difference that an apostrophe can make
Definition
Word
Word Definition
Sentence
Possessive pronoun; Its
It’s
Contraction for it is or
belonging to it
it has
Possessive pronoun;
belonging to whom
Whose
Who’s
Contraction for who
is or who has
Possessive pronoun;
belonging to you
Your
You’re Contraction for you
are
Know the difference a change to a single letter can make
Sentence
Definition
Word
Word
Definition
Noun
Advice
Advise
Verb
Verb
Affect
Effect
noun
City, wealth,
important
Capital
Capitol
The building for
lawmaking
To quote
Cite
Site
A location
Sentence
Name: ____________________ Words Often Confused
Rough
Coarse
Course
Path, route
Praise
Complim Comple
ent
ment
Goes well with
Put in place
Set
Sit
Be seated
Unchanging
Stationa
ry
Statione paper
ry
Indicates
comparison
Than
Then
next
Leaving someone;
large, dry area with
few plants
Desert
Dessert
A dish served as the
last course of a
meal
Aware of
Know
No
Means no
Reason that; since
Because
cause
Make (something,
typically something
bad happen)
Silence; calm
Quiet
Quite
Most absolute
extent or degree;
absolutely;
Don’t let these homonyms (sound alike words) confuse you
Sentence
Definition
Word
Word
Definition
Agree to or
receive
Accept
Except
Leave out
Plural present of
the verb be
Are
Our
Possessive
pronoun; us
Past tense of
pass
Passed
Past
Gone, by
Go before
Precede
Proceed
Carry on
Sentence
Name: ____________________ Words Often Confused
Chief, person,
main
Principal
Principle
Truth or rule
Correct, a just
Right
claim, a direction
Write
Make letters with
an instrument
Sight, touch,
Sense
hear, smell, taste
Since
View, glimpse
Sight
Site
Adverb,
conjunction, or
preposition
A location
Past tense of
throw
Threw
Through
beyond
State of
atmosphere
Weather
Whether
Introduces an
alternative
The dreaded to…. two….. too….
Word
Definition
TO
Preposition
TWO
Number
TOO
Show degree, synonym for
also
Sentence
The dreaded their, there, they’re
Word
Their
Definition
Possessive pronoun –
showing ownership
There
Place
They’re
Contraction for they are
Sentence