LOOK-ALIKES/SOUND-ALIKES

H I L L M A N P O W E R P O I N T P R E S E N TAT I O N

LIST OF THE WORDS THAT MAY LOOK- ALIKE AND

SOUND- ALIKE• Affect vs. Effect• Accept vs. Except• Allusion vs. Illusion• Desert vs. Dessert• Precede vs. Proceed• Principal vs. Principle• Lose vs. Loose• Then vs. Than

AFFECT VS. EFFECT

These words have a lot in common they both look and sound alike but the difference between the two is: • Affect is a verb. It means to produce a change in or influence something. Ex. How does the crime affect you?

• Effect is a noun that can also be used as a verb. It means a change that occurred.

Ex. What effect did loses the Super Bowl have on the Steelers?

ALLUSION VS. ILLUSION• An Allusion mean to be indirect Ex. Her blog made an allusion to the authors past.• An Illusion mean to have a false idea of something and or someone Ex. They have an illusion that I am very wealthy.

PRINCIPLE VS. PRINCIPAL

LOSE VS. LOOSE• Lose- unable to find Ex. Did you lose your car keys.• Loose- not tight Ex. Is the tie to loose.

ACCEPT VS. EXCEPT

PRECEDE VS. PROCEED

• Precede means be earlier in time; go back further

Ex. Stone tools precede bronze tools.

• Proceed means to advance; go on

Ex. Alese and Avory will proceed to the next grade.

DESERT VS. DESSERT

SENT VS. CENT VS. SCENT

TO VS. TWO VS. TOO

ATE VS. EIGHT

QUESTIONS

•What homonyms do you find the most confusing and why?

•What did you do to better understand them?

•What advice do you have to others to better help them?

REFERENCES

www.google.comwww.grammarbook.com