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Using the Right Word
Accept, Except
David will _____________ the trophy for the whole team.
Everyone in the class will attend the presentation _________ Miranda.
Accept, Except
Accept: is a verb and means ‘to receive’
Except: is a preposition and means ‘other than’
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Affect, Effect
What is the __________ of the sun on our skin?
How does the sun __________ our daily activities?
Affect, Effect
Affect: is almost always a verb; it means ‘to influence’
Effect: is most often used as a noun and means “the result”
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Allowed, Aloud
Dana was _________ to attend the dance.
Mrs. Romano read _________ to the class from the novel Stargirl.
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A lot is always two words!!!
Allowed, Aloud
Allowed: is a verb and means ‘permitted” or “let happen”
Aloud: is an adverb and means “in a normal voice”
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All right is two words- it is a phrase meaning ‘okay’ or ‘satisfactory’.
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• Bare, bear• Bare: adjective, means ‘naked’
• Bear: noun, large animal• Bear: Verb, means ‘to put up with’ or ‘to carry’
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The_______ trees in the forest made the winter scene look harsh and cold.
Diane couldn’t _______ another D on her report card.
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brake, break
A brake (noun) is a device used to stop a vehicle.
Break as a verb: means to destroy, crack, splitBreak as a noun: interruption or gap
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I needed to fix the ________ on my car.
After the test, you may take a _____ and read.
I might ______ the vase if move it on the shelf.
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Capital, capitolCapital: as a noun, refers to a city or money : as an adj, means important
Capitol- can only mean a building
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The newly painted ________ building looks beautiful in the _________ city of Washington, D.C.
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chose, choose
Chose: the past tense of choose, a verb
Sam ________ the wrong of red to repair a scratch on his car.
Please _______ a song for the wedding.
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coarse, course
Coarse, and adjective: means rough or ill- mannered
Course, a noun, means a path or a class
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The ________grass was not comfortable to sit on.
In our final ______ in history, we will study the fall of the Roman Empire.
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Heard, herd
Heard is the past tense of the verb “to hear’
Herd, noun, is a group of animals
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Knew, new
Knew is the past tense of the verb ‘to know’
New, adj., means ‘recent or modern’
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Know, no
Know, verb, present tense, means ‘to recognize or understand’
No means the opposite of yes
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Lead, ledLead (long e sound) is a present tense verb
meaning ‘to guide’Led (short e sound) is the past tense of the verb
to lead
Lead (short e sound) is a metal
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Loose, lose, loss
Loose can be used as an adj., adv, or verb. Means ‘free, untied’.
Lose, a verb, means ‘to misplace or fail to win’.
Loss, a noun, means something lost
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The _________ of my grandmother was overwhelming.
Did you _______ the game?
The helmet felt _________ on his head.