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Presented By: Caa and Pintal
Presented By: Caa and Pintal
Presented By: Caa and Pintal
Learning Objectives:
• To understand what is Confused words.
• To know how to use the words probably
• To be confident, and improve through objectives.
Confused and Misused
Words and Phrases
D. No change is necessary.
Rec o g n i z e m i s s p e l l e d / c o r r e c t l y
s p e l l e d wor d s a n d p h r a s e s .
Spelled Spelled
wrong! correctly!
Rec o g n i z e t h e d i s t i n c t i o n s
a m o n g r e l ate d wor d s .
Know
Know these
these
differences
differences!!
K n ow t h e d i f f er e n c e t h at a
s i n g l e n e w l e t t e r c a n m a ke.
Before a word A ● An Before a word
beginning with a beginning with a
consonant [sound] vowel [sound]
Before Already ● All ready Completely
prepared
A thought or Idea ● Ideal The concept of
conception something
perfect
To suffer the Lose ● Loose Free from
deprivation of restraint
Possessive
Possessive pronouns
pronouns Contractions do
Contractions do
never
never contain
contain an
an contain
contain an
an apostrophe.
apostrophe.
apostrophe.
apostrophe.
K n ow t h e d i f f er e n c e a cha n g e t o
a s i n g l e l e t t e r c a n m a ke.
Noun form Advice ● Advise Verb form
Usually a verb Affect ● Effect Usually a noun
City, wealth, Capital ● Capitol The building for
important lawmaking
X
When in doubt, rely on
“gut” feelings.
A. whole
whole
B. set
C. preceded
D. No change is necessary.
Item 2
A. complement
B. compliment
C. sense
sense
D. No change is necessary.
Item 3
If you go by
by the
the supermarket,
supermarket, buy
buyaapackage
packageof of
A B
hotdog buns. Than
Than we
Then we can
can grill
grill the
the sausage
sausage for
for
C
dinner.
A. buy
B. by
C. Then
Then
D. No change is necessary.
Item 4
Heed my advice,
advice, and
and don’t
don’t loose
looseyour
lose your
yourreceipt.
receipt.
receipt.
A BB
The college bookstore will not accept
accept any
any excuse
excuse
C
if you need to return those books.
A. advise
B. lose
lose
C. except
D. No change is necessary.
Item 5
The heard
heardofof
herd ofgazelle
gazelle
gazelleleaped
leaped
leapedthrough
through
throughthe
theair
airasas
AA BB
the animals tried to elude
elude the
the cheetah.
cheetah.
C
A. herd
herd
B. threw
C. allude
D. No change is necessary.
Item 6
Maybe Gerald
Maybe Gerald is
is caught
caught in
in traffic,
traffic, or
or he
he maybe
maybe
may be
A BB
flirting with the cute cafeteria cashier. Either way,
don’t accept
accept any
any excuse
excuse for
for his
his tardiness.
tardiness.
C
A. May be
B. may be
may be
C. except
D. No change is necessary.
Item 7
When there
there are
are fewer
fewerstudents
studentsininaaclass,
class,the
the
A B
professor has less
less worries
fewerworries
worriesthat
that
that
everyone
everyone
everyoneis
isis
CC
getting individual attention.
A. their
B. less
C. fewer
fewer
D. No change is necessary.
Item 8
We were
were successful
successful baking
baking 300
300 cupcakes
cupcakes for
for
A
the charity event, but today we’re
we’re exhausted
exhausted after
after
B
spending all night preparing the desserts.
desserts.
C
A. we’re
B. were
C. deserts
D. No change
changeisisnecessary.
necessary.
Item 9
Gregory passed
passed hishis chemistry
chemistry final,
final, so
so now
now he
he
A
won’t loose
loosehis
lose his
hisscholarship.
scholarship.
scholarship.As
As
Ashe
he
hewalked
walked
walkedpast
past
past
B CC
the diner, he rewarded himself with a milkshake.
A. past
B. lose
lose
C. passed
D. No change is necessary.
Item 10
Mr. Ramos hopes to except
except the
accept the bid
bid on
on the
the house.
house.
A
He has agreed to all of the buyer’s conditions
except retiling
except retiling the
the master
master bathroom
bathroom since
sinceitit
B C
would be too much work.
A. accept
accept
B. accept
C. sense
D. No change is necessary.
The End.
Watch where
you’re going.