click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Troublesome Words
Words You Get CONFUSED!
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Accept | To receive |
Except | Other than |
Already | Before or by this time |
All ready | Completely prepared |
Altogether | In a group |
All together | Completely |
Amount | Quantity of things thought of as a unit |
Number | Quantity of things thought of as separate units |
Beside | Next to |
Besides | In addition to |
Between | Used for 2 people or things |
Among | Use when talking about 3 or more groups |
Bring | To carry from a distant place to a closer one |
Take | To carry from a nearby place to a more distant one |
Choose | To select |
Chose | Selected |
In | Inside |
Into | Indicates movement from outside to a point within |
Its | Possessive form of it |
It's | Contraction of it is |
Lay | To put or place |
Lie | To recline or be positioned |
Learn | To recieve knowledge |
Teach | To give knowledge |
Leave | To go away |
Let | To allow |
Loose | Not firmly attached |
Lose | To misplace or to fail to win |
Raise | To cause to move upwards or to grow |
Rise | To move upward |
Set | To place or put |
Sit | To place oneself in a seated position |
Than | Introduces second part of comparison |
Then | At the time |
Their | Possessive form of they |
They're | Contraction of they are |
Who's | Contraction of who is |
Whose | Possessive form of who |