Commonly Confused Words
My cousins are very happy with "they're or their" new house
What is their?
HAITI is a beautiful country full of rich history.
What is a noun?
In "Sweat" by Zora Neal Hurston who said, "Ah don't keer how bad Ah skeer you."
Who is Sykes?
He bent the branch until it broke.
What is bent?
A word that means "for each person" is often used in reference to a census.
What is "Per Capita"?
The girl, through her hard work and determination, was given a chance to "accept or expect" an award
What is accept?
Please WALK with me to the movies.
What is a verb?
In "Everyday Use" who said, "I can 'member Grandma Dee without the quilts."
Who is Maggie?
She rode the bus to school.
What is rode?
A word that means "around" is often in reference to a time, usually a year.
What is "Circa"?
A direct reference to a particular work of literature or art is an "illusion or allusion."
What is allusion?
The SLEEPY bear hibernated all winter.
What is an adjective?
In "Red Dirt Witch" by N.K Jemisin who said “Drink up, now. And it sound like he can afford a guinea-hen, to me.”
Who is Emmaline?
The thief stole a diamond necklace from the jewelry cabinet.
What is stole?
A word that means "and the rest" is often in reference to a list of something.
What is "Et Cetera"?
Papers and envelopes used for making letters "stationary or stationery."
What is stationery?
The gym is ACROSS the street.
What is a preposition?
Fill in the blank..."This is how you iron your father’s khaki shirt so that it doesn’t have a _____."
What is a crease?
Everything in the house shook during the earthquake.
What is shook?
A word that means "nourishing mother" is often in reference to a the school one attended.
What is "Alma Mater"?
An action that is deemed to be illegal is "illicit or elicit."
What is illicit?
OOPS! I lost my keys.
What is an interjection?
Fill in the blank..."And you claim twenty bushels of corn is too high for the damage you did to the ___?
What is a rug?
They paid for their food and left the restaurant
What is paid & left?
A word that means "a time before war" is often in reference to a time before the U.S. Civil War.
What is "Antebellum"?