"This or That"
I have a headache, so I'm going to (Lie/Lay) down for a while.
I have a headache, so I'm going to lie down for a while.
Just remember you can lie down and take a nap after you lay your heavy backpack down.
accept/ except
1. "I would ____ the job if it paid more." 2. "I feel like everything ____ that one detail makes it perfect for me." 3. "My mom said to go ahead and ___ it and keep looking for a position with better pay.""I would accept the job if it paid more. I feel like everything except that one detail makes it perfect for me. My mom said to go ahead and accept it and keep looking for a position with better pay.
1. accept 2. except 3. accept
(Whom/who) wrote the letter to the news station?
Who.
Who wrote the letter to the news station?
Remember the Mnemonic Who=He & Whom=Him
so He wrote the letter to the news station.
The dog finally ate all of its food.
It's/Its
Remember if you cannot say IT IS and have it still makes sense then it needs the ITS with no apostrophe.
There are less people here tonight than were here for our last concert."
less/fewer
YES change it!
Answer "There are fewer people here tonight than here for our last concert."
Less: used with a smaller quantity of one thing
Fewer: used with a word that encapsulates multiple of one thing
The student (counsel/council) consists of students from each grade level.
The student council consists of students from each grade level.
where/ were/ we're
1. "Do you think ___ going to have an easy time with the practice ACT? 2. I wonder if it ___ at night if it would make it any easier. 3. ___ did they say we need to go again?"
1. "Do you think we're going to have an easy time with the practice ACT? 2. I wonder if it were at night if it would make it any easier. 3. Where did they say we need to go again?"
1. we're 2. were 3. Where
The insurance salesman helped to (insure/ensure) that I picked a policy that would best fit my needs.
The insurance salesman helped to ensure that I picked a policy that would best fit my needs.
To insure is to protect.
Ensure is to guarantee something.
This is your chair and that one is mine.
Your/you're
Your shows possession of the chair.
Lack of sleep affects the quality of your work.
affects/effects
NO correction!
Affects is correct. because it is s verb and means the act of influencing
Effect indicates the the end result
That behavior will not be (accepted/excepted).
This sentence needs a verb so:
That behavior will not be accepted.
too/two/to
1. "Our flight ___ France leaves tomorrow, but Paul is 2. ___ sick to come with, so it will just be use 3. ___."
"Our flight to France leaves tomorrow, but Paul is too sick to come with, so it will just be use two."
1. to 2. too 3. two
Not everybody shares my same (principals/ principles).
Not everybody shares my same principles.
Principal means highest ranking.
Principle is a rule or code that you live by.
Whose responsibility was to lead the expedition?
Who's/Whose
NO change!
Whose shows possession, in this case possession of responsibility.
Who's = who is.
YES change it!
She swam really well at the swim meet against Siegel last week.
Well is an adverb...Think it ADDS an emphasis to the verb.
Good: adjective and goes with linking verbs (connecting ideas) meaning “to be:” is, are, was, etc.; feels
She is good at swimming.
(By/ bye) doing my best in school, I am ensuring that I will have a future full of promise!
By doing my best in school, I am ensuring that I will have a future full of promise!
By-a preposition that means: near, beside or through.
Their/There/They're
1. "Okay, I am on my way over ____ now." 2. "I love hanging out with them because ____ my friends." 3. "I hope to see ____ cars in the driveway when I get there."
"Okay, I am on my way over there now. I love hanging out with them because they're my friends. I hope to see their cars in the driveway when I get there."
1. there 2. they're 3. their
To ensure there would be enough food for every guest at this year's football banquet, I ordered twice as much food as last year.
Ensure means to guarantee while insure is to protect
Lizbeth's father told her not to see Sam tonight. Were so glad she followed his advice!
Were/We're
YES, change it.
We're = We are
Lizbeth's father told her not to see Sam tonight. We're so glad she followed his advice!
then/than
NO correction!
He thinks his pancakes are better than mine but he is mistaken!
Remember then shows sequence and than shows comparison.
I wanted to go home and sleep more (than/then) I wanted to go to that party.
I wanted to go home more than I wanted to go to that party.
Remember: then shows sequence and than shows comparison.
too/to/two
"My dream college has ___ dorm room options." 2. "I cannot wait ___ graduate so that I can go there." 3. I wish you were going there ___!"
"My dream college has two dorm room options. I cannot wait to graduate so that I can go there. I wish you were going there too!"
1. two 2. to 3. too
We still need to work on clearing every room in the house (accept/except) for the kitchen because it's already clean.
We still need to work on clearing every room in the house except for the kitchen because it's already clean.
Whose idea was it leave that late anyway?
NO change!
Whose shows possession of the idea.
accept/except
YES change it!
Yasmine will accept her diploma from Mr. Ash on the day of her high school graduation!
Accept = the consent of receiving something
Except = with the exception of