Commonly Confused I
The front wheel on your bike is (loose, lose).
What is loose?
The library is usually a (quiet, quite) place to study.
What is quiet?
Disarmament is an important step toward (peace, piece).
What is peace?
The highway is the shortest (rout, route).
What is route?
Does my explanation make things (plane, plain) to you?
What is plain?
The (principle, principal) will address the entire student body.
What is principal?
The trees will (loose, lose) their leaves soon.
What is lose?
History is the study of the (passed, past).
What is past?
The (moral, morale) of this old folk tale is "Be true to yourself."
What is moral?
My (personnel, personal) opinion has nothing to do with the case.
What is personal?
The deadline for the applications (passed, past) already.
What is passed?
The trees will (loose, lose) their leaves soon.
What is lose?
A (miner, minor) is not permitted to sign the form.
What is minor?
We watched the (plane, plain) circle for its landing.
What is plane?
Clothes with a (lose, loose) fit are stylish now.
What is loose?
We walked (passed, past) the bookstore.
What is past?
My family will be (altogether, all together) for Thanksgiving.
What is all together?
If you're not careful, you'll (break, brake) the mirror.
What is break?
The performer was pleased and flattered by the critic's (complements, compliments).
What is compliments?
Of (coarse, course), you may go with us.
What is course?
My favorite (desert, dessert) is strawberry shortcake.
What is dessert?
My pencil (lead, led) broke during the test.
What is lead?
Dr. Edwards can see you in the morning or the afternoon, but the (later, latter) time is more convenient for her.
What is latter?
The driveway was covered with (coarse, course) sand.
What is coarse?