Commonly Confused Words
Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
Possessives
Capitalization
Grab Bag
100
Make sure you do (your, you're) homework right after school.
What is your?
100
Each of the clerks does a good amount of work around (their, his/her) office.
What is his/her?
100
The (camera, camera's, cameras) lens is covered with fingerprints.
What is camera's?
100
(he, He) finished his work early.
What is He?
100
Customer parking only. All others will be toad.
What is TOWED?
200
(Their, There, They're) are seven days in a week.
What is there?
200
Both do a good job in (his/her, their) office.
What is their?
200
The(lifeguard, lifeguard's, lifeguards) warning made Winnie the Pooh decide not to go kayaking after all.
What is lifeguard's?
200
I gave (uncle, Uncle) George his computer back after I was finished my homework.
What is Uncle?
200
He will be on your best behavior!
What is "He will be on his best behavior!"?
300
I would rather be poor and happy (then, than) rich and sad.
What is than?
300
All of the jewelry has lost (its, their) glow.
What is its?
300
Michael is borrowing (Emma, Emmas, Emma's) backpack for the hiking trip.
What is Emma's?
300
I received a gift from Aunt Sherry but not from my other (Aunt, aunt).
What is aunt?
300
Rachel Ray finds inspiration in cooking her family and her dog.
What is Rachel Ray finds inspiration in cooking, her family, and her dog?
400
I talked (to, too, two ) your brother yesterday.
What is to?
400
Every one of the motorcyclists has lost (his/her, its, their) way and was quite late.
What is his/her?
400
Janelle refused to clean out the (cat, cats, cats') litter box.
What is cats'?
400
They attended the inauguration of the (president, President) of the United States.
What is President?
400
No regerets
What is No regrets?
500
(Are, Our) you going to join (are, our) basketball team?
What is are? What is our?
500
Some of the sugar fell out of (its, their) bag.
What is its?
500
(Charles, Charles's) car was a mess after he went to the beach.
What is Charles's?
500
We are going out of town in the (Spring, spring).
What is spring?
500
She is gooder at math than science.
What is She is better at math than science?
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