Possessives
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Potpourri: Possessives and Sounds Like
Sounds like
More Sounds Like
100
It's/Its not that I don't love you, I just don't like you very much.
What is it's?
100
The affect/effect of you not paying attention to this review might be a failing grade on your quiz.
What is effect?
100
There/They're/Their once was a girl named Sally. I hear she sold sea shells by the sea shore.
What is there?
100
The school board is a type of council/counsel. When you're giving advice you should give good council/counsel.
What is council.....counsel?
100
He tried to elude/allude the police, but he got caught anyway.
What is elude?
200
Get your/you're dog out of my yard!
What is your?
200
Sally, Cally, and O'Malley are always fighting! Why can't there be peace among/between them?
What is among?
200
I just can't except/accept that he would act that way when I'm not here. He's usually such a nice guy to be around.
What is accept?
200
Could it be?! An amazing oasis, a nice cool pool and palm trees right in the middle of the desert. Dang it! No, it's just an illusion/allusion.
What is an illusion?
200
Once the pitcher got threw/through the first inning, he threw/through strikes for the rest of the game.
What is through....threw?
300
You're/Your never going to believe who called me last night.
What is You're?
300
Because we haven't done a lot yet this grading period, this quiz will really effect/affect your grade.
What is affect?
300
There/Their/They're worst nightmares came true today when Miss Pratt actually gave them a hard test.
What is their?
300
----Hey Tracy, that shirt really compliments/complements those shoes. ----Aw thanks for the sweet compliment/complement!
What is complements....compliment?
300
Even though she was new to the school, she was able to adapt/adopt quickly to her new classes and classmates.
What is adapt?
400
Our neighbor, whose/who's never home, always leaves her lights on.
What is who's?
400
There are less/fewer apples in the bag than I remember there being.
What is fewer?
400
She never drinks or does drugs when she goes to the parties. She's really got principals/principles.
What is principles?
400
My conscious/conscience is always telling me to do the right thing but sometimes I just ignore it and that always gets me into trouble.
What is conscience?
400
The zombie apocalypse is eminent/imminent! Everyone, get your guns!
What is imminent?
500
When it's/its raining, I try drive slowly. It's/its important to be a safe driver.
What is it's....it's?
500
To be in this line you must have 15 items or less/fewer.
What is fewer?
500
The derby's coarse/course was too coarse/course and rough for the horses to run that day.
What is course...coarse?
500
If you study harder, than/then you will be smarter than/then you were before.
What is then...than?
500
While you are getting your x-rays taken, please remain completely stationery/stationary.
What is stationary?
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