Week #1 Commonly Confused Words

Week #1 Commonly Confused Words

By SARAH HAZEN

Your/You're

Your is used to show something belongs to you or is related to you.

Ex: He asked if he could borrow your car.

 You’re is the contraction for you are. There is no other use for this contraction.

Ex: You’re next in line for lunch.

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Did Wendy stop by ​______ house yesterday afternoon?

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After ​______ done eating dinner, let's go over to Cheryl Blossom's house and play video games.

To, Too, Two

• ​To is a preposition that means going towards something. It might help if you think of it as the beginning letters of towards.​

EX: The other day I went to the post office.

• ​Too is used to mean more than enough, very, or also.

EX: I am too tired to stay for refreshments.

EX: I would like to go too. 

• Two is the way to spell the name of the number 2.

EX: While I was there I bought a shirt and two pairs of shoes.

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As I was leaving the store the bag broke open because it was ______ thin.

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I went _____ the cash register to pay and to have the items put in a bag.

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I love pizza, _____.

There, They're, Their

• “There” is the word that people use to point to a place.

Ex: There goes the ball--out of the park!

• ​Their and Theirs are possessive pronouns similar to her and hers and our and ours.

  Ex: They eat their hamburgers with ketchup.

• ​They’re is a contraction of they are. When you write “they're,” ask yourself whether you can substitute they are.

  Ex: They’re going to Arizona for spring break.

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Surprisingly, both of __________ cars are 4WD.

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If you look over ____________ you will see the beautiful sunset.

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Have you seen where __________ building that new road?

Its, It's

• Its is the possessive form of “it.” It is similar to the word “whose” in that it does not use an apostrophe to show possession. 

  EX: I love my car because its color is so pretty.

• ​It’s is always a contraction that means “it is” or “it has.”  It is never possessive. 

  EX: It’s awesome that you got an A on that test.

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Rosie resolved to keep her trusty alarm clock until ​___ batteries could no longer be replaced.

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___ hard for Pete to understand calculus, so he asked his friend to tutor him after school.