Word Usage Unit 2

Match the following

• who's

• leaving something out

• whose

• who is or who has

• accept

• receiving something

• except

• possession

Match the following

• past

• result

• affect

• beyond

• passed

• verb - having an influence

• effect

• past tense verb

Match the following

• advise

• the help you give someone

• less

• giving help / talking (verb)

• advice

• plural nouns that CAN be counted

• fewer

• singular things that CANNOT be counted

_____ backpack is that?

• who's

• whose

______ that going into the auditorium to speak to the middle school?

• who's

• whose

All of the middle school students were testing ______ for the ones who forgot to charge their Chromebooks.

• accept

• except

The computer won't __________ my password. Uh-oh! I typed it in wrong.

• accept

• except

The students were walking too slowly in the hallway, so Mrs. Phillips ran _______ them.

• past

• passed

Many students needed highlighters, so they _____ the highlighter bin around the room until everyone had what they needed.

• past

• passed

My brother's snoring is so loud that it is ____________ my sleep at night.

• affecting

• effect