LEAD LED

 Lead is the metal that  The past form of the

rhymes with head.
Old paint is dangerous
because it often contains
lead.
verb “to lead” is led.
What factors led your
decision?
I led our school debating
tem to victory last year.
LOOSE LOSE

 Loose means “not  Lose is the opposite of

tight.” note how loose win.
that word is. It has If we lose this game, we
plenty of room for two will be out of the
o’s. season.
My dog’s tooth is loose.
PASSED
 The past form of the
verb “to pass” is passed.
She easily passed her math
class.
The runner passed the
baton to her teammate.
We passed your house
twice before we saw the
address.
PAST
 Use past when it’s not a
verb.
We drove past your house.
(the same as “we drove
by your house”)
I always use my past
experiences to help me
solve problems
PERSONAL PERSONNEL

She shared his personal  I had an appointment in

views as a parent. the personnel
PIECE PEACE

 Remember “piece of  The other one, peace, is

pie.” the one meaning the opposite of war.
“a piece of something” The two gangs discussed
always begins with pie the possibility of a peace
treaty.
One child asked for an
extra piece of candy.
PRINCIPAL PRINCIPLE

 Principal means  A principle is a “rule”.

“main”. Both words
have a in them.
Principal, main.
The principal concern is
safety. (main concern)
he lost both principal and
interest. (main amount
of money)
Both words end in “le”:
principle, rule.
I am proud of my high
principle. ( rules of
conduct)
We value the principle of
truth in advertising.
QUIET QUITE

 Pronounce these two Quite means “very” and

correctly then you won’t rhymes with bite.
get confuse them.

Quiet means “free from It was quite hot in the

noise” and rhymes with auditorium.
diet.
Tennis players need quiet
in order to concentrate.
RIGHT
 Right means “correct” or
“proper.”
You will find your keys if you
look in the right place.
 It also means “exact
location, position, or
moment.”
Your keys are right where
you left them.
Let’s go right now.
WRITE
 Write means “to
compose” sentences,
poems, essays, and so
forth.
I asked my teacher to write
a letter of
recommendation for
me.
THAN THEN

 Than compares two  Then tells when ( then

things. and when rhyme, and
I am taller than my sister both have e in them)
I always write a rough
draft of a paper first;
then I revise it.
THEIR, THERE , THEY’RE

Their is a possessive, There points out They’re is a

meaning belonging to something. contraction and means
them. ( remember that the “they are.”
three words
indicating a place or
pointing out
something all have
here in them : here,
there, where).
Their cars have always I know that I haven’t They’re living in
been red. been there before. Canada now.
There was a rainbow
in the sky.
THREW THROUGH

 Threw is the past form  If you don’t mean to

of “to throw” throw something , use
We threw snowballs at through.
each other. We could see our beautiful
I threw away my chance at view through the new
a scholarship curtains.
They worked through their
differences.
Two is a number Too means “extra” or Use to for all other
“also,” and so it has an meanings.
extra “o”
We have written two The movie was too long They like to ski. They’re
papers so far in my and too violent. going to the mountains.
English class they are enrolled in that
biology class too.
WEATHER WHETHER
 Weather refers to  Whether means “if.”
condition of the I don’t know whether it is
atmosphere. snowing or not.
Snowy weather is too cold Whether I travel with you
for me. or not depends on the
weather.
Were is the past form o f Wear means to have on, Where refers to a place.
the verb “to be.” as in wearing clothes. ( remember that the
three words indicating a
place or pointing out
something all have here
in them: here, there,
where.)
We were students at that I always wear scarf in Where is the mailbox?
time. winter. There it is
WHO’S WHOSE

Who’s is a contraction of  Whose is a possessive.

who is or who has. ( words such as whose,
Who’s responsible for its, yours, hers, ours,
signing the checks? and theirs are already
Who’s been reading my possessive forms and
journal? never need an
apostrophe)
Whose keys are these?
WOMAN WOMEN

 The difference here is one of number: woman

refers to one adult female, women refers to two
or more adult females.
I know a woman who won $8,000 on a single horse
race.
I bowl with a group of women from my work.
YOU’RE YOUR

 You’re is a contraction  Your is a possessive

and means ”you are.” meaning belonging to
You’re as smart as I am. you.
I borrowed your lab book.
Find and correct the ten errors contained in the following
paragraph. All the errors involve words often confused (set-1)

When I was in high school, I past all my classes but

didn’t learn as much as I wanted too. All of my teachers did
they’re best, and the principle was an enthusiastic women
who’s love of education was contagious. Their was no
shortage of school spirit ; I just wasn’t paying enough
attention to make the hard information stick. Since I lead a
carefree life at that time, I goofed off more then I should have.
If I had those high school years to live over again, I would
listen in class, do my homework carefully, and make sure that
I knew all of the write answers on test and that I didn’t just
forget the answers once the test was over.