HOMEWORK S8 - CONFUSED WORDS

YOU NEED TO KNOW …

there = in that place; their = belonging to them; they're = short for "they are"

1 Insert the correct words from the above three into these sentences.

a .......... are some ripe ones. Where? Over .......... .

b .......... books were too large for .......... bags.

c .......... aiming to win and ..........fairly confident.

d .......... sure to return to collect .......... luggage.

e .......... hotel is in Margate where .......... are lots of hotels.

f .......... looking for .......... friends up .......... on that mountain over .......... .

YOU NEED TO KNOW …

two = 2; too = also / in excess; to = in that direction / used with a verb

2  As in question 1, insert the correct words and write out each sentence.

a .......... heads are better than one but four legs are faster than .......... .

b .......... much of the wrong food will make one .......... fat.

c .......... quote from a famous play: ".......... be or not .......... be."

d .......... men, travelling .......... Birmingham, went .......... far, .......... Crewe.

e  The train to London arrived at .......... twenty, .......... late .......... make my interview.

f  The .......... of us were invited .......... the other party .......... but it was all .......... much.

YOU NEED TO KNOW …

were = past tense of are; we're = short for "we are"; where = a "place" word

(Much depends on where you live and how you pronounce these words.

Try to make them sound different.)

3  Sound the difference, insert the correct words and write out the sentence.

a .......... you asleep or .......... you awake when they arrived?

b .......... abroad in June but .......... hoping to back for the wedding.

c  The money is not .......... you said it was, so .......... is it?

d .......... you aiming to throw it .......... it landed.

e .......... happy with .......... the trees .......... planted.

f .......... they .......... going last year is .......... .......... going this year.

4  This passage contains 24 errors involving the three sets of words on this page.
   Rewrite the passage, underlining each correction you make.

"We we're travelling too Scotland, the to of us, were their where too castles we where planning two visit. Were interested in old buildings for there history and there beauty. Edinburgh and Stirling where the too castles we we're going too see on this journey. It was two far too see the to in one or to days so we where planning two stay their for a week because there well worth it."

 

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