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Using To, Two, and Too
Introduce your youngsters to some of the most easily confused words: to, two, and too! After each word is defined and examples are provided, a short practice opportunity allows you to assess your class's understanding of the words. A...
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Troublesome Word Pairs
This worksheet helps to understand when to use commonly confused words. It includes definitions, writing exercises, and questions that require paraphrasing the meaning of sentences. A good exercise for middle schoolers, or review for...
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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 6
In this commonly confused words worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences by choosing the correct commonly confused word. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Confusing Words
In this confusing words learning exercise, students choose the correct confusing word to complete the sentences. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Confusing Words 2
In this confusing words learning exercise, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct confusing words. Students complete 20 multiple choice questions total.
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Confusing Words 3
In this confusing words worksheet, students choose the correct confusing word to complete the sentences. Students choose words for 20 sentences.
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Confusing Words: Rise and Raise
In this confusing words: rise and raise instructional activity, students read the explanations and examples for correct usage of these two words, then interactively complete 10 sentences for practice with immediate online feedback.
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Accept/Except
For this confusing words worksheet, students review the meanings of the words accept and except. Students then read examples of using the words correctly.
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Quiz 1: Similar Words and Homonyms in Sentences
In this confusing words learning exercise, students complete a ten question, multiple choice on-line interactive quiz. Kids read two sentences with similar or confusing words in bold type. Students choose and mark the sentence that is...
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Notorious Confusables
In this confusing words worksheet, students complete a ten question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about easily confused words. From two similar words, students choose the correct answer.
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Easily Confused Words, Etc.
In this grammar worksheet, students choose the correct word or phrase in twenty sentences to complete each sentence grammatically correct.
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More Confusing Words and Homonyms
In this homonyms worksheet, students read the pairs of sentences in each set and determine which sentence has the correctly spelled homonym in the 10 sentences.
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Notorious Confusables: Second Quiz
In this confusing words learning exercise, students complete an online quiz that helps them learn to spell confusing words. Students learn their score at the end of the quiz.
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Confusing Words
In this confusing words worksheet, students put the correct form of there or their into the sentences. Students complete 33 examples.
Other
Santa Monica College: Words Commonly Confused
This site contains a list of commonly confused words with practice activities to help in learning how to use them correctly.
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Homophone Site
Check out this informative site featuring homophones. Students will enjoy the illustrations and activities found within this resource.
Other
Linc Home Study: Grammar Central: Confusing Words 1
This is a tutorial for words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Commonly Misused Words
This audio lesson discusses some commonly misused words. The author provides a "cheat sheet" to define the differences in the commonly misused words. Examples of the correct applications of the words are also provided for further...
Grammar Tips
Learn the Difference Between "Imply" and "Infer"
This article explains the difference between these commonly confused words.
Grammar Tips
Grammar Tips: Problematic Word Pairs: Part I
Certain word pairs present problems for many speakers and writers such as amount versus number, continuous versus continually, and so on. This three-part article identifies problematic word pairs and clarifies their proper use.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Commonly Confused Words: Lesson 4
This lesson goes over similar words that are commonly confused. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Commonly Confused Words."
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Confusing Words Quiz: Accept/except, Affect/effect
This 12 question quiz asks students to select the correct words to fit in sentences. Java is required.