Mustang Minute  Using your Root Words notes. Create a short story that correctly uses as many Example Words as possible.  Underline each example word.  I’ll start you off….Once upon a time there was a panda bear named Peter. He wanted to go on a journey…

Commonly Confused Words

Accept/Except  Accept – (v.) to receive  Except – (prep.) other than

Advise/Advice  Advise – (verb.) to give advice  Advice – (noun.) counsel or helpful instruction

Council/counsel  Council – (n.) a group of people that advise on an issue.  Counsel (v.) to advise, (n.) advice

Councilor/counselor  Councilor – (n.) one who sits on a council  Counselor – (n.) one who gives counsel or advice.

Principal/principle  Principal – (adj.) primary or first, (n.) a school administrator  Principle – (n.) an idea or doctrine

Peace/piece  Peace – (n.) harmony or freedom from war  Piece – (n.) a part or fragment of something

Than/then  Than – (conj.) used in a comparison  Then – (adv.) tells when in a sequence of events

Weather/whether  Weather – (n.) the condition of the atmosphere  Whether – (conj.) introduces another possibility

Who/which/that  Who – (pronoun) refers to people  Which – (adj., pronoun) refers to animals and nonliving things  That – (adj., pronoun) can refer to people, animals, or things

Who’s/whose  Who’s – contraction for “who is”  Whose – (pronoun) possessive pronoun, shows ownership