1. Easily Confused Words List 1

2. Bye/Buy/By
Bye: interjection, what you say when you are leaving; short for goodbye
Buy: verb, what you do when you get things from a store and pay money for them
“I need to buy ice cream and cake for the party tonight.”
By: Preposition, meaning next to something or a time period.
“I live by Sherwood Park.”
“We need to leave by seven.”

3. Good/Well Good: adj. to describe a noun (person/place/thing/idea)
“They have good food.”
“That movie was good.”
“Good idea!”
Well: adv. To describe verbs or adjectives
“He did well on the vocabulary test.”
“That food was well prepared.”
“Did the movie do well at the box office?”

4. Then/Than Then: indicates time and the order events occur.
“I went home, and then I made myself a snack.”
Than: used to draw a comparison between two or more things
“He is taller than his brother.”
“I have more money than Tyler.”

5. Their/There/They’re Their: Shows ownership like mine, his, and hers
“We will take their car to the movies.”
There: A place or location. It’s similar to here
“The movie theater is over there.”
They’re: Short for THEY ARE
“They’re going to the movies later.”

6. Whether/Weather
Whether: A conjunction that has a similar meaning to if.
“I wonder whether it will rain.”
Weather: what goes on outside: rain, sun, snow, etc.
“This rainy weather is terrible.”

7. Where/Were Where: Used to ask the location of something
“Where are my keys?”
Were: past tense of the verb are
“We were in the kitchen.”
“They were on the couch.”

8. Whose/Who’s
Whose: Comes before a noun to explain to whom the noun belongs
“Whose pencil is this?”
Who’s: Short for WHO IS or WHO HAS
“Who’s going to clean up this mess?”
“Who’s got the answer to number five?”