1. Commonly misused words

2. past = not an action - opposite of future Ob
Many little, simple words and punctuation are misused. They are incorrect.
passed = to overtake
past = not an action - opposite of future
affect = an action that influences something
effect = the result on an action
accept = a verb - to agree or receive something
except = not including

3. where, were, wear and we’reOb
Here’s a few others:
where, were, wear and we’re
where = place and position
were = past form or are (They were studying glaciers.)
wear = to put on
we’re = we are
Where are we at now? Well, we’re studying volcanism now but last week we were studying glaciers. We wear goggles to watch the volcano we made in class.

4. number = an exact number you can count Ob
Hear are a few more:
number = an exact number you can count
amount = more than three - a rough guess - not exact
The number of students that went to QEGS was 23. There were 23 students altogether.
The we need a large amount of fertiliser for our back garden.

5. TASK: choose the correct spelling word and write it in the blank.
amount/number
The were a large __________________ of geese on the river today!
There is a significant _________________ of CO2 given off my trees every day. (NOT everyday)
passed/past
3. The ________________ does not determine our future if we choose to make better choices.
4. I _________________ my exams! I need to get _______________ my own poor self-esteem. My ________________ self is not as good as my present self!
affect/effect
5. The full ___________________ of the paracetamol won’t be felt until the next half on hour.
6. I watched the new John Lewis advertisement and was _________________ ed by it. I shed a tear.
7. The __________________ of iPads in schools boosts students’ grades by 60%.
8. I think I was _____________________ed by the Apple advertisement and got a little carried away with that figure.
accept/except
9. I will only __________________ your apology if you stop swearing for three days.
10. You can all go __________________ Billy. He was swearing again.
wear/we’re/where/were
11. We ____________________ skiing in Banff, Canada this Christmas.
12. When I am skiing, I need to __________________ goggles and a balaclava.
13. When __________________ skiing, we like to go on the “black diamond” runs and wipe out!
14. We asked __________________ the bank machine was but we _____________________ told there wasn’t a bank machine on the ski slopes.