1. Common Grammar Mistakes

2. Who vs. Whom Refers to the subject Refers to the object Examples:
Who are you?
Grace is the one who wants to go.
Who is the best
player?
Refers to the object
Examples:
Whom do you see?
Whom did you give it to?
With whom am I speaking?

3. Practice: Who vs. Whom ___________ is going?
___________ is this story about?
This is ____________ warned me.
With ____________ are you going?
___________ did they tell?

4. Its vs. It’s Possessive pronoun Example:
*The mother carried its kitten in its mouth.
A contraction for “it is” or “it has”
Examples:
*I think it’s going to rain today.
*It’s been a very long day.

5. Practice: Its vs. It’s ____________ time to go.
The stove has ____________ own timer.
The bird lost some of ___________ feathers.
Do you think _____________ ready?
I read your essay. ____________ very good.

6. Then vs. Than Refers to time; lists something in sequential order
First, then, next
Example:
*First you add the flour, and then you add the eggs.
Used with comparisons
Example:
*Corey is taller than me.

7. Practice: Then vs. Than
This is more important ___________ you might think.
Tom is faster ______________ Bill.
I’ll call you _____________ .
Do your homework, and ___________ go to bed.
I wasn’t ready ____________. Now I am.

8. Your vs. You’re Contraction for “you are”
Examples:
You’re going to be late.
If you’re ready, we can go.
Possessive (Describes something as belonging to you)
Examples:
Is this your pen?
Your book is on the table.

9. Practice: Your vs. You’re
What is __________ name?
When ___________ my age, you will understand.
What happened to __________ dog?
Is that what ______________ wearing?
This is ______________ book.

10. Effect vs. Affect A noun Definitions: A verb 1) a result Definitions:
2) something that gives the impression of something else
3) personal belongings
Examples:
What was the effect of her decision?
The special effects were great.
A verb
Definitions:
1) to have an influence on
2) to touch or move
Examples:
What you do affects us all.
I was affected by the movie.

11. Effect vs. Affect

12. Practice: Effect vs. Affect
Side ______________ include nausea and fatigue.
You can clearly see the cause and the _________ .
This decision will _______________ the outcome of the election.
He was not ________________ by her tears.
The law will go into ______________ tomorrow.

13. Loose vs. Lose An adjective
Definition: the opposite of tight or restrained
Examples:
His shoelaces were loose.
I have a loose tooth.
A verb
Definition: to suffer the loss of, to miss
Examples:
I win! You lose!
Don’t lose your keys.

14. Loose vs. Lose

15. Practice: Loose vs. Lose
There is a dog running _____________ in the street.
I never _____________ bets.
He needed to tighten his _____________ tie.
Don’t ____________ your syllabus.
You will ______________ points on your assignment if you do not write your name.

16. Who’s vs. Whose A contraction for “who is” or “who has” Example:
*Who’s coming to visit tomorrow?
Possessive; means “belonging to whom or which”
Example:
*Whose backpack is this?

17. Who’s vs. Whose

18. Practice: Who’s vs. Whose
__________ watching TV?
__________ book is this?
Do you know _____________ going to speak?
__________ side are you on?
__________ in the kitchen?

19. There/Their/They’re THERE Refers to location Example:
I put the paper right there.
THEIR
Is possessive
Example:
Their dog jumped the fence.
THEY’RE
A contraction for “they are”
Example:
They’re going
to the movies.

20. There/Their/They’re

21. Practice: There/Their/They’re
Where is ______________ car?
Stop right _______________ .
_____________ going to be late.
From _______________ , we drove to Ocala.
What happened to ____________ dog?

22. To/Too/Two TO TOO TWO A preposition or infinitive
Example:
*We went to a
baseball game.
*The kids want
to play.
TOO
Means “excessively” or “also”
Example:
*It is too cold.
*I want to go, too.
TWO
a number
Example:
*I have two
dogs.

23. To/Too/Two

24. Practice: To/Too/Two He went ________ Italy. I need _________ study.
She ate ________ pieces of pie.
I’m ________ tired.
Can I go _________ ?