1. Using Troublesome Words
Correcting Commonly Misused Words and Terms

2. Your portfolio… Pretest Words, definitions, samples
Text Lessons (WS) 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 2 Grammar Reviews
Revising with Style Lessons 3-7
Post-Test

3. Troublesome Words List 1
accept, except
already, all ready
altogether, all together
beside, beside
between, among
bring, take
can, may
choose, chose

4. Troublesome Words List 2
fewer, less
formally, formerly
in, into
its, it’s
lay, lie
teach, learn
loose, lose
leave, let
many, much
precede, proceed

5. Troublesome Words List 3
Quiet, quite
Raise, rise
Set, sit
Than, then
They’re, their(s), there(‘s)
To, too, two
Who’s, whose
Your, you’re
Farther, further
Affect, effect

6. Let’s try some… The comet rocketed (among, between) the stars.
(Can, May) I use your phone?
I have (already, all ready) completed my homework.
Last year we (chose, choose) to go to Disneyworld for vacation.
The students will (bring, take) (there, their, they’re) science models home.
(Beside, Besides) Saturn, Jupiter and Uranus have rings.

7. …and some more The teacher will (leave, let) us use the telescope.
Desktop computers (proceeded, preceded) notebook computers.
During the hurricane, many boats tore (loose, lose) from the docks.
I carefully placed the turkey (in, into) the hot oven.
The wreckage of the Titanic (lays, lies) on the bottom of the North Atlantic.
(It’s, Its) difficult to see Neptune without a telescope.

8. … and just a few more.
The weather turns (quite, quiet) cold in December.
You have (to, too, two) many spelling errors in (your, you’re) essay.
The sun will (raise, rise) at 5:45 A.M.
Please (sit, set) the laptops on the counter.
Dave is a much better player (than, then) Steve.
(Whose, Who’s) responsible for cleaning the kitchen?

9. Wait, I forgot these…
The police will investigate the accident (farther, further).
Exposure to the the sun can harmfully (affect, effect) your skin.
I am (all together, altogether) confused by that math problem.
Is everybody (already, all ready) to go ice skating?
To train for the marathon, I ran (farther, further) each day.
What (affect, effect) did the heavy snow have on rush hour traffic?