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Accept, Except

David will _____________ the trophy for the whole team.

Everyone in the class will attend the presentation _________ Miranda.

Accept, Except

Accept: is a verb and means ‘to receive’

Except: is a preposition and means ‘other than’

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Affect, Effect

What is the __________ of the sun on our skin?

How does the sun __________ our daily activities?

Affect, Effect

Affect: is almost always a verb; it means ‘to influence’

Effect: is most often used as a noun and means “the result”

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Allowed, Aloud

Dana was _________ to attend the dance.

Mrs. Romano read _________ to the class from the novel Stargirl.

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A lot is always two words!!!

Allowed, Aloud

Allowed: is a verb and means ‘permitted” or “let happen”

Aloud: is an adverb and means “in a normal voice”

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All right is two words- it is a phrase meaning ‘okay’ or ‘satisfactory’.

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• Bare, bear• Bare: adjective, means ‘naked’

• Bear: noun, large animal• Bear: Verb, means ‘to put up with’ or ‘to carry’

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The_______ trees in the forest made the winter scene look harsh and cold.

Diane couldn’t _______ another D on her report card.

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brake, break

A brake (noun) is a device used to stop a vehicle.

Break as a verb: means to destroy, crack, splitBreak as a noun: interruption or gap

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I needed to fix the ________ on my car.

After the test, you may take a _____ and read.

I might ______ the vase if move it on the shelf.

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Capital, capitolCapital: as a noun, refers to a city or money : as an adj, means important

Capitol- can only mean a building

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The newly painted ________ building looks beautiful in the _________ city of Washington, D.C.

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chose, choose

Chose: the past tense of choose, a verb

Sam ________ the wrong of red to repair a scratch on his car.

Please _______ a song for the wedding.

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coarse, course

Coarse, and adjective: means rough or ill- mannered

Course, a noun, means a path or a class

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The ________grass was not comfortable to sit on.

In our final ______ in history, we will study the fall of the Roman Empire.

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Heard, herd

Heard is the past tense of the verb “to hear’

Herd, noun, is a group of animals

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Knew, new

Knew is the past tense of the verb ‘to know’

New, adj., means ‘recent or modern’

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Know, no

Know, verb, present tense, means ‘to recognize or understand’

No means the opposite of yes

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Lead, ledLead (long e sound) is a present tense verb

meaning ‘to guide’Led (short e sound) is the past tense of the verb

to lead

Lead (short e sound) is a metal

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Loose, lose, loss

Loose can be used as an adj., adv, or verb. Means ‘free, untied’.

Lose, a verb, means ‘to misplace or fail to win’.

Loss, a noun, means something lost

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The _________ of my grandmother was overwhelming.

Did you _______ the game?

The helmet felt _________ on his head.