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Unit 1 - Chart of Commonly Misused Words Part 1

This document provides a chart summarizing commonly misused words, listing the word, part of speech, definition, and example sentence for each. It includes words like "its", "it's", "whose", "who's", "your", "you're", "their", "they're", "there", "too", "were", "we're", "our", "hour", "are", "for", "fore", "four", "allusion", and "illusion". The chart is intended to clarify the definitions and proper usages of these similar-sounding words.

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Unit 1 - Chart of Commonly Misused Words Part 1

This document provides a chart summarizing commonly misused words, listing the word, part of speech, definition, and example sentence for each. It includes words like "its", "it's", "whose", "who's", "your", "you're", "their", "they're", "there", "too", "were", "we're", "our", "hour", "are", "for", "fore", "four", "allusion", and "illusion". The chart is intended to clarify the definitions and proper usages of these similar-sounding words.

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Chart of Commonly Misused Words—Part I

35 points

Word Part of Speech Definition Sentence


(Noun, verb, adverb,
adjective,
contraction, etc.)
Example: Example: Example: Example:
Its Pronoun belonging to or relating to The cat chased its tail.
something that has already
been mentioned
contraction stating something, it is It’s going to be a good
It’s day.

pronoun belonging to with which Whose coat is this?


Whose person

contraction who is Who’s going to the


Who’s park?

adjective belonging to ( singular) Your car is in the


Your driveway.

contraction you are


You’re You’re going to the
party.

adjective belonging to ( singular and I borrowed their car.


Their plural)

They are They’re going to the


They’re park.
contraction

Noun Location We are headed over


There there for lunch

To verb going somewhere or doing I have to leave.


something
adjective the number 2 I have two dogs.
Two

adverb also, additionally I am going to the park


too too.

verb past tense to are We were going to shop


Were at the mall

contraction we are We’re going to the zoo.


We’re

adjective belonging to (plural) This is our home.


Our

noun 60 minutes, time I live one hour away.


Hour

verb something that you will do We are leaving tonight.


Are

preposition belonging to or connected to


For This gift is for sarah

adjective situated or place in front


Fore The plane’s bathrooms
are located in the fore
of the plane

noun the number 4 I have four cats.


Four

Allusion noun an indirect reference


The book made an
allusion to WWI

Illusion noun a thing that is likely to be


wrongly perceived by the
senses That optical illusion
tricked my brain

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