Correct Word

Correct Word

Understanding

So, why is it important to know the difference between words that are said the same, but have different meanings?

It's vs. Its

It's: contraction for it is.

Its: belonging to or associated with a thing previously mentioned or easily identified. Possessive form of IT

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____ great seeing you here today.

• It's

• Its

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I am amazed by ____ color.

• It's

• Its

Your vs You're

Your: belonging to or associated with the person or people that the speaker is addressing. "what is your name?"

You're: is the contraction you are. "You're a great person!"

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I have met ____ favorite teacher.

• Your

• You're

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___ the lucky winner from today's contest!

• You're

• Your

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What is ___ favorite song?

• Your

• You're

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Hey, ___ an All-Star!

• You're

• Your

Who's vs Whose

Who's: the contraction for who is or who has. "Who is that over there?

Whose: belonging to or associated with which person. "Whose drink is this?" Pronoun determiner

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___ turn is it to go?

• Who's

• Whose

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___ is tired?

• Who's

• Whose

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I would like to know ___ pencil this belongs to?

• Who's

• Whose

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____ ready to go outside?

• Who's

• Whose

To vs Too

To: expressing motion in the direction of a location. "Time to go." Preposition

Too: in addition; also/to a higher degree than is desirable, permissible, or possible. "That is too cool!" Adverb

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Let's go ___ the park!

• Too

• To

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I am down to go to the park ___!

• Too

• To

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The car was driving way ___ fast!

• To

• Too

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I am down ____ go anywhere today.

• Too

• To

There vs Their vs They're

There: in, at, or to that place or position. "I stayed there."

Their: belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned or easily identified; ownership. "That is their ball."

They're: the contraction of they are. "They're going to the cafeteria."

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I went to Disney World two years ago, it was really fun ___.

• Their

• There

• They're

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It is ___ call on where they want to go for lunch.

• Their

• They're

• There

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____ from New York City!

• Their

• They're

• There

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____ was power outage earlier today.

• Their

• There

• They're

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____ strategy going into the game was to take as many shots on goal.

• Their

• There

• They're

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_____ a great team!

• Their

• They're

• There

Then vs Than

Then: at that time; at the time in question. After that, next. Adverb

Than: used to introduce the second element in a comparison. Conjuction

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We will go to class, ____ the cafe.

• Then

• Than

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You need more ____ that in your bag.

• Than

• Then