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uni english grammar quiz of commonly confused words
Cards in this deck (14)
- 1Accept Exceptaccept- receiving something willingly- ex. i accept your apology
except- the exclusion of something- ex. nothing mattered except that she was alive. - 2to too twoto- direction- ex. let's go to the Byward market
too- a lot of something- ex. i had too much ice cream
two- number- ex. i had 2 of those already. - 3that whichthat- essential info- ex. i loved the doll that my mom gave me.
which- for non essential info- ex. can you give me back the book which my sister lent you last week. - 4than thenthen- explaining a sequence, process in time- we went to the movies then we had dinner.
than- comparison between things- ex. the first sequel was better than the second. more than less than. - 5affect effectaffect- verb, to produce a change in something- he affected us negatively
effect- noun, the change itself- the effect of this movie left me thinking about the topic all night. - 6there their they'rethere (where something is)
their (possession of something)
they're (contraction of they are) - 7uninterested disinteresteduninterested (no care in the subject whatsoever)
disinterested (no bias, fair) - 8emigrate immigrateemigrate (moving out a country)
immigrate (moving in to a country) - 9fewer lessfewer (used when referring to amounts or something that can be counted)- I need to eat something with fewer calories.
less (used to refer to something that can't be counted)- I had a less positive result - 10allusion illusionallusion (indirect reference)
illusion (false appearance) - 11whether weatherweather (atmospheric conditions)
whether (having a choice between 2 things) - 12loose loseloose
lose - 13its it'sits is possessive/ownership
it's is a contraction of it is - 14—
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