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Practical English Grammar

Sound a like words Part Four

Here is the last of the sound-alike words. Study, review, and use them when you can.
17.threw: past tense of to throw
The hurler threw his best pitch right down the middle of the plate.
through: preposition meaning ‘‘in one side and out the other’’
We walked through the many corridors of the large building.
18.waist: the middle portion of one’s body
He exercised to decrease the size of his waist.
waste: garbage
The waste paper basket was in the corner.
19.weak: opposite of strong
After running twenty-six miles, the runner felt weak.
week: the seven-day unit of time
Sunday is considered the first day of the week.
20.weather: outdoor conditions
Will the weather be good for our picnic tomorrow?
whether: a word used for alternatives
I did not know whether to go to the cafeteria or to stay in the auditorium.
21.who’s: contraction of who + is
Who’s knocking at the door?
whose: possessive of who
Whose problem is it—yours or mine?
22.your: possessive of you
Is this your new backpack?
you’re: contraction of you + arev
You’re the lucky prizewinner.

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Notes

Practical English Grammar - Notes

1. Italics Hyphens and Brackets

2. Quotation Marks Part Three

3. compound subjects part two

4. Second Capitalization List

5. Confusing usage words part six

6. Sound a like words Part Four

7. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

8. the noun

9. complete and simple subjects

10. the adverb

11. the object of the preposition

12. Confusing usage words part three

13. More Apostrophe Situations

14. the indirect object

15. irregular verbs part two

16. the noun clause

17. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

18. agreement involving prepositional phrases

19. the prepositional phrase

20. The possessive case

21. Confusing usage words part two

22. Quotation Marks Part Two

23. the adjective phrase

24. the verb

25. complex sentences

26. the subordinating conjunction

27. The Colon

28. The possessive case

29. agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents

30. subject verb agreement situations

31. types of sentences by purpose

32. the preposition

33. complete and simple predicates

34. The nominative case

35. the adverb clause

36. Confusing usage words part seven

37. Active and passive voices

38. Using Capital Letters

39. The verb be

40. subject and verb agreement

41. the direct object

42. Confusing usage words part three

43. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks

44. The Semicolon

45. More subject verb agreement situations

46. regular verb tenses

47. the correlative conjunction

48. compound subject and compound predicate

49. reflexive demonstrative and interrogative pronouns

50. the adjective