English

Practical English Grammar


Sound alike words part one


The words in these pairs sound alike. Study these quick definitions, and use
these words in your writing and speech.

1 board: piece of wood
Hillary hammered the pine board.
bored: tired of; not interested
Were you bored at the movies?
2 brake: the stopping device
Push hard on the brake to stop the bike.
break: a rest; to smash or shatter
The tired workers deserved a break.
Did the player break her leg in the collision?
3 capital: money; most important
The company’s owners put up the capital to start the project.
Annapolis is the capital city of Maryland.
capitol: building
Each state has its own capitol where officials convene.
4 choose: to select
Choose your dessert and take it to that table.
chose: past tense of the verb choose
The couple chose their wedding song.
5 desert: to abandon (di = zert); the dry region ( de = zert)
Did the foe desert his army and go to the enemy’s side?
The Sahara Desert is huge.
dessert: cake, pie, ice cream, pudding, fruit, and such served as the
meal’s final coursev
We had ice cream for dessert.

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Notes


Practical English Grammar - Notes
1. Italics Hyphens and Brackets
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2. Quotation Marks Part Three
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3. compound subjects part two
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4. Using Capital Letters
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5. the indirect object
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6. what good writers do
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7. the adjective clause
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8. the adverb
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9. Quotation Marks Part Two
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10. personal pronouns
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11. Commas Part Three
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12. Sound a like words Part Two
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13. The Apostrophe
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14. the prepositional phrase
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15. Confusing usage words part two
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16. Second Capitalization List
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17. the direct object
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18. The Colon
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19. complex sentences
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20. The coordinating conjunction
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21. sentences fragments and run on sentences
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22. Commas Part Five
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23. singular and plural nouns and pronouns
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24. irregular verbs part two
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25. the adverb clause
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26. Confusing usage words part three
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27. Transitive and intransitive verbs
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28. Indefinite pronouns and the possessive case
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29. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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30. complete and simple subjects
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31. the object of the preposition
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32. the pronoun
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33. Confusing usage words part one
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34. Confusing usage words part seven
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35. Sound a like words Part Four
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36. Commas Part One
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37. the interjection
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38. complete and simple predicates
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39. compound subject and compound predicate
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40. types of nouns
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41. the noun adjective pronoun question
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42. Confusing usage words part eight
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43. Sound alike words part one
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44. Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes
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45. The possessive case
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46. irregular verbs part one
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47. the noun
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48. reflexive demonstrative and interrogative pronouns
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49. the adjective
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50. Confusing usage words part four
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