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Similar Confusing Words: Fill in The Blanks With The Correct Words

This document provides examples to distinguish between similar but often confusing words: 1) Bring and take - "bring" means to carry something to or toward the speaker, "take" means to carry something away from the speaker. 2) There, their and they're - "there" refers to a place, "their" is a possessive pronoun, "they're" is a contraction of "they are". 3) Your and you're - "your" is a possessive pronoun, "you're" is a contraction of "you are". 4) Affect and effect - "affect" is usually a verb meaning to influence, "effect" is usually a noun meaning a result

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Similar Confusing Words: Fill in The Blanks With The Correct Words

This document provides examples to distinguish between similar but often confusing words: 1) Bring and take - "bring" means to carry something to or toward the speaker, "take" means to carry something away from the speaker. 2) There, their and they're - "there" refers to a place, "their" is a possessive pronoun, "they're" is a contraction of "they are". 3) Your and you're - "your" is a possessive pronoun, "you're" is a contraction of "you are". 4) Affect and effect - "affect" is usually a verb meaning to influence, "effect" is usually a noun meaning a result

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SIMILAR CONFUSING WORDS

Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

Bring or Take

1. ____take this book to the library, please.


2. Could you please ____bring______me some water?
3. He often ___take____ his sister to her aunt.
4. When you come to my party, don't forget to ______bring______ something to drink.
5. Is Mira _bring__________ Aishah to my party?

There, their or they're

1. Where are your parents? _______they’re______ out.


2. The children did __their___________ homework yesterday afternoon.
3. __there___________ is a cat in the garden?

4. Where are the CDs? ____they’re_________ in the box.

your or you're

1) This is ___your_______ book.

2) He's from Perlis and ___you’re_____ from Malacca.

3) Are these ____your_____ pencils?

4) Did you see ___your_______ sister yesterday evening?

5) ___you’re_______ a student.

Effect or Affect

1.  The  volcanic eruption ( affected  effected) the entire country.

2.  Your answer will not ( affect  effect) your grade on the test.

3.  Your answer will have no ( affect  effect) on your grade on the test.

4.  What he said to her ( affected effected) her deeply.

5.  The patient asked how the medication would ( affect  effect) her energy
level.
Avoid or prevent

1. I want to _____avoid____ being drawn into the argument.


2. We tried to _____prevent_____ her, but she was determined to go.
3. We went early to __avoid_______ the crowds.
4. _____Avoid_______ that area after dark.
5. Regular cleaning may help ____prevent______ infection.
6. The owner is ____prevent______ by law from making any major changes.

Stay or Live

1. We found out we were ___stay______ in the same hotel.


2. She needs to find somewhere to __live_________.
3. My sister's coming to ___stay_______ next week.
4. He's ____stay________ with friends this weekend.
5. We used to ____live_______in London.

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