Grade 8
1st Quarter
1. Parts of Speech
2. Subjects and Predicates
3. Fragments and Run-ons
Grade 10
1st Quarter
1. Sentences (fragments vs. run-ons)
Definition 1: Thompson Learning
Definition 2: U. of Texas
Practice Quiz: Quia
Run On Sentences: Arcadia University
Fragments: Practice, Purdue
2. Sentence Combining
3. Sentence Variety
4. Problem Words
5. MUG shots
Commonly Confused Words
accept, except |
brake, break |
desert, dessert |
its, it's |
presence, presents |
vain, vane, vein |
advice, advise |
breathe, breath, breadth |
device, devise |
knew, new, know, no |
principal, principle |
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affect, effect |
by, bye, buy |
faint, feint |
later, latter |
precede, proceed |
vociferous, voracious |
allot, a lot |
can, may |
farther, further |
lead, led |
quiet, quit, quite |
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all ready, already |
canvas, canvass |
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lay, lie |
rain, reign, rein |
waist, waste |
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capital, capitol |
fewer, less |
leave, let |
raise, rise |
weak, weak |
all together, altogether |
cite, site, sight |
formerly, formally |
loose, lose |
sea, see |
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allusion, illusion |
clothes, cloths |
forth, fourth |
notable, noticeable |
sit, set |
wear, were, where |
altar, alter |
coarse, course |
good, well |
object, subject |
stationary, stationery |
weather, whether, rather |
among, between |
compare, contrast |
hear, here |
passed, past |
statue, stature, statute |
whose, who's |
are, hour, our |
compare to, compare with |
hole, whole |
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your, you're |
award, reward |
complement, compliment |
imply, infer |
peace, piece |
than, then |
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compare to, compare with |
consul, council, counsel |
incidence, incidents |
plain, plane |
their, there, they're |
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bad, badly |
decent, descent, dissent |
incite, insight |
pore, pour |
threw, through |
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beside, besides |
delusion, illusion, allusion |
instance, instants |
precedence, precedent |
to, too, two |
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http://homepage.smc.edu/reading_lab/words_commonly_confused
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