Usage Errors - Troublesome Words - CCSS L.8.5, L.8.6

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1. Accept/Except and Affect/Effect.
Click Image to Enlarge		Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. SEE MORE
2. Common Errors in English.
Click Image to Enlarge		Click on a set of commonly misused words to take a multiple choice test. SEE MORE
3. Commonly Confused Words Quiz.
Click Image to Enlarge		Use the drop down menus to select the word that best completes the sentence. SEE MORE
4. It's/Its.
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5. Its/It's and There/Their/They're.
Click Image to Enlarge		Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence. The word you choose should fit the blank in the sentence. SEE MORE
6. Lay/Lie Exercise 1.
Click Image to Enlarge		Read the sentence and choose the answer. SEE MORE
7. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers.
Click Image to Enlarge		Five interactive exercises with an accompanying printable handout to keep track of answers. SEE MORE
8. Problem Verbs: Sit/Set/Lie/Lay/Rise/Raise.
Click Image to Enlarge		Practice with these games to get a clear meaning of each of these troublesome verbs. SEE MORE
9. Raise/Rise Practice Exercise.
Click Image to Enlarge		Make a choice by clicking on the radio button, then compare it with the correct answer hidden under the answer button. SEE MORE
10. Raise/Rise.
Click Image to Enlarge		Read the sentence, choose your answer, and get your score instantly.  SEE MORE
11. Rise/Raise Practice Quiz.
Click Image to Enlarge		Read the sentence and choose the correct answer. SEE MORE
12. Sit/Set.
Click Image to Enlarge		Complete the sentences using the proper form of "sit" or "set." SEE MORE
13. The Notorious Confusables - Quiz 1.
Click Image to Enlarge		Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence. The word you choose should fit the blank in the sentence. SEE MORE
14. Their/There/They're and Who's/Whose.
Click Image to Enlarge		Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. SEE MORE
15. Their/There/They're.
Click Image to Enlarge		Interactive lesson with quiz. SEE MORE
16. There There.
Click Image to Enlarge		Select the answer that best fits each sentence. SEE MORE
17. To / Two / Too.
Click Image to Enlarge		Learn the difference between the homophones to, two, and too. SEE MORE
18. To Lie/To Lay and To Sit/To Set.
Click Image to Enlarge		Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence. The word you choose should fit the blank in the sentence. SEE MORE
19. To, Too and Two.
Click Image to Enlarge		Type your answers using commas to separate answers.  SEE MORE
20. Troublesome Word Choices.
Click Image to Enlarge		Fourteen interactive exercises with an accompanying printable handout to keep track of answers. SEE MORE
21. Who/Whom, Whoever/Whomever.
Click Image to Enlarge		Select the correct form of the word who or whoever from the choices provided after each sentence. SEE MORE
22. Word Confusion.
Click Image to Enlarge		From FunBrain. Start the game by choosing level hard. Click on the correct word to complete the sentence. SEE MORE
23. You're/Your.
Click Image to Enlarge		Interactive lesson with quiz. SEE MORE