| Spelling Demons |
a
lot |
two words |
accept |
to agree to something "I accept your reasons." |
except |
a preposition "Everyone loved it except Joseph who hated it." |
all right |
two words |
already |
one word |
altogether |
one word |
choose |
present or future tense "You can choose your favorite fruit." |
chose |
past tense "They chose their fruit yesterday" |
chosen |
past participle "They have already chosen their fruit." |
could have |
NEVER "could of" YUCK!!! |
its |
possessive pronoun like his or hers or yours. No apostrophe!! |
it's |
contraction of it+is "It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring..." |
lead |
present tense - "Lead us not into temptation..." |
led |
past tense of "to lead" - "She led him by the nose." |
loose |
adjective- "You may have a screw loose." |
lose |
verb- "They warned us not to lose the map, but we did." |
neither |
e before i (sorry!) |
paid |
NEVER "payed" EEEW!!! |
passed |
past tense of to pass- "She passed the clams to Robert." |
past |
noun or preposition- "Odysseus recalled the past as he sailed past the cliffs." |
separate |
there's "a rat" in separate. |
supposed
to |
MUST have a d on the end (even though we mush it with the t in speech) |
their |
possessive pronoun- "Their feet hurt after the marathon." |
there |
adverb- "There were bells on the hill, but I never heard them ringing." |
they're |
contraction of they + are- "They're getting ahead of us, row faster!" |
threw |
past tense of to throw- "Indiana threw him the idol!" |
through |
preposition- "It rolled through the door, surprising everyone." |
to |
preposition or part of infinitive- "We're off to the woods to catch a giant." |
too |
means excessively- "Four bowls of ice cream were simply too much." |
two |
meaning 2 - "Two pizzas are too many to eat right now." |
tried |
there is no y in this word (it turns into ied when 'to try' becomes past tense) |
used to |
MUST have a d (like supposed to) |
which |
don't forget the first h (like who and what and where) |
witch |
flies on broomsticks |
who's |
contraction of who + is- "Who's that knocking at my chamber door?" |
whose |
possessive pronoun- "Whose woods these are I think I know." |
your |
possessive pronoun- "Your shoe is untied." |
you're |
contraction of you + are- "You're the sunshine of my life." |
whether |
meaning 'if'- "Whether you paint it or not, it doesn't matter." |
weather |
relating to the local climate- "The weather outside is frightful!" |