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Chapter 29
- 2. CHAPTER 29: WORDS THAT SOUND ALIKE/LOOK ALIKE
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- 3. CHAPTER OUTLINE AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In this chapter, you will learn to:
distinguish between common sound-alike and look-
alike words and incorporate such distinctions in your
writing.
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- 4. WORDS THAT SOUND ALIKE/LOOK ALIKE
Words that sound alike or look alike (often called
homonyms) can be confusing.
Some examples:
a/an/and
accept/except
addition/edition
advice/advise
affect/effect
allowed/aloud
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- 5. MORE WORDS THAT SOUND ALIKE/LOOK ALIKE
Examples
lead/led
lessen/lesson
loan/lone
pain/pane
pair/pear
passed/past
peace/piece
plain/plane
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- 6. WHICH SENTENCE IS CORRECT?
A. Nancy wants to by a computer.
B. My favorite serial is Frosted Flakes.
C. Getting a bad grade will affect my GPA.
D. Roses are beautiful flours.
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- 7. WHICH SENTENCE IS CORRECT?
A. Nancy wants to by a computer.
B. My favorite serial is Frosted Flakes.
C. Getting a bad grade will affect my GPA.
D. Roses are beautiful flours.
distinguish between common sound-alike and look-
alike words and incorporate such distinctions in your
writing.
Copyright © 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc.
Notas del editor
- Review chapter objectives.
- Discuss words that sound alike and look alike-homonyms.
- Share examples of homonyms.