42 Using the Right Word

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After students study the commonly confused words on this page, have them choose three sets and search for them on the Internet. For each word, they should find an interesting sentence that correctly uses the term:

"While money is used simply to purchase goods and services for consumption, capital is more durable and is used to generate wealth through investment." —Investopedia.Com

"The United States Capitol is among the most symbolically important and architecturally impressive buildings in the nation." —NPS.Gov

After gathering examples of each word in three sets of words, students should share their findings with each other and discuss the meanings of the words.

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Have students study the definitions and examples on this page. Then challenge them to come up with a single sentence that includes as many words as possible from this list. (They can include pairs if possible, or just one word from a set):

I counseled the council that to explicitly elicit high voter turnout from desert states was different than implicitly creating illicit voting by offering dessert to those who "vote often."

Have students share their sentences with a partner and discuss the meanings of each term.

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Have students pair up and play a game of "Would You Rather" with the word groups on this page. One student will form questions beginning with "Would you rather . . . " and correctly use the word pairs. The other student will choose an option from those provided:

Questioner: Would you rather have fewer possessions or less money?
Responder: Considering how much stuff I have, I could get by with fewer possessions. I need my money!
Questioner: Would you rather be a superhero figuratively or literally?
Responder: If I was figuratively a superhero, I could be a movie star who plays one, so that's what I'd choose. Being literally a superhero requires fighting supervillains all the time. No thanks!

Have student pairs work to the bottom of the page and then change roles.

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Have partners play a game of "Spell It." One partner will speak aloud a made-up sentence, correctly using one of the words on this page. The other partner will then have to speak aloud the correct spelling of the word:

Partner 1: I bought coverage to insure my car. Spell "insure."

Partner 2: I N S U R E

Partner 1: The water in Flint is contaminated with lead. Spell "lead."

Partner 2: L E A D

After working down the page, partners should switch roles and go through the remaining words.

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The commonly confused words on this page come in five pairs and three sets of three. Point out to students that they can use these groupings to write limericks. The rhyme pattern is AABBA (with A's drawn from the sets of three, and the B's drawn from the pairs). The rhythm goes like this:

Three stressed syllables

Two stressed syllables

Three stressed syllables

Show them this example:

The salesman decided to peddle

Bicycles that you didn't pedal.

Unlike in the past,

The miles were passed

By burning a hot-pepper's petal.

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The British upper crust tends to be very proper and polite, using many words like "quiet, quit, quite" and "real, really, very." Have students correctly use these words with others from this page to create a "most British" sentence:

It is really very plain and quite right that our principle duty be to aid the poor.

Ask students to read aloud their sentences using their best British accents and have the class vote on which sounds the most British.

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