Language Arts Grade Six

Unit Fifteen, Lesson Three: Confused Words

  1. thick
  2. brick
  3. quick
  4. pride
  5. stride
  6. wide
  7. nutrition
  8. mineral
  9. zinc
  10. retinol
  1. carotene
  2. beta
  3. relaxation
  4. flexibility
  5. stamina
  6. endurance
  7. strength
  8. physical
  9. exercise
  10. athlete
Confused Words

Sometimes it's really hard to figure out which confusing word should be used in a sentence. Consider this example: 


	The (desert/dessert) is hot and dry.
The problem here is that both a desert and a dessert could be hot and dry. For instance, we know that Death Valley is both hot and dry. We also can imagine a hot and dry cookie, for example.

Here are a few more frequently confused words: 


	advice/advise			casual/causal

	coma/comma			a lot/allot

	are/our				angle/angel

	cease/seize			choose/chose

	costume/custom			unit/unite

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