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Lose vs "Loose": Which word means to be unable to find something and which means not tightly fastened?
Lose
Affect vs "Effect": Which word is a verb meaning to influence or make a change and which is a noun meaning the result of a change?
Affect
Accept vs "Except": Which word means to agree or receive willingly and which means to exclude or leave out?
Accept
Lie vs "Lay": Which word means to recline or be in a horizontal position and which means to put something down?
Lie
Farther vs "Further": Which word refers to physical distance and which refers to metaphorical or abstract distance?
Farther
Its vs "It's": Which word is a possessive pronoun and which is a contraction for "it is" or "it has"?
Its
Then vs "Than": Which word is used to indicate time or sequence and which is used for making comparisons?
Then
Your vs "You're": Which word is a possessive pronoun and which is a contraction for "you are"?
Your
Passed vs "Past": Which word is the past tense of "pass" and which refers to time gone by or a previous period?
Passed
Whose vs "Who's": Which word is a possessive pronoun and which is a contraction for "who is" or "who has"?
Whose
Break vs "Brake": Which word means to separate into pieces and which is a device used to stop a vehicle?
Break
Principal vs "Principle": Which word refers to the head of a school or an amount of money and which refers to a fundamental truth or concept?
Principal
Advice vs "Advise": Which word is a noun meaning guidance or recommendations and which is a verb meaning to give guidance or recommendations?
Advice
Bear vs "Bare": Which word refers to a large mammal or to endure and which means naked or uncovered?
Bear
Aloud vs "Allowed": Which word means to speak audibly and which means permitted or given permission?
Aloud
Pray vs "Prey": Which word means to make a devout petition to a deity and which refers to an animal hunted for food?
Pray
