11-06 Pitfalls

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Pitfalls 

• : Words that are often used wrongly. 
• : Because they sound the same, but are written slightly different. 
• They also have different meanings.

Your

• Possessive 
• : It is about something that belongs to someone.
• Example: 

What is your name? 

you're 

• Is a contraction of you are.
• Is used when talking about something.
• Example

You're a student, right? 

Its

• Is used to replace lifeless things or ideas. 
• Is used as a contraction of it's 
• Is used as a possessive pronoun. 
• Example: 

Its leaves were soft.

It's

• Is used as a contraction of it is or it has. 
• Is used when talking about something.
• Example: 

It's nice to meet you!

Whose

• Possessive pronoun.
• Is used to describe that an object belongs to a person. 
• Example:

Whose homework is this?

Who's

• Contraction of who is and who has. 
• Talking about a person that has done something.
• Example: 

Who's eaten this pizza?

ThereThere

Is used to point at a place.Is used to point at a place.

Answers the question where something is. Answers the question where something is. 

Example:Example:

The restaurant is over there.The restaurant is over there.

Their 

• Possessive pronoun.
• Something belongs to them. 
• Example: 

They left their car.

They're 

• Contraction of they are. 
• Talking about multiple people that are doing something.
• Example:

They're calling in sick.

There

• Is used to point at a place.
• Answers the question where something is. 
• Example:

The restaurant is over there.

Too

• Is used instead of beside or also. 
• Example:

I liked that movie too.

• Is used when indicating something big. 
• Example:

There were too many cars.

To

• Is used to indicate the location, action or receiver of something.
• Is used with verbs. 
• Example:

 My friend and I went to the movies.

Then 

• Is used to say when something is happening. 
• Is used to indicate time. 
• Example:

Then we went to a restaurant.

Than

• Is used to compare objects or people. 
• Example:

She is smarter than I am.

Where

• Is used to ask for a place. 
• Example: 

Where is the nearest bus stop?

Were

• Is the past tense of are. 
• Example:

we were really proud of our grade.

We're 

• Is a contraction of we are.
• Example: 

We're having a picknick.

Aan de slag

Please make exercise 51, 52 and 53 ór 54

Finished? Check and correct

Done? Slim Stampen Vocabulary, Vrijdag SO

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