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English is a Crazy Language

  1. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.
  2. Quicksand can work slowly
  3. Boxing rings are square
  4. A guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
  5. Why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham?

Fun and Confusion with Homophones

No wonder English is so difficult to learn.

  1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
  2. The farm was used to produce produce.
  3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
  4. We must polish the Polish furniture.
  5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.

It's and Its Practice Worksheet

Further vs Farther Practice Exercise

Accept Except Worksheet

Your You're Worksheet

Lie Lay Practice Worksheet

Lie/ Lay/ Lain – to recline or to rest Lay/ Laid/ Laid – to put something down First decide if the sentence is describing someone reclining or putting something down. Then determine in what tense the sentence is written. lie lay worksheet




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