Look alike and sound alikes presentation

1. LOOK-
ALIKES/SOUND-
ALIKES
H I L L M A N P O W E R P O I N T P R E S E N T A T I O N

3. LIST OF THE WORDS THAT MAY LOOK-
ALIKE AND SOUND- ALIKE
• Affect vs. Effect
• Accept vs. Except
• Allusion vs. Illusion
• Desert vs. Dessert
• Precede vs. Proceed
• Principal vs. Principle
• Lose vs. Loose
• Then vs. Than

4. AFFECT VS. EFFECT
These words have a lot in common they both look and sound alike but the
difference between the two is:
• Affect is a verb. It means to produce a change in or influence something.
Ex. How does the crime affect you?
• Effect is a noun that can also be used as a verb. It means a change that
occurred.
Ex. What effect did loses the Super Bowl have on the Steelers?

5. ALLUSION VS. ILLUSION
• An Allusion mean to be indirect
Ex. Her blog made an allusion to the authors past.
• An Illusion mean to have a false idea of something and or someone
Ex. They have an illusion that I am very wealthy.

6. PRINCIPLE VS. PRINCIPAL

7. LOSE VS. LOOSE
• Lose- unable to find
Ex. Did you lose your car keys.
• Loose- not tight
Ex. Is the tie to loose.

8. ACCEPT VS. EXCEPT

9. PRECEDE VS. PROCEED
• Precede means be
earlier in time; go back
further
Ex. Stone tools
precede bronze tools.
• Proceed means to advance; go on
Ex. Alese and Avory will proceed
to the next grade.

10. DESERT VS. DESSERT

11. SENT VS. CENT VS. SCENT

12. TO VS. TWO VS. TOO

13. ATE VS. EIGHT

14. QUESTIONS
• What homonyms do you find the most confusing
and why?
• What did you do to better understand them?
• What advice do you have to others to better
help them?

15. REFERENCES
www.google.com
www.grammarbook.com