This document contains several short passages that illustrate examples of commonly confused word pairs through context clues. The passages show the differences between wait/weight, knew/new, him/hymn, horse/hoarse, and who's/whose. They also provide examples of the words live/live, read/read, wind/wind, and record/record.

1. By: Siya

3. Wait Weights

4. New Knew
I knew that!

5. Him Hymn
The kids
really
like
him.
These
people
are part
of a
hymn.

6. Horse Hoarse
She has
Hoarse
throat.

7. Who’s Whose
Who’s that
group of kids
over there?
These kids are
in different
grades, whose
school is
Harbins.

9. We were watching live TV last night.
“I thought I wouldn’t live to
see the day!” Said Sami’s
mother after she won the
Olympics.

10. Parents read books to their children.
The class sat quietly as Emily read
her report.

11. The wind blew heavily as the storm
went on.
You need to wind the key to make
the toy work.

12. He felt so angry, that he felt like to
tear something apart.
She was crying so hard, tears started
to come out of her eyes.

13. Records are what people used to
listen to music on. We record things down on paper.