This presentation discusses common words that are often confused because they look or sound similar. It provides definitions and examples for several pairs of words including: - Affect vs Effect: Affect is a verb and effect is usually a noun, though it can also be used as a verb. - Allusion vs Illusion: An allusion indirectly refers to something while an illusion is a false idea or perception of something. - Principal vs Principle: These two words are commonly mixed up though they have different meanings. The document aims to clarify the definitions and proper usages of similar-looking and -sounding words to avoid confusion. It asks questions at the end to check understanding and provides references for additional

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