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Commonly Confused Pairs — 100+ Tricky English Words

30 commonly confused English word pairs — affect/effect, their/there/they're, your/you're, lose/loose and many more. Each pair comes with examples, memory tricks and a 5-question quiz.

Lessons
126
Practice tests
111
Worksheets
2
Videos
8

What you will learn

  • Stop mixing up 30 of the most commonly confused English word pairs
  • Learn memory tricks (mnemonics) for tricky pairs like affect / effect
  • Spot confusing food and animal terms (lobster vs crayfish, bunny vs rabbit)
  • Eliminate the most common writing mistakes seen at work and in school

Course outline

Top-level modules from the existing category tree, nested into sub-topics. Pick any lesson from any module — there is no fixed order.

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Quick quiz

A 5-question quiz from any lesson in this course. Pass at 60%+ to earn up to 5 XP and mark the lesson complete.

Up to 5 XP per pass 111 quizzes available
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Worksheets

Tagged worksheet posts — same topics as the lessons and tests. Most are images you can download & print.

Video lessons

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