Commonly Confused Words Weeks 5 & 6

1. Commonly Confused WordsWeeks 5 & 6 English 121

2. Week 5 • Indispensable, Disposed, and Indisposed • Bare vs. Bear

3. Indispensable, Disposable, and Indisposed • Indispensable (adj.): essential • To make an omelet, eggs are an indispensable ingredient. • Scoring two goals, she was an indispensable element of the team’s victory. • Your sentence: • Disposable (adj.): not reusable; made to be thrown away • The latex gloves are disposable. • Landfills contain many disposable plastic water bottles. • Your sentence: • Indispose(v.): to make unfit; to cause illness • Indisposed (adj.): unwilling; unwellor sick • The flu indisposed him, and he missed work for a week. • He missed work for week because he was indisposed with the flu. • Indisposed with the flu, he missed work for the week. • Your sentence:

4. Bare vs. Bear • Bare is an adjective meaning naked. • Don’t expose your bare skin to the sun; wear sun screen. • Your sentence: • Bear is a noun meaning an animal. • We saw a bear on our camping trip. • Bear is also a verb meaning many things: to tolerate, to accept, to resemble something, to show, to carry, to produce, etc. • I can’t bear to wait any longer! • He bore responsibility for his actions. • She bears a striking resemblance to her mother. • The house bore the fruit of our labors and sold within a week. • The waiter, bearing a tray of glasses, walked carefully through the dining room. • She bore four children: three boys and one girl. • Bear is a bear of a word because it bears many meanings! • Your sentence:

5. Week 6 • Base vs. Bass • Because of vs. Due to • Beside vs. Besides • Blew vs. Blue

6. Base vs. Bass • Base is a noun that means either the part on which someone or something stands or the headquarters; base is also an adjective that means vile. • Candor rounded up Dauntless exiles, whom they considered base, and brought them back to their base for trial. • Bass rhyming with glass is a noun that means a type of fish; bass rhyming with base is either a noun meaning a type of guitar or voice or an adjective used to describe a type of guitar or voice. • We caught many bass on our fishing trip. • My son used to take bass guitar lessons.

7. Because of vs. Due to • Because of is used with action verbs. • The umpires cancelled the game because of rain. • Due to is used with linking verbs. • The game cancellation was due to rain.

8. Beside vs. Besides • Beside is a preposition meaning at the side of or next to. • I placed the keys on the countertop beside my wallet. • Besides is a preposition meaning in addition to. • Who else is going to the football game besides us?

9. Blew vs. Blue • Blew is the past tense of blow, which is a verb. • The wind blew the tent down. • Blue is a color, which can be used as an adjective or a noun; it is also used as an adjective associated with depression or sadness. • The sky is blue. • The boy was feeling blue when his dog ran away; luckily, the dog was found.

10. Test 3 • Test on Monday, October 21st!