Commonly Confused Words Weeks 5 & 6 ENGLISH 121. Week 5  Indispensable, Disposed, and Indisposed  Bare vs. Bear.

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Commonly Confused Words Weeks 5 & 6 ENGLISH 121

Week 5  Indispensable, Disposed, and Indisposed  Bare vs. Bear

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; unwell or 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:

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:

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

Test 3  Test on Monday, October 21 st !