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Why Study Tricky Words
Enhances Vocabulary: Learning tricky words expands your vocabulary and allows you to express yourself more precisely.
Improves Reading Skills: Recognizing tricky words helps improve reading fluency and comprehension.
Enhances Writing Skills: Knowing how to use tricky words correctly improves writing clarity and effectiveness.
Boosts Communication Skills: Understanding tricky words helps you communicate more effectively in both spoken and written language.
Word: Where
Definition: ‘Where’ is an adverb that is used to ask or indicate the place or location of something or someone.
Usage: ‘Where’ is commonly used in questions to ask about the location of something or someone.
It can also be used to introduce a relative clause that provides information about the place or location of something or someone.
Examples: Where is the nearest coffee shop?
I don’t know where she went.
This is the house where I grew up.
In summary, ‘where’ is a versatile word that helps us understand the location or position of people, things, or events.
Word: When
Definition: ‘When’ is an adverb that is used to refer
to a specific time or period.
Usage: Temporal Context: ‘When’ is commonly used to indicate the time at which something happened or will happen. For example: ‘I will call you when I get home.’
Conditional Context: ‘When’ can also be used to introduce a condition. For example: ‘When it rains, I always carry an umbrella.’
Interrogative Context: ‘When’ is used to ask about the time or duration of an event. For example: ‘When did you arrive?’Interrogative Context: ‘When’ is used to ask about the time or duration of an event. For example: ‘When did you arrive?’
Word: What
The word ‘what’ is a pronoun that is used to ask for information or to refer to something that is unknown or uncertain. It can also be used as an exclamatory word to express surprise or disbelief.
Interrogative Context: ‘When’ is used to ask about the time or duration of an event. For example: ‘When did you arrive?’
Usage in Different Contexts
Interrogative: ‘What is your name?’ – Used to ask for information about someone’s name.
Indefinite: ‘I don’t know what to do.’ – Used to refer to something that is unknown or uncertain.
Exclamatory: ‘What a beautiful sunset!’ – Used to express surprise or admiration.
Relative: ‘The book that you gave me is what I needed.’ – Used to refer to something previously mentioned.
Understanding the different contexts in which ‘what’ is used can help improve communication and comprehension.
Word: Who
Definition:’Who’ is a pronoun used to refer to a person or people when asking for information about someone’s identity or when emphasizing a particular person or group.
Interrogative: ‘Who is that person?’ ‘Who are you?’
Relative: ‘The person who called me is my friend.’
Emphasizing: ‘It was you who broke the vase.’
Common Usage Mistakes
Effect vs. Affect
Effect is a noun that means the result or consequence of something.
Affect is a verb that means to influence or have an impact on something.
Their vs. They’re vs. There
•Their is a possessive pronoun that shows ownership.
•They’re is a contraction of ‘they are’. There is an adverb that indicates a place or location
Your vs. You’re
•Your is a possessive pronoun that shows ownership.
•You’re is a contraction of ‘you are’.
Its vs. It’s
•Its is a possessive pronoun that shows ownership.
•It’s is a contraction of ‘it is’.
Then vs. Than
•Then is an adverb that relates to time.
•Than is a conjunction used in comparisons.
Lose vs. Loose
•Lose is a verb that means to misplace or fail to win.
Loose is an adjective that means not tight or secure
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