Words that sound alike but have a different spelling and a different meaning:

advise	advice
a lot	allot
beside	besides
quiet	quite
passed	past

Definitions and Examples

Words		Meaning	Example sentence
advise		to recommend	I advise you to accept the offer.
advice		a recommendation	The advice is to accept the offer.
a lot		much or many	He has a lot of money.
allot		to assign	Robert allots three dollars for his lunch.
beside		at the side of someone or something	He sits beside his sister.
besides		other than	Besides Jamal and Tim, Tanya wants to come.
quiet		silent	The class is quiet today.
quite		completely or very	I quite understanding your offer.
		Meaning I Meaning II
passed		handed to went by	I passed the money to my mother.
past		before "now" beyond	People lived here in the past.

TEST YOURSELF:

Select the correct word for the following:

1.    Mary confusing words passed past your pencil to the teacher.
2.    In the confusing words passed past , Ted was a gardener.
3.    The library is confusing words quite quiet .
4.    The weather is confusing words quite quiet wonderful in Florida.
5.    Abdul stands confusing words besides beside the children at the bus stop.
6.    confusing words Besides Beside the dogs, we have two cats.
7.    confusing words allot a lot of students are from Peru.
8.    The news reporter gives us good confusing words advice advise .
9.    Daniel confusing words advices advises us to eat breakfast.
10.  We want to confusing words a lot allot three hours for the job.

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  The words are:
  1.   passed         -      6.   Besides
  2.   past              -      7.   A lot
  3.   quiet              -      8.   advice
  4.   quite              -       9.   advises
  5.   beside           -     10.   allot