About Right Word
Some English words sound the same and are spelled differently. Others are close enough to be muddled constantly. Right Word gives you a sentence with a gap and asks which of these sound-alikes belongs in it.
How it works
Read the sentence, look at the choices and tap the one that fits. The game then shows the completed sentence. A round is ten sentences, drawn from forty-five.
Every question is one that people get wrong in real writing: their, there and they're; its and it's; your and you're; to, too and two; whose and who's; affect and effect; lose and loose; than and then.
The ones worth memorising
It's means "it is" or "it has". If you cannot expand it that way, the word is "its", with no apostrophe. "The dog wagged its tail."
You're means "you are". They're means "they are". Who's means "who is". Test each by saying the long form aloud.
Their shows ownership: "their ball". There is a place, or begins a sentence: "over there", "there is".
Too means "also" or "more than enough". Two is the number. To is everything else.
Than compares: "taller than me". Then is about time: "and then we left".
Affect is usually the verb: "the noise did not affect her". Effect is usually the noun: "it had no effect".
Lose is to misplace or be beaten. Loose is not tight.
Accept is to take. Except is to leave out.
Whether introduces a choice. Weather is rain and sunshine.
Principal is the head of a school. A principle is a rule.
A good habit is to read your choice back in the sentence before you tap.
Of all the HTML5 games on this site, this may be the one that improves your everyday writing most.