We will have the test on Commonly Confused Words on October 6th/7th, as previously scheduled. Please study and be ready! Don't forget that after we take this test, if you misspell any of these words on any work for class, you will lose points from that work.
If you have lost your chart for the words, you can find a new one by clicking on the peanut butter sandwich at the top right of this blog, and scroll down the front page until you find a link to the commonly confused words materials.
Don't forget that lead can be pronounced with a short "e" (noun) when it means "a heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal, sometimes found in its natural state but usually combined as a sulfide, esp. in galena.
Symbol: Pb;
atomic weight: 207.19;
atomic number: 82;
specific gravity: 11.34 at 20°C." from dictionary.com
It can also be pronounced with a long "e" when it is a verb used in present or future tense. Here are some meanings for that verb from dictionary.com (some examples modified slightly by me):
| 1. | to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike. |
| 2. | to conduct by holding and guiding: to lead a horse by a rope. |
| 3. | to influence or induce; cause: Subsequent events will lead him to reconsider his position. |
| 4. | to guide in direction, course, action, opinion, etc.; bring: You can lead her around to your point of view if you are persistent. |
| 5. | to conduct or bring (water, wire, etc.) in a particular course. |
| 6. | (of a road, passage, etc.) to serve to bring (a person) to a place: The first street on the left will lead you to Andrews Place. |
| 7. | to take or bring: The prisoners will be lead into the warden's office. |
| 8. | to command or direct (an army or other large organization): He will lead the American forces during the war. |
| 9. | to go at the head of or in advance of (a procession, list, body, etc.); proceed first in: The mayor will lead the parade. |
| 10. | to be superior to; have the advantage over: The first baseman leads his teammates in runs batted in. |
| 11. | to have top position or first place in: Iowa leads the nation in corn production. |
| 12. | to have the directing or principal part in: The minister will now lead us in prayer. |
| 13. | to act as leader of (an orchestra, band, etc.); conduct. |
| 14. | to go through or pass (time, life, etc.): to lead a full life. |
| 15. | Cards. to begin a round, game, etc., with (a card or suit specified). |
| 16. | to aim and fire a firearm or cannon ahead of (a moving target) in order to allow for the travel of the target while the bullet or shell is reaching it. |
| 17. | Football. to throw a lead pass to (an intended receiver): The coach told the quarterback to lead the left end. |
