7th grade calling......

so i'm reading over my goddaughters 7th grade english homework.....and english was always my best subject....and it confused the hell out of me!!! well, let me clarify. it's a list of words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things entirely. her assignment was to define them all. as long as all the words are there together, i'm fine....i could define/recognize them in my sleep. BUT, if most of these words stood alone (or if i was asked to use a certain word CORRECTLY in a sentence), THAT'S where i always run into trouble!! affect? effect? forget about it!!

accept except/ advice advise/ affect effect/ already all ready/ alright all right/ altar alter/ altogether all together/ brake break/ capital capitol/ choose chose/ cloths clothes/ coarse course/ complement compliment/ council counsel/ desert desert dessert/ formally formerly/ hear here/ its it's/ lead lead led/ loose lose/ passed past/ peace piece/ plain plane/ principal principle/ quiet quite/ shone shown/ stationary stationery/ than then/ their there they're/ threw through/ to too two/ waist waste/ weak week/ weather whether/ who's whose/ your you're

i feel so dumb.