Tacks - short pins
Use those tacks to put your poster on the bulletin board.
Tax - an amount paid to support a government
The amount of sales tax is not the same in every province.
Tail - part of an animal
A dog's tail often curls up over its back.
Tale - a story
Come sit over here with me and I'll tell you a creepy tale.
Taught - past tense of teach
My aunt taught school in the Northwest Territories back in the 80s.
Taut - tight
The strings of your guitar should be nice and taut.
Tea - a hot drink made from leaves or herbs
Put a little honey in your tea to sweeten the taste.
Tee - a top (usually t-shirt)
Is this tee sold in blue?
Teas - more than one tea
How many herbal teas do you have in your cupboard?
Tease - to kid or taunt
The kids are going to tease me if I go to school wearing plaid pants.
Tees - more than one shirt
Sean had a lot of tees hanging in his closet.
Tents - portable canvas shelters
Each of the camp sites had two or more tents.
Tense - anxious or a time of an action
Tina was very tense while waiting to find out if she still had a job or not.
Should I write my story in the past or present tense?
Tern - a shorebird
The tern is related to the gull.
Turn - change direction
To get to my place turn left after you pass Tim Horton's.
There - at that place
Do you see the cliffs over there?
Their - belonging to them
The Smiths painted their house bright orange.
They're - contraction for they are
Personally, I think they're crazy.
Need a clue to remember which word to use?
I'm here, you're over there. (Here)
That stuff belongs to their heir. (Heir)
If you can say "they are", it's they're. The apostrophe takes the place of the "a". They are walking. They're walking.
Threw - tossed
Bill threw the baseball over the fence.
Through - in one side, out the other
No human I know has the ability to walk through walls.
Throne - the chair which royal members sit in
The king's throne was adorned with rubies and emeralds.
Thrown - past tense of throw
Two players were given game misconduct penalties and thrown out of the game.
Thyme - a spice
If you want thyme for your chicken seasoning, you'll find it in the cupboard above the stove.
Time - a duration or a system for measuring duration
At no time did Lora ever say she wanted to go hunting.
What time does the next bus come?
Tide - rise and fall of the ocean
If you're not out of that cave before the tide comes in, you won't be able to get out, unless you're a very good swimmer.
Tied - bound together or evenly matched
Daryl tripped over his shoelaces because they weren't tied.
At the end of the second period, the Leafs and Habs game was tied.
To - in the direction of a place and reaching it
Is Jeff going to the store?
Too - also or more than enough
I can hear the waterfalls, can you hear it too?
Those kids got too much candy for Hallowe'en.
Two - a number
A couple is two, more than one and less than three.
BTW, a couple really is two, a pair. If you have more than two of something, you don't have a couple. You might have a few or some, but not a couple.
Toad - an amphibian
If it's in a pond rather than grass, it's a frog, not a toad.
Towed - past tense of tow; pulled
Rocky towed Adrian's car home when it broke down.
Toe - a body part on the foot
I don't believe that you have an extra toe on your foot.
Tow - pull
When Adrian's car broke down, he had to call Rocky for a tow.
Told - past tense of tell
I knew Jeremy was a cop because his sister told me.
Tolled - the sound of a bell
When the bell tolled it was heard throughout the village.
Tracked - followed
Joseph tracked the deer after his son shot it.
Tract - an expanse of land, or a system of body parts
Larry owns the tract of land beside us.
Today in school we learned about the digestive tract.
Trussed - tied up
Mama always trussed up the turkey before she cooked it for Thanksgiving.
Trust - faith
I trust you'll get Sarah to work on time.
Urn - see Earn
Use - to put something to its intended use.
If I have to go to the store for Kary, I'm going to use his car.
Ewes - more than one ewe (female sheep)
There should be four ewes and a ram, but I'm only counting four sheep all together.
Vain - arrogant or unwarranted self-esteem
My aunt is so vain, she has mirrored walls in her bedroom.
Vane - metal or cloth set up to swing with the wind
Farmer Joe set the weathervane on top of his barn.
Vein - vessel that carries blood throughout the body
When a skate cut through Clint's jugular vein, his trainer pinched it off until they got to the hospital.
Verses - stanzas of a poem or song
Sam wrote several verses of that song on the radio.
Versus (often vs.) - in contest with
Does anyone care about the outcome of a Coyotes versus Panthers game?
Vial - a small container
Merlin hid the vial of poison in a pocket of his robe.
Vile - disgusting
The ooze in the sewer is vile and smelly.
Vice - a bad habit
Gretchen's only vice was smoking Old Port cigars.
Vise - a device or tool for gripping
After you glue those strips of wood together, put them in the vise until it's dry.
Even though vice and vise are pronounced the same, advice and advise are not. Nor is vise pronounced like vis or visa.