help..with some terms that confuses me(English)?

Question

help make sentences..with the following

1)its and it's
2)lacks and is lacking
3)laying and lying
4)lose and loose
5)maybe and may be
6)moral and morale
7)kerb and curb
8)being and been

Answer 1

1. It's up to I to make these sentences.
How is its temperature? Hot or cold?
2. My son lacks energy after school.
My son is lacking any knowledge he use to have to finish his homework tonight.
3. All the hens in the coop are laying their eggs.
I am lying on the couch for a few minutes.
4. I always lose to my mother when we play Monopoly.
The lid to the jam jar is loose again.
5. Maybe we will see some sun today.
My co-workers may be planning a surprise party for me.
6. Many nursery rhymes have a moral lesson in the end for the children to learn from.
The morale of the students is high this football season.
7. Kerb is Bristish for curb.
Our city is painting our curb yellow this week.
8 I am being a nice person this morning with my answers.
I have been rude in a few of my past answers.

Answer 2

1. Use "it's" in place of it is. "Its" is more possessive. A snake sheds its skin every year.
2. Yahoo answerers seem lacking in the knowledge department. That applicant lacks the skills required for the job.
3. She is laying a real egg with that speech. HE wasn't feeling well so he is lying down.
4. Our team will lose because they are playing too fast and loose with their defense.
5. I may be out of line here, just maybe.
6. Church goers tend to be more moral than non church goers. The team's morale was boosted with the rousing speech by the coach.
7. Kerb is typically used to measure weight such as the kerb weight of a vehicle. Most people will use curb as this references the side of a road.
8. Am I being to forward here? He has been to forward with her.

Answer 3

1) Its is a possesive pronoun like his or her. "That is its place." It's is a contraction used in place of it is. "It's better to be early."
2)Lacks is active voice. Is lacking is passive. They both can be used interchangably, but Lacks is more proper.
3) Laying is placing something down. Lying is telling an untruth.
4) Lose is to misplace something. "Don't lose your gloves." Loose is when something is unsecured. "The dog was running around loose."
5) Both can be used interchangably, but maybe is becoming more correct.
6) Moral is the quality of being right and true. "Is it moral to cheat on a test?" Morale is a feeling of confidence. "The platoon had high morale."
7) I believe that kerb is the UK spelling for curb.
8) Being is present tense. Been is past tense.

Answer 4

1) its means "of it" and it'smeans "it is"
2) lacks requires an object and lacking takes a subject. You lack something but something is lacking.
3) laying takes an object (i.e. transitive verb) (e.g. lay the table, lay an egg) and lying (which means to be in a supine position) doesn't.
4) lose means mislay or suffer the loss of and loose means slacken or make loose.
5) maybe means perhaps and may be relates to something potential or which could happen. It may well be that you can come up with a sentence to cover this.
6) moral is a noun or adjective describing good and upstanding behaviour. Morale is a noun describing one's attitude in the face of tasks or problems.
7) kerb is the edge of a road and curb means to discipline.
8) being can be a noun meaning a creature, as the present participle of the verb to be, and been is the past participle of the verb to be.

But I'm not doing your homework!

Answer 5

1. "Its" is a possesive pronoun used as "I like its color." or "I can't find its missing pieces."
"It's" is a contraction short for "it is" used as "It's nice outside." or "Can you find where it's at?"

2. Lacks and Lacking (Both mean the same- not having enough). The words you choose will change the way you say the sentence.
As in "He lacks organization skills." or "His organization skills are lacking."

3. Laying or Lying? This is a tough one.
Lie and lay are two of the most confusing words to use properly in writing. Understanding the different forms of these words will help you to develop well-constructed and meaningful ideas.

Lie and lay are both verbs, but the difference is that lay is a transitive verb meaning “to put down”; it requires a direct object. Lie is an intransitive verb meaning “to recline”; it takes a subject but not a direct object. Each verb has its own conjugated forms.

Base Form Past Past Participle Present Participle
lie lay lain lying
lay laid laid laying

**Notice how the past tense of lie is the same as the base form of lay.

Use lie and its forms when referring back to the subject of a sentence.

Ex: Mike lies down to a nap every afternoon.
Ex: Yesterday, Mike lay in bed all day.
Ex: Mike has lain in the tent for weeks.
Ex: Mike is lying over there.

**Notice how all forms of lie refer back to Mike (subject).

Use lay and its forms when it “takes” a direct object within the sentence. In other words, you lay/laid/laid/laying SOMETHING down (some object).

Ex: The workers are ready to lay the cement. [Notice here that the object is cement.]
Ex: Mike laid the papers on the table. [Here the object is papers.]
Ex: Mike has laid the report on my desk. [Report is the object in this sentence.]
Ex: Laying his keys down, Mike looked tired. [The object in this sentence is keys.]

Reference used: http://www.uhv.edu/ac/student/writing/grammartip101904.html

4. "Lose" sounds like "looz" and means to misplace something or the opposite of winning, such as "Did you lose your keys?" or "The team will lose the game."

Loose rhymes with goose and means the opposite of tight as in "My shirt feels loose."

5. Maybe and May be

Use "maybe" when you are talking about something unsure and begin the sentence with the word as in "Maybe it will rain today."

Use " may be" like "might be" with a subject in front of the words as in "I may be leaving early today." or "She may be sick."

6. moral and morale
Morale, accent on second syllable, is a noun meaning "a person's mental or emotional state."


Moral, accent on first syllable, is either a noun meaning "the lesson from a story" or an adjective meaning "virtuous, behaving according to high standards."


Examples: Team morale rose after the no-hitter.

The moral of the story is "Never tell a lie."

She made a point with her moral and ethical actions.

Reference used:
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000243.htm

7. kerb and curb
Kerb is the British spelling of Curb which is the the concrete edging along a street.

8. being and been (both forms of "be")

Use "been" in the past tense as in "I have been patient with you all week." or "Where have you been all day?"

Use "being" in the present tense or about something happening righ now as in "I am being patient with you." or "He is being funny."

Answer 6

Its hair is wet because it's raining.
She lacks the ability to finish because her ability is lacking.
The hen is laying eggs and she leaves them lying around.
Don't lose your shoes because the ties were loose.
It may be working because maybe, she understood the directions.
A moral person usually has high morale.
?
She is being rude and has been ruder.

Answer 7

its looking with it's eyes.

your lacking wrting skill lacks talent.

dont lose that loose bolt.

she was just laying there while the lion was lying next to her.

while that may be, maybe i just had the wrong idea.

im not sure about six. (sorry)

or seven for that matter...

being that im here... WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!


lol i hope this helped.

Answer 8

except for 7- i don't know what a kerb is. most english speaking people have problems with those terms!