This week, we are looking at confusing words. Through and threw are two words that often confuse.
Through and threw are homophones – words that sound the same but mean different things.
Through is a preposition. Through shows position.
I looked through the telescope
We drove through the tunnel.
I crawled through the opening in the fence.
Train your brain to look at the o in through. Picture that o as a tunnel or a tube. Picture yourself looking through the o or going through the o.
Threw is a verb showing action. Threw is the past tense of throw. Threw and throw are spelled nearly the same.
Today I throw the ball.
Yesterday I threw the ball.
I will throw out the trash.
We threw out whatever we couldn’t use.
Train your brain to notice that throw and threw are nearly the same word. We just change the o to an e when we make throw into the past tense threw.
Through and threw are homophones. They sound exactly the same, but they are spelled differently and have different meanings. Use the tips above to help you use these confusing words correctly.