To Too and Two Practice Activity

Too, To, and Two

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These three words are called homophones, meaning that they sound alike even though they historically come from different sources and have different meanings.

To is the word we use when we talk about going towards something. It might help you to remember its spelling, if you think of it as the beginning letters of towards. We also use to as part of infinitive verbs as when we say such things as to run, to rain, to consider, to tell. People who make TO DO lists (they write down all the things that they need to do) have a head start in remembering this sense.

Too is used to mean more than enough, as in, “I am too tired to stay for refreshments.” Some people remember this spelling by thinking that the two o’ s in its spelling are too many.


Two is the way to spell the name of the number 2. One way to remember that the word with the w in it is the number is to think of other words starting with tw that mean two. Twins is one such word, and so it twice and twain. Tweezers have two parts, twilight has light from the day and the night, and if you are betwixt and between, you are caught between two choices.

Practice Activity

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