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20 Cards in this Set
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-ed
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past tense
jumped, slipped |
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-ing
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continuous or progressive
riding, calling, going |
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-est
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the most it can be; superlative
cutest, biggest, silliest, bravest |
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-en
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"to become" or "made of"
lengthen, shorten, wooden, |
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-n't
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negative
won't, don't, can't, wouldn't, couldn't, shouldn't |
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-er
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when describing two objects when one is more of it; comparative
happier, funner, cooler, latter, |
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-s, -es, -ies
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plural
potatoes, tomatoes, buses countries, parties, ladies |
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-ies
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singular nouns ending in y
change to ies in the plural cry - cries, fry - fries, try - tries |
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words ending in 'x', 'sh','s', 'ss', and 'ch'.
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box - boxes, atlas - atlases, glass - glasses
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-ies
proper nouns loos the -e for an -i and get -es = -ies |
if the word has a consonant before the final y add -ies
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consonant
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all leather in the alphabet not vowels
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vowel
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-a -e -i -o -u
and -y if used at the end of a word |
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Nouns "proper and common"
ending in any vowel plus -y -s |
days, attorneys, turkeys, plays
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-ought and -aught
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will almost always sound like not
bought sought thought ought taught caught fought wrought brought |
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-ought will sometimes sound like stuff
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Rough, tough and enough
I'm rough and tough and that's enough. |
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Though rhymes with go or show
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not thou
it's though |
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Silent k
no rule, just remember |
knife, know, knew, knit, knapsack, knuckle, knock, knickers
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Silent p
no rule, just remember |
psychology, psychiatrist, psychoanalysis, pneumatic, pneumonia
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-e
few words end in v or u |
add -e at the end of have and blue
few exceptions to this rule Impromptu . |
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tion
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education, elevation, elongation, motivation, nation, observation
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