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Use singular verbs:
Oxygen, garbage, clothing, food, trash, underwear, Tupperware,
sheep, hatred, eyewear, hair, air, coffee, deceit, shyness, truthfulness, hon-
esty, beauty
U
se plural verbs:
Sheep, foods, monies, peoples, coffees, British, Portuguese, woods, scis-
sors, and pants
F changes to v in the plural:
Leaf, loaf, roof, half, knife, calf, wolf, elf, shelf
T
o make a verb from these words, add -e.
Cloth, breath, wreath, sleuth
Homophones and Homonyms
Homophones
Homophones are words that are pronounced the same but have different
spellings and different meanings.
See With the eyes
Sea The water
Site A place
Sight To see with the eyes
Sink To not float
Sync In harmony
Tail The long thing on the end of a dog
Tale A story
Die To discontinue living
Dye To change the color
Meat Flesh
Meet To see someone somewhere

Maul Attack and hurt
Mall Where my wife spends my money
Write To put down by transcription
Right Correct, opposite of left
Rome City in Italy
Roam To wander
Resend To send again
Rescind To repeal, to take back
Homonyms
Homonyms are words that have the same sound, the same spelling, and
different meanings.
Hard Difficult
Hard Opposite of
soft
Chief Main
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Spot To see
Spot A stain or dirty area
Die To pass away
Die Metal to cut holes
Sink To submerge
Sink A washbasin
Tail To follow
Tail The end of a piece of clothing
Drove Past tense of
drive
Drove A flock

tion forced the South to take a different approach to its econom-
ics and most importantly the outcome was a higher expanse of
trade in the North.
10. Now I know you are a little leery of meeting new people but I
want you to try and open up because we love you.
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