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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

Beet A vegetable
Beat To hit
Week Seven days
Weak Opposite of strong
Peer Someone your age, a friend or colleague
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Odds and Ends
Pier A structure that extends from the land over the water
Bear Animal
Bare Uncovered
Way Method, direction
Weigh To determine the mass of using a scale
Slay To kill
Sleigh The thing Santa Claus rides on
Mail Packages and letters sent through the postal service
Male Opposite of
female
Might Model verb (You should know this one.)
Mite A small insect
Sell To make available for purchase
Sale A place where people take things for others to buy and
go to buy
Pray To talk to God
Prey Something—an animal, for example—that is hunted by
another
For Reason
Four After three
Bored Disinterested
Board Food

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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Chief Leader
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

Mean Expression of one’s thoughts
Mean Not nice
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CHAPTER SEVEN:
Grammar Exercises
EXERCISE 7.1
Exercise 7.1
Directions:
Punctuate the following sentences.
1. I did three things at the store I ate a sample of fruit I had an
encounter with an old friend finally I ran into my boss
2. If I ever go to bed after midnight I usually wake up with a
headache the next morning but I didnt this morning
3. She said that she was only looking for one thing at her new job
money!
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EXERCISE 7.1
4. Most likely it will rain in the evening and we will have to cancel
our plans for the trip the next day.
5. I think however the day may turn out to be nice because the
weatherman said it will be sunny all weekend.
6. If I told you that I was a policeman would you respect me differ-
ently?
7. i bought some milk tea a big container of flour and some bread
8. although he really does not know his job they will keep him on
board until the summer is over.
9. The professor quoted several things in his lecture first the Civil
War was an economic one second he indicated that the migra-

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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