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672. Confusing Words – Effect and Affect

August 15, 2023August 14, 2023 Sharon Porterfield

The word effect is a noun. An effect is the result of some action.You kindness has a positive effect on your students. Drinking herb team may have an effect on your illness. The word affect is an action word –… Read more672. Confusing Words – Effect and Affect

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673. Confusing Words – Advice and Advise

August 16, 2023August 15, 2023 Sharon Porterfield

The word advice is a noun. Use advice when talking about a thing.Grandma always gives me good advice. I need to ask your advice about something. The word advise is a verb. Use advise when you are showing action.I would… Read more673. Confusing Words – Advice and Advise

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674. Confusing Words – Past and Passed

August 17, 2023August 17, 2023 Sharon Porterfield

The word past is a noun. Things that happened before now have occurred in the past. In the past, I have worried about too many things.We have been studying historical events that happened in the past. The word passed is… Read more674. Confusing Words – Past and Passed

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732. Plural Nouns add -s

November 7, 2023November 6, 2023 Sharon Porterfield

A singular noun is one person, place, or thing. A plural noun is more than one. Most nouns add -s when they become plural. Look at these examples:one dog – two dogsone cat – two catsone horse – two horsesone… Read more732. Plural Nouns add -s

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733. Some Nouns Change Form when Plural

November 8, 2023November 7, 2023 Sharon Porterfield

Most nouns add -s or -es to become plural, but a few nouns actually change their form when plural. Here are some examples of plural nouns that do not end in -s:one child – two childrenone mouse – two miceone… Read more733. Some Nouns Change Form when Plural

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752. Turn an Noun into an Adjective with -ful

December 19, 2023December 19, 2023 Sharon Porterfield

Some adjectives are formed by adding the letters –ful to the end of a noun. Look at these examples:fear – fearfulbeauty – beautifullaw – lawfuljoy – joyfulcare – carefulwonder – wonderful Here are some sentence examples using the adjectives to… Read more752. Turn an Noun into an Adjective with -ful

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753. Add -less to Make an Adjective

December 20, 2023December 19, 2023 Sharon Porterfield

We can turn a noun into an adjective by adding letters for a suffix. Add the letters -less to make certain nouns into adjectives. care – carelesshope – hopelessfear – fearlesshome – homelessharm – harmlessmeaning – meaninglessharm – harmless Here… Read more753. Add -less to Make an Adjective

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754. Make an Adjective by Adding -able to a Noun

December 21, 2023December 20, 2023 Sharon Porterfield

The letters –able are another suffix that can be added to the end of a noun to make an adjective. Look at this list of nouns and the adjectives that are formed when -able is added to the noun:comfort –… Read more754. Make an Adjective by Adding -able to a Noun

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758. Add -ing to Some Verbs to Make Adjectives

December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 Sharon Porterfield

In some cases, the –ing form of a verb can be used as an adjective. Look at these examples:The crying girl disrupted our class.The barking dog woke me from a sound sleep.Mike jumped out of the path of the speeding… Read more758. Add -ing to Some Verbs to Make Adjectives

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761. Using Capital Letters

January 1, 2024December 31, 2023 Sharon Porterfield

A capital letter is also called an upper case letter. These are lower case letters: a, b, c, d, e, f, g. We can write the same letters as upper case or capital letters. Capital letters look like this: A,… Read more761. Using Capital Letters

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