Tip of the week

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Unit 14

• Tip of the week
• Do NOT double the final consonant before adding
  ing, -ed, -er, or est in one-syllable words
  with w or x endings.
• exceptions related rules to be learned in future
  weeks

2

• Tip words
• 1) throwing
• 2) rawest

3

• Academic Verbs
• 3) maintain in writing, this means asserts or
  keeps arguing that
• The author maintains the notion that people will
  do anything for love.
• 4) presume to assume in advance (before)
• We presume that seventh graders went through
  sixth grade first.

4

• Commonly misspelled words
• 5) pursue
• pur sue
• 6) studies
• study?i es

5

• Roots/prefixes/suffixes
• duct to lead
• fer to carry
• pend to hang
• micro small

6

• 7) induction the act of leading in
• 8) transfer to carry across
• 9) suspend to hang forbid from participation
• 10) microscope machines designed to see (scope)
  small things

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• Commonly confused words
• 11) choose (inf. v. part)
• Choose wisely!
• 12) chose (past tense v.)
• Yesterday he chose wisely.