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Suffix ing
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The ing suffix is added to the end of verbs indicating an ongoing action,
Present Participle: Used to form continuous tenses, showing an action happening now.
Example: "I am singing".
Common spelling rules include simply adding -ing
to most verbs
for example, walk becomes walking, removing a final e
for example dance becomes dancing, changing ie to y
for example tie becomes tying, doubling the final consonant
before adding -ing for short vowel sounds
for example hop becomes hopping.
Comma ,
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The comma can have as many as fourteen rules, let us start with three: use them after introductory words, phrases, or clauses; separate items in a series or list of three or more; and set off non-essential information within a sentence.
Silent consonant blend kn
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A consonant blend is two or three consecutive consonants in the same syllable. Including consonant blends where one letter is silent (like kn in knee), consonant blends that are doubled consonants (like pp in puppy), and three letter consonants blends (like str in stripe), there are over 50 possible consonant blends.
alloneword
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Take any passage of text and remove capitals, spaces,
punctuation. You now have something alloneword
Read through this piece of alloneword text and rehearse playing. When ready hit the Start count! button and then
using the buttons below complete the example and when finished hit the Stop count! button to obtain a result.
Refine and repeat until you complete this example perfectly as fast as you can, and have fun, thank you. Scotty.
Sentence structure.
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Sentence structure.
Simple sentences:
A simple sentence has only one clause.
The children were laughing.
John wanted a new bicycle.
Compound sentence:
A compound sentence joins two or more independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction.
Simple sentences: My name is Scott. I'm here for the learning.
Compound sentence: My name is Scott, and I'm here for the learning.