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Their

There

There

Your

You‟re

It‟s

Its

To

Too

Two

Know

No

Now

Knew

Hour

Our

Are

Weird

Tomorrow

Unnecessary

Definitely

Beautiful

What are

yours?

•Alot

•Alright

•Anyways

•Irregardless

•Flush out

•Supposably

•Perservere

•Could of, should of, would of.

Usually add s:

› Wave – waves hat – hats

Ends in o, usually add es:

› Hero – heroes potato – potatoes

Ends in s, x, z, ch, or sh, add es:

› Glass – glasses church – churches

box – boxes bush – bushes

Ends in y and there‟s a vowel before

It, add s:

› Play – plays monkey – monkeys

Ends in y and there‟s a consonant before it, change the y to I and add es:› Party – parties candy – candies

Proper noun ends in y, just add s:› Kennedy family – Kennedys Finley family – Finleys

Compound noun has a main noun in it, add the s to the main noun:› Father-in-law – fathers- in-law chief of police –

chiefs of police

Compound noun has no main noun in it, add the s at the end:› Follow-ups – follow-ups trade-in – trade

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Harry Potter

New York Times

American Idiot

Glee

“Wake Me Up

When September

Ends”

“Hickory Dickory

Dock”

“I Have a Dream”

“General Hospital –

Todd has ANOTHER

Illegitimate Son”

Harry Potter

and

The Sorcerer‟s Stone

“The Boy

Who Lived”

Abhor (to hate)

Bigot (narrow-minded, prejudiced)

Enfranchise (give voting rights)

Hamper (hinder, obstruct)

Noxious (harmful; poisonous; lethal)

Placid (calm; peaceful)

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