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The verb system
Describing and connecting
- 09 Adjectives and adverbs
- 10 Prepositions
- 11 Conjunctions
- 12 Building longer sentences
- 13 Punctuation and capital letters
Words and sounds
Practice and progress
17.15Practice
Sounds and spelling
14 exercises. They all belong to section 15. Write your answer on paper before you open it.
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- Sound of -ed: asked
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/t/
- Sound of -ed: cleaned
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/d/
- Sound of -ed: decided
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/ɪd/, one extra syllable
- Sound of plural -s: maps
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/s/
- Sound of plural -s: shoes
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/z/
- Sound of plural -s: churches
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/ɪz/, one extra syllable
- Which letter is silent: climb
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the b
- Which letter is silent: honest
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the h
- Which letter is silent: psychology
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the p
- Where is the stress: photograph / photographer
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PHO-to-graph but pho-TO-gra-pher
- Choose: Their / There / They're going to the airport.
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They're
- Choose: Its / It's important to check your / you're spelling.
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It's … your
- Choose: advice / advise: Can you ___ me?
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advise
- Choose: affect / effect: The rule will ___ every student.
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affect