CHAPTER 14 SPELLING

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Great Britain and Norway are _______________ by the North Sea. (separated / separatted)

Last year Kristin _______________ at least four sweaters. (knited, knitted)

There's always a controversy about _______________ children to schools. (busing, bussing)

Sometimes blue _______________ well with green. (go's, goes, goes')

Roger _______________ through his nose. (talks, talkes)

We aren't paying so much in _______________ this year. (tax's, taxes, taxes')

If you step over the line, you could be _______________ . (disqualifyed, disqualified)

When Hoyt cleaned house, he _______________ the leaves of his plants with water. (spraied, sprayed)

Watch that bee when it _______________ to get out of the window. (tries, trys)

The cats are _______________ up the milk. (laping, lapping)

That film _______________ Robert Redford. (starred, stared)

I wish you would stop _______________ my efforts. (resisting, resistting)

She keeps _______________ when she says she'll call. (forgeting, forgetting)

When I am there, she usually _______________ on me completely. (relys, relies)

Linda would rather eat at Tony's because the _______________ are better there. (tomatos, tomatoes)

Everyone commented on that small _______________ blue eyes. (dog's, dogs, dogs')

All fifteen of the _______________ were sold. (unit's, units, units')

Little Guilda looks funny in that huge _______________ hat. (man's, mans, mans')

Six _______________ fire brigades reported for the drill. (island's, islands, islands')

Sometimes the ball _______________ stuck on the roof. (get's, gets, gets')

One group claims the real issue is _______________ rights. (citizen's, citizens, citizens')

I hear that _______________ headed out for Kansas. (Nikki's, Nikkis, Nikkis')

My mother was an old friend of _______________ . (you'rs, yours, yours')

_______________ too much to expect that I will find my keys in time. (It's, Its)

These _______________ soles are not as sturdy as yours. (shoes', shoes, shoe's)

_______________ been making Josh very happy. (That's, Thats, Thats')

Don't expect the volunteers to work for more _______________ four hours. (then, than)

If you talk it over first, _______________ there will be no hard feelings later. (then, than)

Only bilingual candidates are invited _______________ apply. (two, to, too)

This test is _______________ easy. (two, to, too)

Iron and calcium are _______________ of the minerals needed in human metabolism. (two, to, too)

Eric didn't even _______________ the girl he drove to Cleveland. (no, know, now)

There's _______________ alternative but to eat the ice cream sundaes. (no, know, now)

Once Mark hated slow music, but _______________ he's softened up. (no, know, now)

Physicists used to argue over _______________ light is made of energy waves or particles. (weather, whether)

In _______________ like this, anything will grow. (weather, whether)

That comment _______________ right over my head. (passed, past)

Don't worry about the client's _______________ offenses. (passed, past)

Whatever the girls _______________ doing, they looked contented. (were, we're, where)

The Persian Gulf is one of the places _______________ the economic and military interests of several nations conflict. (were, we're, where)

Even though it's getting dark, _______________ not ready to go home yet. (were, we're, where)

Are they bringing _______________ own food? (their, they're, there)

You can buy drinks when you get _______________ . (their, they're, there)

The Shaws are old, but _______________ more energetic than they were five years ago. (their, they're, their)

Rocky says that _______________ going to sing tonight. (your, you're)

Don't forget _______________ mother when you get famous. (your, you're)

Zucchini is best stewed in _______________ own juice. (its, it's)

_______________ a good idea to lock you car around here. (Its, It's)

Do you recognize the firefighter _______________ carrying the baby? (whose, who's)

This is the drummer _______________ band you're joining. (whose, who's)

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