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Written by Frances Croft. © Ready-Ed Publications - 2006. Published by Ready-Ed Publications (2006) P.O. Box 276 Greenwood Perth W.A. 6024 Email: info@readyed.com.au Website: www.readyed.com.au COPYRIGHT NOTICE Permission is granted for the purchaser to photocopy sufficient copies for non-commercial educational purposes. However, this permission is not transferable and applies only to the purchasing individual or institution.
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Introduction The Language Skills Series was written to help students learn and consolidate on their understanding of basic English skills. Research has shown that many students lack the skills needed to unlock the written word. The ability to unlock words gives the student a tool to facilitate the learning of the English language. This set of books has been tested extensively and the books have proven to be effective with all age groups, from younger students through to adults. Staff involved with ESL students have also found them useful. The worksheets can be: y used in a one-to-one situation; y used with the whole class;
y used with small groups of students; y sent home to reinforce a skill already learned.
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Benefits of the worksheets include: y they are easy to use; y they can be chosen to meet individual needs; y they allow students to work at their own pace; y they can be used to introduce a new concept; y they reinforce a known skill; y they are easy to mark; y the worksheets can be repeated if necessary; y they provide a written record of student knowledge; y they provide practice at answering open-ended questions. Note: Answers, where appropriate, have been provided.
This series endeavours to assist students of all ages and ethnic backgrounds to gain mastery of the English language. I hope you enjoy using the books. Frances Croft
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Topic
Worksheet 1
Consonants
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The hard sound of ‘c’
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The soft sound of ‘c’
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The hard sound of ‘g’
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The soft sound of ‘g’
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The ‘s’ with a ‘z’ sound
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The letters ‘ph’
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Two letter consonant blends
Worksheet 10
Two letter consonant blends
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Adding ‘ing’ - short vowels
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Adding ‘ed’ - short vowels
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Adding ‘ing, ed, er’ - short vowels
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Adding ‘ing, ed’ to ‘e’ endings
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Worksheet 1
The consonants are: b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t Remember, the vowels are ‘a, e, i, o and u’. The letter ‘y’ can be a vowel or a consonant.
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1. Choose three consonants.
Write four words starting with the consonant.
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2. Write the missing consonants to complete the following words. Use two words in sentences. Underline the words you chose. ___ourney
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4. Using the list at the top of the page find the eighth, ninth, eleventh and fifteenth consonants. Write four words that start with one of these consonants. Use three of the words in questions. Consonants: ___
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Consonants
The letter ‘q’ followed by ‘u’
In the English language, the letter ‘q’ almost always has the letter ‘u’ after it. The letters ‘qu’ usually have the sound ‘kw’ as in queen or quick.
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1. Write five words that start with ‘qu’ and have five or more letters. Write the dictionary meaning of three of the words. Use two words in sentences.
qu __________ qu __________ Meaning:
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2. Circle the correct word to complete the sentence.
a. The small child was very (quilt / quick / quiet) as the door opened. b. The examination (quince / quiet / question) was very hard.
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At a (quiz / quarter / quilt) to three today I had a dental appointment.
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d. The fruit and vegetables at the market were of poor (quaint / quality). d.
3. Write four words starting with ‘qu’ that have not been used. Write questions containing these words.
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The hard sound of ‘c’
Worksheet 3
The letter ‘c’ can have a hard sound as in coal, or a soft sound as in ice.
1. Complete the words using the hard ‘c’ sound.
Write the whole word and underline the hard ‘c’ sound. Use each word in a sentence.
Example:
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cold
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2. Guess the word.
a. the person in charge of a ship
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b. some people like to drink this
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d. used for taking pictures
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3. Find and write four more words that start with a hard ‘c’ sound.
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Use a dictionary. Use one word in a question.
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4. Circle the words with the hard ‘c’ sound.
Choose three of the circled words and write a fact about each. case
city
come
cold
celery
cover
cabin
race
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The soft sound of ‘c’
Worksheet 4
The letter ‘c’ can have a hard sound as in coal, or a soft sound as in ice.
1. Add the soft ‘c’ to complete the words. Use each word in a question.
Example:
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space
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fan__y ______________
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2. Complete these sentences using words with a soft ‘c’.
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a. The ______________ was delivered to the door. b. c.
Some people like tomato ______________.
3. Circle the words with the soft ‘c’ sound.
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4. Circle the words with a soft ‘c’ sound.
Write three sentences. Include the two circled words from each group in the sentences. (city / cow / place)
(cellar / juice / call)
(niece / space / country)
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The hard sound of ‘g’
Worksheet 5
The letter ‘g’ can have a hard sound as in go, or a soft sound as in page.
1. Write five words with the hard ‘g’ sound.
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Use three words in complete sentences.
Example:
goat
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A long time ago I saw a black and white goat.
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2. Underline the words with the hard ‘g’ sound. Use four words in questions.
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3. Underline the correct word for each sentence.
At the end of the sentence write hard ‘g’ or soft ‘g’. Write the sentence correctly underneath.
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a. The student (bring / forgot / get) his books. a.
b. The lion’s (cottage / call / cage) was made of steel bars. b. c.
Strong (gale / gusty / great) force winds blew all night.
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The soft sound of ‘g’
Worksheet 6
The letter ‘g’ can have a hard sound as in go, or a soft sound as in page.
1. Write the letter ‘g’ in the spaces to complete each word. Write the new word. Each word has a soft ‘g’ sound. Use three words in sentences.
Example:
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3. Find and write six more words with the soft ‘g’ as in page. Use two words in questions. Write a suitable answer. ___________________
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The ‘s’ with a ‘z’ sound
Worksheet 7
The letter ‘s’ can have a ‘z’ sound in some words as in nose.
1. Write the missing letters to complete the word.
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Choose two of the words. Write the dictionary meaning of each. Use each word in a sentence. ple__s__ _____________ Sentence:
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2. Write one fact about each word. Use each word in a sentence. Underline the ‘z’ sound.
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3. Find and circle the words where the ‘s’ has a ‘z’ sound and use three of the words in questions. gasp
raise
push
museum
weasel
poison
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The letters ‘ph’
Worksheet 8
The letter ‘ph’ as in elephant sounds like ‘f’ as in face .
1. Complete the sentences including one of the ‘ph’ words. Underline the ‘ph’ sound. Use a dictionary to check the meaning of the word. nephew
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telephone
trophy
orphan
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2. Write the dictionary meaning of each word.
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Include one pair of the ‘ph’ words in each. The sentences must make sense. Try to make them funny. (nephew / elephant)
(physician / autograph)
(paragraph / pamphlet)
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Two letter consonant blends
Worksheet 9
When two consonants are used together they are called consonant blends. These blends can be found at the beginning, the middle or at the end of a word.
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1. Write four words starting with the following blends on the short lines. Use two words in sentences.
Example:
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2. Choose six consonant blends and write them below. Write two words starting with each blend. Use two words in questions.
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3. Choose and circle the correct word for each sentence.
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a. The boys raced towards the (wheeze / whisper / wharf). a.
b. An old map showed the (trip / traffic / treasure) hidden under a tree. b. c.
My father has a very old (stake / stamp / steak) collection.
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Two letter consonant blends
When two consonants are used together they are called consonant blends. These blends can be found at the beginning, the middle or the end of a word.
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1. Find and write the missing consonant blends.
Write the dictionary meaning of four of the words. Underline the consonant blends. dwell
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2. Write five words that have at least one of the consonant blends from the following list. Write the words on the lines. Use three of the words in one sentence and one word in a question. gl
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3. Match the meanings with the words.
Underline the consonant blends. You may have to add ‘s’ to the words. rock
dock
track
speck
crack
stock
quack
duck
a. needed for boat building
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b. people can walk on these in the bush
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these can be seen after earthquakes
d. found on lakes and rivers
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e. something that can get in your eye
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Three letter consonant blends
Worksheet 11
When three consonants are used together they are called consonant blends. These blends can be found at the beginning, the middle or the end of a word.
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1. Write the missing letters. Each word must have a three letter blend. Underline the consonant blends. Choose four words and write one fact about each.
Example:
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scr____ _____________
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Complete each sentence and include one of the following words. Underline the words used. ranch
branch
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bench
launch
pinch
lunch
quench
drench
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Words with two syllables
Worksheet 12
Syllables
A syllable can be one word or part of a word. Each syllable must have a vowel sound. Words with two vowel sounds or more can be divided into parts.
Example:
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patrol pa trol
temper tem per
concert
con cert
1. Divide each word into two syllables.
arrow
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Choose two words and use each in a question. Write a suitable answer. Use a dictionary.
except _______________
frighten _____________ forest
garden
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habit
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lemon
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native _______________
purple _____________
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Underline each vowel sound. s
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Follow the example. Divide the word into syllables. Use a dictionary.
often has snow on it
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b. makes a car move
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c.
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d. people should be
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e. a family relative
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Words with three syllables
Worksheet 13
Example:
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A syllable can be one word or part of a word. Each syllable must have a vowel sound. Words with two vowel sounds or more can be divided into parts. technical tech ni cal (three syllables)
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1. Find and write five words that have three or more syllables.
Divide the words into syllables and then write the number of syllables. Use a dictionary.
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2. Complete the sentences including at least one word with three or more syllables. Underline the words that have three or more syllables.
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3. Circle the words that have three or more syllables.
Choose two of the circled words and write a fact about each. Use a dictionary. remember
thought
electricity
important
station
mistaken
prepare
excitement
travelling
beautiful
business
chair
expensive
division
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Using syllables
Worksheet 14
Example:
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A syllable can be one word or part of a word. Each syllable must have a vowel sound. Words with two vowel sounds or more can be divided into parts. technical tech ni cal (three syllables)
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1. Choose two of the three scrambled syllables to make the word that matches the idea. Write the correct word. Check with a dictionary.
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to act in front of people
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to give someone the facts
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2. Complete these words.
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contain
delicious
description
doctor
hammer
hurricane
jersey
kindergarten
quantity
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tidy
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supermarket
bucket
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Adding ‘ing’ - short vowels
Worksheet 15
When a word has a short vowel sound, double the last consonant before adding ‘ing’. Remember, the short vowel sounds are: a e i o u as in bat bed bit cot cup
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1. Double the last consonant before adding ‘ing’ to each word. Write the new word beside it. Use two of the new words in sentences.
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grin __________________
beg __________________
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2. Circle the words that must have the consonant doubled before adding ‘ing’.
b. During the storm the rain was (cat / band / drip) off the roof.
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My little brother was (hop / stand / sip) his orange drink.
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3. Write five more words of your choice where the last consonant is doubled before ‘ing’ is added. Use three of the words in sentences.
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Adding ‘ed’ - short vowels
Worksheet 16
When a word has a short vowel sound, double the last consonant before adding ‘ed’. Remember, the short vowel sounds are: a e i o u as in bat bed bit cot cup
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1. Choose one of the short vowel sounds and write a word
that has the last consonant doubled before ‘ed’ is added. Add ‘ed’ and write the complete word. Use four of the new words in questions.
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Double the consonant before adding ‘ed’ to each word. The first letter is underlined.
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Word Endings
Adding ‘ing, ed, er’ - short vowels
Worksheet 17
Words ending with two consonants do not double the last consonant before adding ‘ing’, ‘ed’, or ‘er’.
Example:
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camper
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Add ‘ing’, ‘ed’, and/or ‘er’ to each word. Use two of the new words in sentences.
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hu____ _____________
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2. Add ‘ing’ or ‘ed’ to one of the words in the sentence so that it makes sense. Write the sentence correctly.
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Worksheet 18
Words that end in a silent e have a long vowel sound.
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a. a.
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My father (ruled / shaved / invited) my friends to stay with us.
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d. Yesterday we all (closing / tuned / voted) for our class captain. d.
3. Unscramble the words. The first letter is underlined.
Circle the words that have the final ‘e’ dropped before ‘ing’ or ‘ed’ is added.
acef ___________
bcka ___________
noce ___________
noste ___________
lideg ___________
elur ___________
vashe __________
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4. Write one statement about adding ‘ed’ or ‘ing’ to words ending in ‘e’. Statement:
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Adding ‘es’ to nouns
Worksheet 19
Most words have ‘s’ added to make them plural (more than one). Nouns ending in ‘s’ ‘sh’ ‘x’ ‘ch’ ‘tch’ have ‘es’ added to make them plural.
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d___h ______________
cr___s
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Nouns ending in ‘o’ have ‘es’ added to make them plural.
1. Add ‘es’ to the following words.
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bee __________________
knee _________________
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Worksheet 21
Some nouns that end in ‘f’ or ‘fe’ change the ‘f’ or ‘fe’ to ‘v’ before adding ‘es’
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loaf ____________
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Before adding ‘es’ to words ending in ‘f’ or ‘fe’ Two examples are:
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Before adding ‘es’ or ‘ed’ to words ending in ‘y’ Example: word: ___________
add ‘es’ _____________
add ‘ed’ ______________
Example: word: ___________
add ‘es’ _____________
add ‘ed’ ______________
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3. Circled words: face, cone, stone, glide, rule, shave, bake Remaining words: back 4. When words end in a silent ‘e’ to add ‘ing’ or ‘ed’ you must eliminate the ‘e’.
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