Review the word group chart and answer the question that follows. Group 1 If the root is a full word, the ending is usually able.
Group 2 When the root is a full word except for a final e, the forms usually are spelled with able.
Group 3 The suffix -able always follows i.
Group 4 When the root has other forms built on the letter a, the able form is used.
Group 5 When the root ends in hard corg, -able is used.
Group 6 When the root is not a full word, -ible is used.
Group 7 When the word has an immediate -tion form, -ible is used.
Group 8 When the root ends in ns, miss, or soft cor g. - ible is used.
Identify both the word ending and mnemonic group for the word predict
What word ending should be used in predict? 6
Which mnemonic group does it belong to? 1

What satirical statement does washington irving make about tom walker and society in this excerpt from "the devil and tom walker"? he insisted that the money found through his means should be employed in his service. he proposed, therefore, that tom should employ it in the black traffic; that is to say, that he should fit out a slave ship. this, however, tom resolutely refused: he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not tempt him to turn slave-trader. a. shunning slavery is expected even from morally corrupt men like tom. b. although tom shuns slavery, he still oppresses people with extortion. c. supporting slavery and participating in the slave trade is evil. d. tom realizes that the slave trade is worse than extorting money from others. e. indulging in extortion is more reprehensible than supporting slavery.