Spelling 12: The Final "Y" (Week of 1/4)
Key Concepts:
a) Change the "y" to "i" if there is a consonant before the "y": pry+ed=pried; rely+es=relies
b) Keep the "y" when adding "ing": pry+ing=prying
c) Keep the "y" if there is a vowel before it: play+ful=playful; joy+ous=joyous
1. hardiness (hardy+ness)
2. deniable (deny+able)
3. capacities (capacity+es)
4. testifying (testify+ing)
5. employment (employ+ment)
6. annoyance (annoy+ance)
7. loneliness (lonely+ness)
8. voluntarily (voluntary+ly)
9. injurious (injury+ous)
10. destinies (destiny+es)
Spelling 11: Keeping the Final Silent "e" (Week of 12/14)
Key Concepts:
a) To add a suffix starting with a consonant, keep a word's final silent "e": spite+ful=spiteful
b) memorize two exceptions: judge+ment=judgment, and awe+ful=awful
c) In words with the soft "c" or "g" sound, keep the "e" when adding a suffix starting with "a" or "o":
trace+able=traceable; outrage+ous=outrageous
d) When adding suffixes to words ending in "ee" or "oe", the final "e" is usually kept:
free+dom=freedom; hoe+ing=hoeing
1. manageable (manage+able)
2. woeful (woe+ful)
3. courageous (courage+ous)
4. absolutely (absolute+ly)
5. enforcement (enforce+ment)
6. awareness (aware+ness)
7. defenseless (defense+less)
8. purposeful (purpose+ful)
9. agreeable (agree+able)
10. noticeable (notice+able)
Spelling 10: Dropping the Final Silent "e" (Week of 12/7)
Key Concepts:
a) Drop a word's final silent "e" to add a suffix starting with a vowel: debate+able=debatable,
urge+ent=urgent
b) Drop the "e" to add "y": nose+y=nosy
c) To add "ly" to a word ending in "le", usually drop the "le": able+ly=ably
d) Exceptions to memorize: mile+age=mileage; whole+ly=wholly
1. coincidence (coincide+ence)
2. pursuing (pursue+ing)
3. diversity (diverse+ity)
4. radiating (radiate+ing)
5. legibly (legible+ly)
6. reversal (reverse+al)
7. narrator (narrate+or)
8. ridiculous (ridicule+ous)
9. notable (note+able)
10. shiny (shine+y)
Spelling 9: Doubling the Final Consonant (Week of 11/30)
Key concept:
Double a word's final consonant if:
a) The word ends in a single consonant,
b) A single vowel comes before that consonant,
c) The accent is on the word's last syllable, AND
d) the suffix begins with a vowel.
Otherwise, do NOT double it.
1. propeller
2. extolled
3. compelled
4. submitted
5. forgetful
6. forgettable
7. deferment
8. repellent
9. forbidding
10. referral
Spelling Unit 2 Review of Lessons 5-8 (Week of 11/23)
1. slaughter
2. audible
3. precaution
4. kernel
5. appall
6. philosopher
7. comparable
8. preceded
9. unyielding
10. notorious
11. succeeding
12. seizure
13. proceeds
14. reigning
15. superseded
16. conceding
17. intercede
18. perceive
19. Fahrenheit
20. seceded
_____ ÷ 4 = ____/20 Name______________________________________
(number right out of 80)
Date__________________ Period ______
Spelling Unit 2: Review of Lessons 5-8
____A. (20) In column one, print your words in black ink. In column two, write your words in color
using cursive. In column three, print your words in pencil in alphabetical order.
ONE TWO THREE
1. slaughter _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
2. audible _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
3. precaution _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
4. kernel _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
5. appall _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
6. philosopher _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
7. comparable _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
8. preceded _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
9. unyielding _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
10. notorious _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
11. succeeding _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
12. seizure _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
13. proceeds _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
14. reigning _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
15. superseded _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
16. conceding _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
17. intercede _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
18. perceive _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
19. Fahrenheit _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
20. secedes _____________________ ______________________ ______________________
____B. (20) Write the correct list word in the blank in front of each definition:
21. ______________________ the act of capturing someone or something by force
22. ______________________ took the place of someone in a position of authority
23. ______________________ the central or most important part of something; a seed
24. ______________________ become aware or conscious of something
25. ______________________ the killing of a large number of people or animals; a defeat
26. ______________________ not giving way to pressure; hard or solid
27. ______________________ a scale of temperature where freezing equals 32 degrees.
28. ______________________ greatly dismay or horrify
29. ______________________ withdraws formally from a membership in a political organization.
30. ______________________ achieving one’s goals
31. ______________________ of equal quality; worthy of comparison
32. ______________________ able to be heard
33. ______________________ famous for some bad quality or deed
34. ______________________ (n.) money obtained from an event or charity; (v.) moves forward
35. ______________________ ruling; currently holding the title
36. ______________________ admitting that something is true after first denying it
37. ______________________ intervene on behalf of someone; be a go-between
38. ______________________ a person who loves wisdom, who studies the deep questions of life
39. ______________________ came before something else in order of time
40. ______________________ a measure taken to prevent something bad from happening
____C. (20) Unscramble these list words:
41. ______________________donecginc
42. ______________________thehearfin
43. ______________________nporeitcua
44. ______________________guescinced
45. ______________________vercepie
46. ______________________hospilorhep
47. ______________________budiela
48. ______________________ddeeperc
49. ______________________laplap
50. ______________________unstroooi
51. ______________________seseced
52. ______________________rizeseu
53. ______________________cropesed
54. ______________________nuinigeldy
55. ______________________pressedude
56. ______________________palebamocr
57. ______________________deericent
58. ______________________giginern
59. ______________________rselathug
60. ______________________nrelke
____D. (4) Which list word has a smaller word within it that means:
61. …the opposite of amateur? ____________________________________
62. …a buddy? ____________________________
63. …guffaw? ________________________
64. …a good score on a hole for a golfer? __________________________
____E. (4) Now, go back to section D and circle or highlight the smaller word in each longer word.
(65, 66, 67, & 68.)
____F.(12) Find SIX words of FOUR or more letters in each of the following words. Do not use any
letter more than once. No proper nouns, foreign words or abbreviations.
PHILOSOPHER COMPARABLE
69. _____________________ 75. _____________________
70. _____________________ 76. _____________________
71. _____________________ 77. _____________________
72. _____________________ 78. _____________________
73. _____________________ 79. _____________________
74. _____________________ 80. _____________________
Spelling 8: "I before E..." (Week of 11/16)
It starts out like such a simple rule, then it gets ruined with all the
exceptions! Still, it is a good idea to learn it, so here it is:
"I before E, except after C..."
(Unless the C sounds like SH, because it's the I that makes the C an SH
sound, as in 'species')
"...or when sounding like A as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh."
EXCEPTIONS:
* Most forEIgn words spell the combination by pronunciation. If you say I,
spell it EI. (kalEIdoscope, FahrenhEIt)
* Some words are just plain wEIrd, and you have to memorize them, like sEIze,
EIther, protEIn, and, well, wEIrd.
Here's our list:
1. priestly
2. unyielding
3. perceive
4. weighty
5. veins
6. reigning
7. ancient
8. Fahrenheit
9. seizure
10. either
Spelling 7: Sowing the "SEEDS" of Love (Week of 11/9)
* The "seed" sound is spelled "ceed" or "cede" in most words.
* If a suffix beginning with a vowel is added to "cede" or "sede", the final
"e" is dropped.
* Only "supersede" spells the "seed" sound with an s.
1. exceed
2. proceeds
3. succeeding
4. cede
5. intercede
6. preceded
7. receded
8. conceding
9. secedes
10. superceded
Spelling 6: The "Schwa" Was Here!
The schwa (upside-down e) represents an indistinct vowel sound in an
unstressed syllable -- It sounds like a soft "uh"
Any unstressed vowel may spell the schwa sound: (a)bove, cact(u)s, mod(i)fy,
gall(o)n, it(e)m.
The schwa-L sound can be spelled al, el, il, ol, ul, or le: trial, jewel,
tendril, violin, fearful, apple
The schwa-R sound can be spelled ar, er, ir, or, ur, or ure: popular, cavern,
admiral, doctor, surprise, future.
1. comical
2. percentage
3. comparable
4. philosopher
5. faculty
6. stability
7. kernel
8. status
9. minimum
10.vigor
Spelling 5: the short "o" sound
The short "o" sound is spelled "au" or "aw" in most words, like August and
awful. It is also spelled a, augh, ough, and of course, o: halt, daughter,
ought, hot.
The "or" sound is usually spelled "or" or "oar": form, coarse.
1. audible
2. appall
3. authentic
4. thoughtful
5. haunted
6. slaughter
7. precaution
8. flawless
9. notorious
10. seaboard
Spelling Unit 1 Review of Lessons 1-4: Week of 10/19 (no spelling during
conference week):
1. assistant
2. diaphragm
3. fundamental
4. repeatedly
5. camouflage
6. efficiency
7. guarantee
8. satellite
9. coincide
10. endurance
11. infinity
12. successful
13. cubicle
14. eulogy
15. magnificent
16. vague
17. dialogue
18. fatigue
19. opponent
20. vengeance
Spelling 4: Week of 10/5: Perplexing Words
Although the sound of a word can often help you to spell it correctly, the
spellings of many English words are difficult to remember because the
spellings reflect pronunciationsfrom other languages.
For example, in Middle English, the consonant "b" in "subtle" was sounded.
Modern English drops the sound but keeps the spelling.
Some of the most difficult words to spell contain unpronounced vowels. These
silent vowels may also reflect patterns of other languages. For example,
"vague" and other"-gue" words come from French.
1. subtle
2. chaos
3. vague
4. dialogue
5. diaphragm
6. vengeance
7. ghastly
8. debris
9. camouflage
10. fatigue
Spelling 3: Week of 9/28: Double Consonants
Double consonants often follow short vowel sounds: illness, motto
Double consonants usually represent a single unit of sound: occupy, nagging
Sometimes double consonants represent two units of sound: succeed, fishhook
1. accord
2. challenge
3. official
4. commend
5. efficiency
6. opponent
7. fulfill
8. assistant
9. satellite
10. successful
Spelling 2: Week of 9/21: Long Vowel Sounds
"A" as in stain and grape
"E" as in reach and handy
"I" as in sigh and sky
"O" as in road and close
"U" as in cue and use
Long vowel sounds are often spelled with vowel combinations.
Long A can be spelled ai, ay, or a_e.
Long E can be spelled ea, ee, y, i_e, or e_e.
Long I can be spelled igh, u, or i_e.
Long O can be spelled oa, ow, ough, or o_e.
Long U can be spelled ou, ew, eu, u, ue, or u_e.
Word List:
1. mainstay
2. guarantee
3. coincide
4. eulogy
5. enlighten
6. gratify
7. repeatedly
8. speculate
9. although
10. cubicle
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Spelling 1: Week of 9/14: Short Vowel Sounds
"a" as in hat
"e" as in bed
"i" as in hit
"o" as in hot
"u" as in bug
Short vowel sounds are usually spelled with one letter, like in "comic" or
"bankrupt."
Word list:
1. evidence
2. abstract
3. magnificent
4. candid
5. fundamental
6. digital
7. symbolic
8. endurance
9. infinity
10. cultural
Your homework sheet is due on Thursday.