Key
Name: ______________________________
Vowels Concerns: Using O
Spelling
Week 7
Words with an o sometimes get misspelled because the o
is mispronounced or an extra vowel, such as an i, is added.
Other times the words are misspelled because the o is left
out of the word. Look closely at each word to see where
there is an o.
Part I
Word Bank
poison
among
prison
apology
sophomore
around
woman
horse
wonder
laboratory
Fill in the blank with the correct word from the word bank. Use the context of the sentence to
determine which word should be used.
1. Derrick saddled his _______________________________ and rode the ten miles into town.
2. We asked the _______________________________ in the hat for directions to the store.
3. After he finishes his freshman year, he will become a _______________________________.
4. They looked _______________________________ the room for a power plug.
5. Do you _______________________________ where you will be in ten years?
6. Mrs. Garcia asked Lucy for an _______________________________ for breaking her vase.
7. The scientist in the ____________________________ discovered new ways to combine metals.
8. The convicted murderer escaped from the _______________________________.
Part II
Write a paragraph using at least four words from the word bank.
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Part III
In each set of words below, make an X over the incorrectly spelled words and circle the correct
word. The write the word correctly in the blank.
1. woiman
woman
wamon
_______________________________
2. amoung
ammong
among
_______________________________
sophomore
sophomor
_______________________________
4. around
arond
arrond
_______________________________
5. posion
poision
poison
_______________________________
labaratory
laborotary
_______________________________
7. prisson
prision
prison
_______________________________
8. apalogy
apology
apolagy
_______________________________
9. hourse
hors
horse
_______________________________
wondor
woundor
_______________________________
3. sophmore
6. laboratory
10. wonder
Part IV
Read the paragraph below. Circle the misspelled words and write the correct spelling in the
blanks provided.
The mad scientist worked long hours in his laborotary trying to
1. _______________________________
find a cure for baldness. Amung his many experiments was one
where he took the tail of a horse and wove the hairs around the
2. _______________________________
head of a woman. Like all of his experiments, it was a failure, but
he refused to admit it. Instead, he introduced his wondor cure for
3. _______________________________
baldness to the public. It turned out to be poision, so he was sent to
prison for many years, even though he offered an apolagy to all of
4. _______________________________
his customers.
5. _______________________________
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on research results presented in The English Record, Vol. 22, No. 1, Fall 1971, used by permission of the New York State
English Council.
Key
Name: ______________________________
Vowels Concerns: Using O
Spelling
Week 7
Words with an o sometimes get misspelled because the o
is mispronounced or an extra vowel, such as an i, is added.
Other times the words are misspelled because the o is left
out of the word. Look closely at each word to see where
there is an o.
Part I
Word Bank
poison
among
prison
apology
sophomore
around
woman
horse
wonder
laboratory
Fill in the blank with the correct word from the word bank. Use the context of the sentence to
determine which word should be used.
horse
1. Derrick saddled his _______________________________
and rode the ten miles into town.
woman
2. We asked the _______________________________
in the hat for directions to the store.
sophomore
3. After he finishes his freshman year, he will become a _______________________________.
around
4. They looked _______________________________
the room for a power plug.
wonder
5. Do you _______________________________
where you will be in ten years?
apology
6. Mrs. Garcia asked Lucy for an _______________________________
for breaking her vase.
laboratory
7. The scientist in the ____________________________
discovered new ways to combine metals.
prison
8. The convicted murderer escaped from the _______________________________.
Part II
Write a paragraph using at least four words from the word bank.
Student’s choice.
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on research results presented in The English Record, Vol. 22, No. 1, Fall 1971, used by permission of the New York State
English Council.
Part III
In each set of words below, make an X over the incorrectly spelled words and circle the correct
word. The write the word correctly in the blank.
1. woiman
woman
wamon
woman
_______________________________
2. amoung
ammong
among
among
_______________________________
sophomore
sophomor
sophomore
_______________________________
4. around
arond
arrond
around
_______________________________
5. posion
poision
poison
poison
_______________________________
labaratory
laborotary
laboratory
_______________________________
7. prisson
prision
prison
prison
_______________________________
8. apalogy
apology
apolagy
apology
_______________________________
9. hourse
hors
horse
horse
_______________________________
wondor
woundor
wonder
_______________________________
3. sophmore
6. laboratory
10. wonder
Part IV
Read the paragraph below. Circle the misspelled words and write the correct spelling in the
blanks provided.
The mad scientist worked long hours in his laborotary trying to
laboratory
1. _______________________________
find a cure for baldness. Amung his many experiments was one
where he took the tail of a horse and wove the hairs around the
Among
2. _______________________________
head of a woman. Like all of his experiments, it was a failure, but
he refused to admit it. Instead, he introduced his wondor cure for
wonder
3. _______________________________
baldness to the public. It turned out to be poision, so he was sent to
prison for many years, even though he offered an apolagy to all of
poison
4. _______________________________
his customers.
apology
5. _______________________________
Copyright © 2015 K12reader.com. All Rights Reserved. Free for educational use at home or in classrooms. Exercises based
on research results presented in The English Record, Vol. 22, No. 1, Fall 1971, used by permission of the New York State
English Council.