Spelling for Writers Set 5
1
Letter Name Alphabetic
Middle
Middle
Short Vowel
Within Word Patterns
Short Vowel
Late
Preconsonantal
Early
Consonant and
Sounds
Sounds
Nasals
Vowel Digraphs
similar
traditional
blonde
addition
vegetable
mathematics
Middle
R-Controlled
Late
Long Vowels
Y as a Vowel
Vowels
(Silent Letters)
booth
heavyweight
February
praise
plank
youth
forestry
occurrence
x-ray
cultivation
enchant
brook
attorney
rhubarb
explain
decimal
precipitation
oblong
proof
finality
mixtures
flea
element
prohibitan
vibrant
shook
exclamatory
whimper
beneath
estimate
peninsula
respond
moose
motorcycle
whether
freedom
cabinets
elevation
servant
poodle
typewriter
weather
piece
election
habitat
tagalong
stool
fortunately
universe
chief
combination
competition
armband
mood
mysterious
numeral
impeach
spinach
symptom
beforehand
mushroom
Wednesday
urgent
defeat
capacity
classification
correspond
teaspoon
community
several
proclaim
milligram
hypothesis
pretend
brood
responsibility
westward
remainder
elect
magnetism
rebound
soothe
physician
superb
screen
interested
serpent
surround
cook
tributary
surge
feature
simplify
sedimentary
extend
loose
majority
cheeseburger
measles
compliment
taxonomy
demanding
loosen
revolutionary
circulatory
straight
notice
attended
shoot
popularity
congressperson
yesterday
relative
wringer
goose
tricycle
armies
daisy
segment
prolong
loop
dictionary
confederate
disease
invention
gangplank
scoot
unfriendly
farewell
thief
Spelling for Writers Set 5
2
Within Word Patterns
Syllables and Affixes
Late
Long Vowels
Early
Complex Vowel
Plurals (words
Middle
Doubled Consonants
(Silent Letters)
Diphthongs
Patterns
ending in y)
Possessives
(before endings)
Compounds
repeat
moist
awesome
bodies
puppies'
precutting
headache
lighten
gown
caught
essays
calves'
plotting
applesauce
arrow
shout
caution
valleys
dog's
referred
wherever
meadow
noise
applaud
colonies
girl's
admitted
skyscraper
owner
mount
audio
journeys
babies'
propped
cheerleader
frightful
frown
unlawful
juries
sister's
unwrapping
homework
dream
bounce
fauna
melodies
telescope's
outfitting
themselves
sunlight
sour
authority
victories
doctor's
excelling
sweatshirt
elbow
choice
bought
libraries
houses'
deferring
billboard
weave
clown
caulk
activities
balloon's
preferring
turnpike
eyesight
broil
staunch
diaries
judges'
shredded
earthquake
beneath
enjoy
thoughtful
opportunities
wolf's
occurred
headline
bleach
outfit
automobile
alleys
cruise's
upsetting
household
midnight
turmoil
laundromat
turkeys
students'
forgotten
grassland
flashlight
invoice
saucer
chimneys
soup's
grinning
software
eager
chowder
brawny
loyalties
guide's
omitted
frostbite
pillow
joyous
pauper
subways
troops'
propelled
spacecraft
shadow
blouse
audience
entries
customers'
submitted
waterproof
knight
foul
leprechaun
highways
broom's
gripped
bumblebee
cheap
poison
withdraw
boundaries
stopwatch's
equipped
underline
Spelling for Writers Set 5
3
Derivational
Syllables and Affixes
Middle
Relations
Suffixes
Early
(tion, sion,
Late
Compounds
Homographs
Syllables
Comparatives and Superlatives
Contractions
cian)
good-bye
minute (min it)
portable
stinky/stinkier/stinkiest
mustn't
motion
jack-in-the-box
sow (so)
porter
unlucky/unluckier/unluckiest
let's
vision
mother-in-law
refuse (ri fyooz )
import
busy/busier/busiest
isn't
emotion
T-shirt
wound (woond)
export
funny/funnier/funniest
haven't
fiction
cold-blooded
dove (duv)
transport
chubby/chubbier/chubbiest
they'll
tension
twenty-one
wind (wind)
regress
fresh/fresher/freshest
we'd
election
merry-go-round
tear (tar)
progress
sharp/sharper/sharpest
who's
television
all-star
object (ob jekt)
centigrade
nasty/nastier/nastiest
who'd
mention
blue-eyed
close (klos)
gradual
lonely/lonelier/loneliest
they'd
lotion
drive-in
content (kon tent)
grade
easy/easier/easiest
shouldn't
optician
well-known
minute (mi noot )
gradation
cold/colder/coldest
couldn't
musician
short-handed
sow (sou)
report
true/truer/truest
won't
attention
rock-and-roll
refuse (ref yoos)
deported
white/whiter/whitest
this'll
affection
ready-made
wound (wound)
graduation
fair/fairer/fairest
what'll
politician
warm-blooded
dove (dov)
unimportant
rich/richer/richest
who'll
education
role-playing
wind (wind)
retrograde
flat/flatter/flattest
it's
expansion
real-time
tear (ter)
reportedly
pretty/prettier/prettiest
that'd
confusion
self-confident
object (ob jikt )
gradient
safe/safer/safest
we're
electrician
cut-and-paste
close (kloz)
home
thin/thinner/thinnest
who've
revision
self-esteem
content (k n tent )
value
quiet/quieter/quietest
it'll
admission
Spelling for Writers Set 5
4
Derivational Relations
Early
Middle
Suffixes (ous,
Assimilated
ism, logy
Prefixes
musicology
inactive
admire
religious
infinite
zoology
Middle
Words from
Dictionary Terms
Other Languages
Collective Nouns
admiration
guide words
ambulance
army of ants
agile
agility
definition
siesta
aurora of polar bears
informal
angel
angelic
spellings
antique
bale of turtles
studious
incorrect
athletic
athlete
syllables
patio
bask of crocodiles
patriotism
import
cleanse
clean
pronunciation key
ballet
clutch of chicks
joyous
illegal
compose
composition
parts of speech
pueblo
colony of ants
ravenous
illiterate
confide
confidence
entry
chalet
charm of finches
criticism
imperfect
console
consolation
antonym
burro
covey of quail
geology
inject
decision
decide
synonym
blanket
raft of ducks
wondrous
illogical
define
definition
word history
gourmet
herd of buffalo
ecology
impolite
design
designation
accent mark
barbecue
skulk of foxes
spacious
irregular
knelt
kneel
usage
beige
pack of dogs
autism
immortal
recognition
recognize
tobacco
troop of monkeys
biology
inhabitants
wept
weep
maroon
school of fish
tourism
inhale
regularity
regular
machine
pod of dolphins
ethnology
insufficient
proclamation
proclaim
gaucho
exaltation of larks
feudalism
insane
swept
sweep
petunia
swarm of bees
theology
impatient
popularity
popular
caramel
barren of mules
astrology
impassable
ecological
ecology
calorie
crash of rhinoceros
professionalism
indifferent
numerous
number
manatee
gam of whales
Vowel Alternations
Spelling for Writers Set 5
5
Derivational Relations
Late
Greek/Latin
Greek/Latin
Prefixes
Roots
subdivide
Eponyms
perimeter graham cracker
Late
Portmanteau
Acronyms and
Words
Initialisms
Synonyms/ Antonyms
brunch
Zip Code
abandon, desert, pursue
telecast
scribe
Frisbee
heliport
DVD
abnormal, peculiar, ordinary
subgroup
thermometer
diesel
moped
HDTV
achieve, accomplish, fail
telegram
describe
Braille
aerosol
PIN
attractive, fascinating, unpleasant
subject
odometer
boycott
motel
laser
cancel, rescind, enact
telephone
manuscript
leotard
bookmobile
radar
enormous, colossal, insignificant
sublime
speedometer
guillotine
email
scuba
catastrophe, disaster, triumph
telescopic
transcript
sideburns
splurge
ATM
authentic/genuine, counterfeit
submarine
description
pasteurize
sitcom
RAM
perfect, impeccable, defective
televise
prescription
lynch
telecast
sonar
pause, cessation, continuance
subscribe
inscription
Morse code
camcorder
AWOL
destroy, demolish, create
telethon
metric
praline
charbroil
OPEC
routine, usual, unusual
trilogy
mobile
Celsius
prequel
ROM
December
rupture
Ferris wheel
modem
POW
tricycle
automobile
Fahrenheit
chortle
MASH
decimal
erupt
begonia
motorcade
ESL
triplet
promote
denim
cosmonaut
CIA
decimeter
interrupt
poinsettia
electrocute
AKA
trillion
mobilize
Richter scale
hassle
PS
decathlon
abrupt
fuchsia
caplet
ERA