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Table of Contents
Initial, Medial, Final Consonants. . . . . . . . . 3
Consonants with Varying Sounds—
c, g, s, and t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Consonant Blends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Consonant Digraphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Consonant Blends and
Consonant Digraphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sounds of ch and th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Spellings for /sh/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Short Vowel Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Spellings for Long a /ā¯/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Spellings for Long e /ē¯/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Spellings for Long i / ī / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Spellings for Long o /ō¯/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Spellings for /ū¯/, /ü/, and /u· /. . . . . . . . 15
Vowels Followed by r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sounds of ild, ind, igh, old, olt, and ost. . . 17
Letter y as Consonant and Vowel . . . . . . . 18
Sounds of ea—/ē¯/, /ā¯/, and /e/ . . . . . . 19
Spellings for /ou/, /ō¯/, and /oi/ . . . . . . 20
Spellings for /ô/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Sounds of ou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Sounds of qu, gu, gh, and ph. . . . . . . . . . 23
Sounds of -ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Similar Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Similar Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Review Consonant Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Review Vowel Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Contractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Compound Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Plurals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Singular and Plural Possessive Forms. . . . . 32
Adding a Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Adding a Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing y to i Before Adding a Suffix. . . 35
Dropping Silent e Before
Adding a Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Review Suffixes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Prefixes in-, im-, non-, dis-, and un- . . . . . 38
Prefixes fore-, pre-, sub-, and inter- . . . . . 39
Prefixes mis- and re- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Suffixes -ion, -sion, -ation, -ition,
-ment, and -ness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Suffixes -ful and -less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Suffixes -er, -or, and -ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Suffixes -able, -ible, and -al . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Suffixes -y and -ly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Suffixes -ish and -ous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Review Prefixes and Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . 47
Review Prefixes and Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . 48
Base Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Base Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Review Word Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Review Word Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Syllables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Syllabication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Syllabication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Review Syllabication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Dictionary—Alphabetical Order . . . . . . . . 57
Dictionary—Alphabetical Order . . . . . . . . 58
Dictionary—Guide Words . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Dictionary—Entry Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Dictionary—Entry Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Dictionary—Pronunciation Key . . . . . . . . . 62
Dictionary—Schwa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Dictionary—Primary Accent . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Dictionary—Primary and
Secondary Accents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Dictionary—Accent Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Dictionary—Accent Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Dictionary—Respellings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Dictionary—Respellings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Dictionary—Multiple Meanings. . . . . . . . . 70
Dictionary—Homographs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Dictionary—Homophones . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Synonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Antonyms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Review Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Review Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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Each of these suffixes means “a
person who”: -er and -or.
painter
The suffix -ist also means “a person
who.” It tells that the person has
something to do with the base word.
violinist
visitor
Make a new word by adding -er, -or, or -ist to each word below. Write the new word on
the line. You may need to change the spelling of a base word before adding a suffix.
1. explore ______________
5. box
______________
9. special
2. art
______________
6. speak ______________
10. swim
______________
3. report ______________
7. weave ______________
11. invent
______________
4. science ______________
8. act
12. entertain ______________
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______________
Complete the crossword puzzle by using the new words above.
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ACROSS
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9.
10.
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A ______ talks to someone else.
A ______ does particular tasks.
An ______ travels to unknown places.
An ______ creates new things.
An ______ plays a part in the movies.
An ______ works with paintings.
DOWN
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
A ______ may study nature.
An ______ performs for others in public.
A ______ makes rugs, baskets, etc.
A ______ gathers news.
A ______ moves through the water.
A ______ fights with fists for sport.
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Each syllable in a word contains one vowel sound. To find out the number
of syllables in a word, count the number of vowel sounds you hear.
Below each picture, write the number of syllables you hear in the picture name.
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On each line write the number of syllables you hear in the word.
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1. roam
____ 11. discovery
____ 21. vinegar
____ 31. kennel
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2. librarian
____ 12. necessary
____ 22. rhyme
____ 32. geography
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3. area
____ 13. skeleton
____ 23. doubt
____ 33. improvement
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4. olive
____ 14. envelope
____ 24. heaven
____ 34. pronunciation
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5. uneasily
____ 15. wheat
____ 25. lonely
____ 35. experience
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6. bruise
____ 16. festival
____ 26. forever
____ 36. responsibility
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7. hamburger ____ 17. society
____ 27. ache
____ 37. unexpected
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8. pause
____ 18. forehead
____ 28. kneel
____ 38. journey
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9. territory
____ 19. oxygen
____ 29. elegant
____ 39. conversation
____ 20. poet
____ 30. throughout ____ 40. imagination
____ 10. gradual
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