word List
Direct Instruction for Decoding, Spelling,
and Understanding Multisyllabic Words
Grades 4–12
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WORD LIST
/ă/
absent
accidental
actress
actual
admiral
address
animal
annex
arrival
atlas
capital
attic
cardinal
bandit
central
basket
coastal
blanket
coral
cactus
criminal
campus
decimal
dental
candid
dismal
canyon
eternal
catnip
external
channel
fatal
Dallas
federal
flannel
final
fiscal
formal
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-al = /ә l/
frantic
funeral
gallon
general
global
gallop
hospital
happen
immortal
magnet
internal
mammal
interval
mantis
legal
mascot
liberal
napkin
local
rabbit
loyal
random
mental
metal
sandal
mineral
sandwich
moral
tablet
mortal
talcum
national
traffic
natural
naval
normal
optional
Compound
-al
and -ic Endings
Words
/ĕ/
dental
oral
dentist
original
pedal
enchant
personal
hectic
petal
lesson
plural
mental
real
pretzel
removal
seldom
reversal
selfish
royal
splendid
several
tendon
signal
skeptical
tennis
spinal
velvet
structural
terminal
tidal
trial
universal
vital
vocal
/ĭ/
/ŏ/= /ĭk/
-ic
children
blossom
academic
comic
chipmunk
bonnet
acrobatic
critic
allergic
democratic
infant
bottom
anemic
ecstatic
infect
coffin
angelic
elastic
insect
collect
antic
electric
insult
common
apathetic
energetic
kidnap
congress
arctic
Eric
kitten
connect
artistic
fantastic
mitten
conquest
athletic
frantic
Phillip
consent
Atlantic
garlic
picnic
contact
atomic
geographic
automatic contest
gigantic
pilgrim
basic
heroic
quintet
convict
catastrophic cotton
ironic
ribbon
Cedric
logic
signal
fossil
ceramic
music
tinsel
goblet
characteristic
mystic
wisdom
goblin
clinic
gossip
/ŭ/
button
Pacific
custom
panic
pathetic
hundred
patriotic
husband
phonetic
muffin
picnic
musket
plastic
nutmeg
prolific
public
public
publish
sarcastic
pumpkin
skeptic
puppet
spastic
static
subject
statistic
subtract
systematic
sudden
tactic
trumpet
terrific
tunnel
traffic
until
object
optic
ostrich
problem
progress
tonsil
Three-Syllable Words:
Atlantic
establish Wisconsin badmintonfantastic
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-al
In single-syllable words, the ending -al has a short-a sound and says /ăl/. In
multisyllabic words, the ending -al has a schwa sound and says /ә l/.
Example: final
A schwa /ә / is a vowel sound similar to the short-u sound in up. It is found only in
unaccented syllables of multisyllabic words.
1
Below are some final syllables of List 15 words. Read them aloud to practice saying /ә l/.
naltal cal
maldal ral
valsal bal
-ic
In single-syllable words, the ending -ic has a short-i sound and says /ĭk/. In multisyllabic
words, the ending -ic also has a short-i sound and says /ĭk/.
Example: picnic
2
Below are some final syllables of List 15 words. Read them aloud to practice saying /ĭk/.
icmicnic
licfic ric
ticsic pic
3
Spell the List 15 ending that says /ә l/. 4
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Practice Page
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-al
The unaccented ending -al has the schwa sound and says /ә l/.
1
2
15b
Example: final
Say the syllables to read the whole word. Then write the word.
or al e ter nal ti dal ex ter nal dis mal ar ri val na val per son al pet al skep ti cal vi tal ad mir al plur al gen er al Match the syllables to make real words. Then say the words as you write them. Make two
words for each group.
losig
plas
mor tal
fi nal
local
le
fis
vi
mortal
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vital
re
tri
met
for
cho al
royal
dis
mor
glo
mal
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15c
-ic
The unaccented ending -ic says /ĭk/. The accent is on the syllable just before the -ic ending.
Example: picnic
1
Draw a box around the accented syllable. Say the syllables to read the whole word. Then write
the word.
arc tic
2
arctic
mys tic
tac tic
stat ic
an tic
ba sic
ter rif ic
cer am ic
gi gan tic
pro lif ic
sar cas tic
he ro ic
an gel ic
ath let ic
ec stat ic
i ron ic
In these words, the first syllable has the schwa sound /ә /, and the second syllable has the
accent. Draw a box around the accented syllable. Say the syllables to read the whole word.
Then write the word.
a tom ic
a ne mic
sta tis tic
pa thet ic
al ler gic
3
Draw a box around the accented syllable in these four-syllable words. Say the syllables to read
the whole word. Then write the word.
ac ro bat ic
pa tri ot ic
dem o crat ic
ge o graph ic
cat a stroph ic
ap a thet ic
sys tem at ic
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en er get ic
15d
b
1 Your teacher will dictate twelve words. Spell the missing syllable(s), and then write the
whole word.
1.
al
2. traf 3. mor 4.
al
5.
ner 6. e b
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tric
7. per al
8.
rif 9.
pit 10. ge graph 11. sys at 12. cat stroph 2 Fill in the missing ending -al or -ic. Then write the whole word.
gi gan t
in ter n
au to mat ar tis t
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re ver s
min er ad mir crim in pa thet ec stat car din QUICK CHECK Have another student test you on spelling these words.
My score:
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words correct
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