1.A green plant with pointed needles that grows in the desert

2.Someone who works in an office and fixes teeth.

3.A grasshopper, a fly, or another tiny animal

4.The opposite of failure

tabletcreditinventcontactsuccessadmitdentistinsect

commentsolid

suggestproductnapkinuntilcactustraffic

progresspunishafterlettuce

Write a Core Word from Lesson 7 for each clue below. Each word will have two syllables and two vowel sounds.

5. dry

6. inside

7. lost

8. forbid

Write a Core Word from Lesson 8 that means the opposite of each word below. The missing word will have an /oi/ or /ou/ sound.

plowfoundjoint

destroyallowgroundmoistemploytowerbouncechoiceaboutoysterpoisonoutsideaccountappointenjoymentrejoicetrousers

Rewrite each phrase or sentence. Replace the underlined word or words with a Core Word from Lesson 9. Each word will have a /k/ sound. The corrected phrase or sentence is a famous quotation.

9. “We are so outnumbered there’s only one thing to do. We must begin the battle.” -Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham

10. “There was a silence supreme! Not a sudden loud yell, not a scream.”

-Lewis Carroll

checkluckyplasticpocketpicnicstruckbuckethockeyatticattackjacketstockingrocketshriekticketnickelfranticheroicatomicpoetic

Rewrite each phrase or sentence. Replace the underlined word or words with a Core Word from Lesson 9. Each word will have a /k/ sound. The corrected phrase or sentence is a famous quotation.

11. “As he rose like a jet engine, he fell like a stick.” -Thomas Paine

12. “Hard-boiled as a meal eaten outside egg.” -Edward E. Paramore, Jr.

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13. zoo, elephant, tall, neck, ______

14. morning, breakfast, milk, ______

15. square, triangle, ______

16. floor, walls, _____

ceilinggiraffecitizengemcitruscirclecerealgeniuscelerycertaingerbilcementcentergeneralcedarcenturycymbalsgenuinecinnamongeography

Write a Core Word from Lesson 10 that fits each group of words. Each word you write will have the /s/ or /j/ sound.

17. The bus will be here on Tuesday, December 4.

18. School will begin in August this year.

19. The club always meets on the first Wednesday.

20. Sunday is the last day of November.

Rewrite each note below. Shorten each one by using one or more abbreviations you studied in Lesson 11.

Dec.Sat.Nov.Mon.Jan.Wed.Apr.Sun.Feb.Thurs.Oct.Aug.Tues.Fri.Mar.St.Blvd.Sept.Ave.Rd.