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Unit 1 – Words with sk, sp, st

Some words have blends with two consonant sounds blended together: risk,

spider, stopped.

1. skinny

2. task

3. risk

4. spider

5. wasp

6. crisp

7. stopped

8. style

9. arrest

10. suggest

11. skeleton

12. skunk

13. brisk

14. spilled

15. spinach

16. grasp

17. stumble

18. statue

19. boast

20. adjust

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Unit 2 – Words with ng, nk, th

Some words have consonants blended together that are pronounced as one sound:

strong, blank, north.

1. strong

2. nothing

3. everything

4. blank

5. trunk

6. Thanksgiving

7. they

8. then

9. north

10. there

11. clothing

12. among

13. sting

14. hanger

15. lightning

16. chipmunk

17. shrink

18. without

19. though

20. thought

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Unit 3 – Words with kn, mb, gh, st

Sometimes two consonants together stand for only one sound: knew, numb,

fasten.

1. knowledge

2. know

3. knew

4. numb

5. bomb

6. ghost

7. spaghetti

8. Christmas

9. listening

10. fasten

11. knead

12. knitting

13. knapsack

14. tomb

15. climber

16. plumbing

17. aghast

18. hustle

19. mistletoe

20. whistling

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Unit 4 – Adding –s and –es

Add –s to most words, but –es to words that end with sh, ch, s, ss, or x. Change

y to I and add –es to words ending with consonant and y: companies.

1. months

2. friends

3. grades

4. cowboys

5. valleys

6. matches

7. bushes

8. passes

9. batteries

10. companies

11. donkeys

12. missiles

13. costumes

14. pictures

15. mornings

16. kisses

17. dresses

18. benches

19. speeches

20. centuries

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Unit 5 – Adding –ed and –ing, -er, and –est

Here are 5 things to remember when adding –ed, -ing, -er, and –est:

Some base words do not change: followed, following.

If the base word ends with e, drop the e: cuter, cutest.

In one syllable words that end with consonant-vowel-consonant, double the

final consonant: bigger, biggest.

In words that end with y, the y is changed to i before adding –ed, -er, or –

est: tried, earlier, earliest.

In words that end with y, keep the y when adding –ing: trying.

1. followed

2. following

3. tried

4. trying

5. cuter

6. cutest

7. bigger

8. biggest

9. earlier

10. earliest

11. excited

12. exciting

13. wrapped

14. wrapping

15. amused

16. amusing

17. lighter

18. lightest

19. easier

20. easiest

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Unit 7 – Using Just Enough Letters

Pronouncing a word correctly and picturing how it looks can help you avoid using too

many letters.

1. until

2. went

3. enough

4. TV

5. one

6. didn’t

7. a lot

8. want

9. doesn’t

10. always

11. necklace

12. exact

13. burglar

14. equipment

15. chimney

16. exist

17. rumbling

18. upon

19. athlete

20. examine

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Unit 8 – Short e and Long e

Short e can be spelled ea and ai: heavy, said.

Long e can be spelled ee and ie: degree, piece.

1. heavy

2. ahead

3. measure

4. already

5. said

6. again

7. degree

8. cheese

9. goalie

10. piece

11. jealous

12. meadow

13. weapon

14.

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Unit 9 – Short vowels a, i, o, u

Short a is usually spelled a; and. Short i can be spelled e: before. Short o can be

spelled o: problem. Short u can be spelled u and oo: swung, blood.

1. past

2. and

3. perhaps

4. before

5. possible

6. solve

7. problem

8. swung

9. because

10. blood

11. accident

12. adventure

13. decided

14. pretend

15. belong

16. lobster

17. python

18. jungle

19. shuttle

20. flood

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Unit 10 – Long vowels a, i, o

Long a can be spelled ai and a: brain, favorite. Long i is usually spelled

i-consonant-e: slide. Long o can be spelled ow and o-consonant-e: owner, whole.

1. brain

2. main

3. favorite

4. stranger

5. sidewalk

6. slide

7. bowling

8. owner

9. whole

10. globe

11. claim

12. complain

13. aliens

14. vacation

15. survive

16. crime

17. arrow

18. snowball

19. antelope

20. slope

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Unit 11 – Vowel sounds in rule, use, off

The vowel sound /ü/ can be spelled oo and ew: school, threw. The vowel sound

/yü/ is spelled u in music. The vowel sound /ó/ can be spelled augh and au: taught,

laundry.

1. choose

2. school

3. threw

4. crew

5. drew

6. future

7. music

8. usually

9. taught

10. laundry

11. broom

12. scoop

13. booth

14. jewel

15. humor

16. Utah

17. naughty

18. daughter

19. sausage

20. launch

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Unit 13 – Including All the Letters

Some words have more letters than you might expect. To spell these words,

pronounce each syllable carefully.

1. answer

2. minute

3. happened

4. library

5. opened

6. length

7. getting

8. when

9. finished

10. maybe

11. mystery

12. dentist

13. actually

14. width

15. caramel

16. pumpkin

17. quarter

18. sandwich

19. grabbed

20. frightening

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Unit 14 – Consonant sounds /j/ and /k/

The consonant sound /j/ can be spelled j, dge, and g: judge, general. The

consonant sound /k/ can be spelled ch, c, and cc: character, occur.

1. judge

2. major

3. subject

4. legend

5. general

6. character

7. chorus

8. occur

9. accurate

10. occasion

11. junior

12. lodge

13. ridge

14. ledge

15. Georgia

16. orchestra

17. mechanic

18. chord

19. accuse

20. raccoon

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Unit 15 – Contractions

In contractions an apostrophe takes the place of letters that are left out, so let

us becomes let’s.

1. can’t

2. wouldn’t

3. I’m

4. you’re

5. I’ll

6. let’s

7. that’s

8. don’t

9. there’s

10. I’ve

11. weren’t

12. what’s

13. she’s

14. they’re

15. who’s

16. we’re

17. you’ve

18. should’ve

19. could’ve

20. we’ve

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Unit 16- Compound words

Compound words are usually made of two smaller words. Keep all the letters when

spelling compounds: some + times = sometimes.

1. mailbox

2. nearby

3. into

4. sometimes

5. sunset

6. anything

7. daylight

8. something

9. haircut

10. notebook

11. earthquake

12. hideout

13. textbook

14. volleyball

15. horseback

16. handwriting

17. kickstand

18. rattlesnake

19. fireplace

20. housework

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Unit 17 – Irregular plurals

Sometimes plurals are formed in ways that don’t follow the rules: radios, heroes,

leaves.

1. radios

2. videos

3. pianos

4. heroes

5. potatoes

6. cuffs

7. beliefs

8. themselves

9. lives

10. leaves

11. patios

12. banjos

13. echoes

14. tornadoes

15. tomatoes

16. cliffs

17. hoofs

18. roofs

19. loaves

20. halves

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Lesson 19 – Getting Letters in Correct Order

Watch for letter combinations that are hard to keep in order and pay special

attention to those parts: beautiful, their.

1. lonely

2. hundred

3. friend

4. built

5. beautiful

6. heard

7. radio

8. their

9. caught

10. bored

11. guard

12. pierce

13. shriek

14. receive

15. horrible

16. jewelry

17. tumble

18. northern

19. acre

20. museum

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Unit 20 – Vowel Sounds in boy and out

The vowel sound /oi/ can be spelled oi and oy: choice, loyal. The vowel sound /ou/

can be spelled ow and ou: towel, our.

1. choice

2. noisy

3. loyal

4. destroy

5. powder

6. towel

7. downtown

8. amount

9. our

10. outside

11. spoil

12. poison

13. Illinois

14. annoy

15. oyster

16. voyage

17. drown

18. growl

19. couch

20. surround

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Unit 21 – Vowel Sounds with r

The vowel sound /är/ cane be spelled ar: garbage. The vowel sound /ër/ can be

spelled ur and our: return, journal.

1. army

2. starve

3. scan

4. garbage

5. hamburger

6. return

7. purpose

8. surface

9. courage

10. journal

11. argue

12. apartment

13. guitar

14. Arkansas

15. curl

16. purse

17. furniture

18. courtesy

19. nourish

20. journey

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Unit 22 – More Vowels with r

The vowel sound /âr/ can be spelled are and air: share, stairway. The vowel sound

/ir/ can be spelled ear and eer: dear, career.

1. aware

2. prepare

3. share

4. diary

5. stairway

6. dear

7. bread

8. appear

9. volunteer

10. career

11. declare

12. spare

13. beware

14. prairie

15. repair

16. weary

17. smear

18. cheery

19. pioneer

20. reindeer

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Unit 23 – Homophones

A homophone is a word that sounds exactly like another word, but has a different

spelling and meaning: buy, by

1. write

2. right

3. buy

4. by

5. to

6. too

7. bored

8. board

9. it’s

10. its

11. threw

12. through

13. knead

14. need

15. main

16. mane

17. past

18. passed

19. allowed

20. aloud

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Unit 25 – Related Words

Related words often have parts that are spelled the same buy pronounced

differently: cloth, clothes.

1. please

2. pleasant

3. cloth

4. clothes

5. sign

6. signature

7. dream

8. dreamt

9. part

10. partial

11. moist

12. moisten

13. breathe

14. breath

15. create

16. creature

17. elect

18. election

19. practice

20. practical

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Unit 26 – Prefixes dis- un- mis- pre-

A prefix is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change the

meaning or to make a new word. When adding dis- un- mid-, or pre-, make no

changes to the base word: mid + way = midway.

1. discovered

2. disorder

3. unsure

4. unclear

5. unable

6. midweek

7. midyear

8. midway

9. pretest

10. preschool

11. disappoint

12. disobey

13. disapprove

14. unbuckle

15. unlimited

16. midnight

17. midstream

18. precook

19. prepaid

20. prerecorded

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Unit 27 – Suffixes –able, -ible, -ant, -ent

When suffixes – able, -ible, -ant, and –ent are added, often the base word stays

the same: comfortable. In most words that end in e, the e is dropped: sensible. In

most words that end with y, the y is changed to i: defiant.

1. comfortable

2. reasonable

3. washable

4. responsible

5. sensible

6. contestant

7. defiant

8. servant

9. student

10. resident

11. agreeable

12. valuable

13. convertible

14. flexible

15. reversible

16. observant

17. occupant

18. urgent

19. confident

20. opponent

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Unit 28 – Suffixes –ous, -ion, -ation

When adding the suffixes –ous, -ion, and –ation, often the base word stays the

same: inform, information. For most words ending in e, drop the e: fame, famous.

For most words ending in y, change the y to i: mystery, mysterious.

1. famous

2. nervous

3. mysterious

4. dangerous

5. selection

6. education

7. information

8. organization

9. conversation

10. imagination

11. joyous

12. marvelous

13. humorous

14. instruction

15. attraction

16. rejection

17. inflation

18. decoration

19. admiration

20. preparation

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Unit 29 – Possessives

To form possessives of singular nouns, add an apostrophe and s: Dad’s. For plural

nouns that end in s, add an apostrophe: sisters’. For plural nouns that do not end in

s, add apostrophe s: children’s.

1. friend’s

2. today’s

3. Dad’s

4. Mom’s

5. sister’s

6. sisters’

7. child’s

8. children’s

9. person’s

10. people’s

11. grandmother’s

12. grandfather’s

13. uncle’s

14. uncles’

15. doctor’s

16. doctors’

17. cousin’s

18. cousins’

19. woman’s

20. women’s

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Unit 31 – Vowels with No Sound Clues

In some words the vowel sound you hear gives no clue to its spelling: president

1. manager

2. president

3. different

4. terrible

5. finally

6. really

7. supposed

8. probably

9. California

10. especially

11. balance

12. constant

13. innocent

14. realize

15. opportunity

16. pollute

17. prisoner

18. celebrate

19. grocery

20. elevator

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Unit 32 – Vowels in Final Syllables

Vowels in final syllables often sound alike even when they are spelled differently:

another, calendar; evil, cancel; captain, frozen.

1. either

2. another

3. calendar

4. evil

5. cancel

6. label

7. eaten

8. frozen

9. curtain

10. captain

11. computer

12. solar

13. particular

14. fossil

15. civil

16. channel

17. quarrel

18. siren

19. fountain

20. bargain

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Unit 33 – Capitalization

Names of cities and states are always capitalized because they are proper nouns.

1. Houston

2. Alaska

3. Kentucky

4. Little Rock

5. Duluth

6. Arizona

7. Miami

8. Indiana

9. Alabama

10. South Carolina

11. Baltimore

12. Detroit

13. Los Angeles

14. Hawaii

15. Memphis

16. Virginia

17. Oregon

18. Pittsburgh

19. Syracuse

20. New York

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Unit 34 – Easily Confused Words

Some words are easily confused because they have similar pronunciations and

spelling: except, accept.

1. of

2. off

3. except

4. accept

5. which

6. witch

7. where

8. were

9. weather

10. whether

11. plant

12. planet

13. bounds

14. bounce

15. desert

16. dessert

17. rise

18. raise

19. dinner

20. diner

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Unit 35 – Compound Words 2

Some compound words are written as one word: everybody. Others are written as

two words: all right.

1. bookshelf

2. someone

3. everybody

4. nowhere

5. cupcake

6. home run

7. each other

8. hot dog

9. all right

10. high school

11. grandparent

12. wristwatch

13. everyone

14. blindfold

15. typewriter

16. pen pal

17. living room

18. peanut butter

19. no one

20. first aid