New York • Toronto • London • Auckland • Sydney New Delhi • Mexico City • Hong Kong • Buenos Aires Reproducible Practice Pages PLUS Easy-to-Score Quizzes That Reinforce Spelling Rules and Skills by Harold Jarnicki No Boring Practice, Please © Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Scholastic Inc. grants teachers permission to photocopy the activity sheets from this book for classroom use. No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. Cover by Jaime Lucero Cover illustrations Mike Moran Interior design by NEO Grafika Illustrations by Kelly Kennedy ISBN 0-439-53149-7 Copyright © 2005 by Harold Jarnicki All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 40 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 No Boring Practice, Please © Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Syllables Have the Beat . . . . . .6 The Syl-la-ble Thing . . . . . . . . . 7 Quickie Quiz: Syllables . . . . . . . 9 The Ruler of Plurals Says. . . . . 10 Quickie Quiz: Plurals . . . . . . . . 13 Suffix: Is This the End? . . . . . . 14 Groovy Suffix X-Word . . . . . . . 16 Quickie Quiz: Suffixes . . . . . . . 17 The Silent Letters . . . . . . . . . . 18 Silent Letter Mega Crossword . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Quickie Quiz: Silent Letters. . . 22 AU … It’s Painless! . . . . . . . . . . 23 Quickie Quiz: AU Words . . . . . 24 EI…IE…Oh! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Groovy EI…IE X-Word . . . . . . . 26 Quickie Quiz: EI…IE Words . . . 27 The IGH Thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 The I’s Have It! . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Quickie Quiz: I-IGH Words . . . 30 The TION and SION Show . . . . 31 Quickie Quiz: TION and SION . 32 Soft G and C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Tongue Twisters / Soft G and C X-Word. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Quickie Quiz: Soft G and C . . . 35 Fun With PH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 What’s the PH Word?. . . . . . . . 37 Quickie Quiz: PH Words . . . . . 38 Commonly Confused Words . . 39 Commonly Confused X-Word . 43 Quickie Quiz: Commonly Confused Words . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 No Boring Practice, Please © Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE 4 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling magine a classroom where students do not slump in their seats every time you announce it’s time for spelling; where spelling lessons and practice bring exciting opportunities along with a couple of laughs and a little competition; where students get emotionally involved in spelling fundamentals, and improvement is proudly displayed by students and recognized by teachers and parents. You might think such a classroom is merely a figment of my imagination or a fantasy of some ambitiously naive first-year education grad. I can boldly claim that such is not the case. I have been teaching for about 20 years and, with the help of some games, a few jokes, and other gimmicks, have witnessed students get excited about spelling, grammar, vocabulary, and more. The No Boring Practice, Please! series is an extension of my classroom and one humble step toward helping kids do what comes naturally—learn. If you’re ready to add spice to your spelling lessons, then this book is for you. Carefully structured as a good basic course of study, the recipe for each lesson is simple. No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling dishes up straight spelling practice with a dash (or splash) of fun. Inside you’ll find a concoction of reproducible pages that cover syllabication, plurals, silent letters, spelling rules (and rule breakers), commonly confused words, and more. Flavored with engaging illustrations and an edgy design, each practice page is easy for kids to swallow. Best of all, you can serve these pages with only a minimal amount of teacher instruction. I ntroduction I © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 5 Each unit opens with a brief, simple explanation of a key spelling rule or concept in easy-to-understand language. Students are then challenged to apply what they are learning through practice pages, followed by a quick and easy-to-score quiz. Occasionally, you may want to add an extra exercise or practice test depending on students’ progress, but the units are designed to stand on their own. You may wonder what inspired me to write this book—and the rest of the No Boring Practice, Please! series. Let me start at the beginning. As a baby boomer’s hyperactive kid, I wasn’t a huge fan of school. Sitting at a desk most of the day was tough enough. Add a generous helping of dry spelling rules and my eyes would glaze over, roll back in my head, and send me into a near comatose state where hands on clocks ceased to move. Years passed. After a less-than-stellar career in rock ’n’ roll, I decided the teaching profession was a more lucrative gig. I had two specific goals: (1) to become the teacher I never had; and (2) add a little rock ’n’ roll to the school system. Like it or not, we are teaching a new breed of children—one that watches more than four hours of values-distorting TV each day, plays mindless video games on a regular basis, and gobbles up entertainment far more than nutriment. We welcome these mediasavvy kids into our classrooms and expect them to get excited about plurals, silent letters, and syllabication. Let’s get real! This is what drives the No Boring Practice, Please! series. The series is academically sound and rich in language-skill development, but all of its information is disguised by a hip design and comical illustrations that have lots of kid appeal. Think of the series as whole-grain oats packaged in a box of tutti-frutti breakfast cereal. I know that students can get excited about doing well in spelling, and I feel gratified to be part of the process. I hope the No Boring Practice, Please! series helps teach and inspire. May the force be with you. Sincerely, Harold Jarnicki © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
6 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE Syl lable Rules ❶ Every syllable in every word must have one vowel sound. One vowel sound = one syllable coat, flight, dog, gate ❷ Divide between two middle consonants . . . rab-bit, lit-tle, hap-pen . . . BUT never split up a CONSONANT DIGRAPH. moth-er, feath-er, graph-ite, catch-er ❸ Sometimes a syllable can be a single vowel. o-pen, i-tem, e-vil ❹ If a syllable has a single middle vowel and a consonant on each side, divide before the first consonant. o-pen, re-port, af-ter ❺ In words that end with a consonant plus -le (as in syllable), divide before the consonant preceding -le. lit-tle, fum-ble, bub-ble Tick-le breaks the rule! ❻ Divide any prefixes or suffixes. pre-view, hope-ful, teach-er Name ___________________________________________ Clap your hands and ce-le-brate syl-la-bles! Ch Divide each word into syllables and write the number of syllables. Record the rule numbers that apply to each word. See the example. WORD IN SYL-LA-BLES SYLLABLES RULES THAT APPLY brother broth-er 2 1, 2 riddle about disappear important communication Warning! Rules work most of the time but not all the time. Syllables Have the Beat A syllable is a part of a word that has one vowel sound. Every word is made up of one or more syllables. A consonant digraph is two consonants that make one sound. th, ch, sh, ph, wh It’s a-bout the beat, man ! © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 7 MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE Name ___________________________________________ The Syl-la-ble T hing Diphthong (dif-thong) is two vowels that make one syllable. “Diphthong,” now that’s a weird word! Write three words for each diphthong. ou oi ow au/ou ✻ oy aw oo Ch Use the clues and unscramble the syllables to form words. Check off each syllable as you use it. Ch ✻ Did you know that au, ou, and aw can all have the same sound? Vowels a, e, i, o, u y and w are considered vowels when they are part of diphthongs. 2 3 4 1 3 4 2 1 5 Across 3. No school; break 4. Tasty Down 1. Space traveler 2. Letter system pha al cious naut tion de va as tion dle der rec cor won ful noo e vent fought bet tro ca li Across 3. Something that makes a wrong right 5. Awesome Down 1. Past tense of fight 2. Pasta, spaghetti 4. Happening M 1 MIINNII--BBYYTTEE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE2 MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE ou as in shout o i as in noise ow as in cow a u as in caught o u as in bought oy as in toy aw as in saw oo as in boot © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
3 5 4 1 2 Across 1. Little jump 4. You can have it, if it’s this 5. TV 6. Not the same Down 2. A group or club 3. Bathroom 8 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 4 5 6 1 2 3 Across 4. Funny drawing 5. Person walking Down 1. Think hard; focus 2. Long, long ago 3. Quiet laugh con trate car tri chuck an ic pre cen his or vail tion let sion a toi ble dif vi ga fer te a ent ni le za hop pe le tor toon des MINI-BYTE 3 MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE4 MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE The Syl-la-ble T hing Continued • Learn the Syllable Rules. •Know what diphthong and digraph are. •Practice dividing words into syllables. How do I study for the test? Make it into a game! Play with a friend! © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Syllable Rules: Mark each statement as TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). _____ 1. Every syllable must have one vowel sound. _____ 2. Every syllable must have one consonant sound. _____ 3. Usually divide between two middle vowels. _____ 4. Split up a consonant digraph into two syllables. _____ 5. Sometimes a syllable can be a single consonant. _____ 6. Sometimes a syllable can be a single vowel. _____ 7. Divide before the consonant preceding -le, like this: un-cle. _____ 8. A prefix is usually a syllable on its own. _____ 9. Never split up one diphthong into two syllables. _____ 10. Usually divide between two middle consonants. Definitions 1. Fill in the blanks to describe a consonant digraph. A consonant digraph is _______ consonants making _______ sound. 2. Circle the consonant digraphs in this group: th sk sh tr ph 3. Fill in the blanks to describe a diphthong. A diphthong is one _________________ made up of two _________________. 4. Circle the diphthongs in this group: uo aw wo oo oi Name: _______________________________________ Break It Down: Divide each word into syllables. Word In Syllables Word In Syllables 1. mother 2. cattle 3. disappear 4. communication 5. frog 6. riddle 7. important 8. item 9. open 10. catcher 11. astronaut 12. adventure 13. little 14. report 15. fought 16. alphabet 17. delicious 18. invention 19. noise 20. stronger BONUS Organize these syllables into a word. chol psy gist o A B C Score: ___________ /20 Score: ___________ /16 Score: ___________ /60 (4 points) Syllables No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 9 © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Name ___________________________________________ The Ruler of Plurals Says... 10 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE Plural means more than one. Plural Rule 1: Most nouns form their plurals by adding s. Examples: chair chairs lizard lizards Plural Rule 2: For nouns ending in s, x, sh, or ch, add es. Examples: box boxes bush bushes Ch Change these singular nouns to plurals. Ch Change these singular nouns to plurals. 1. kiss 2. fox 3. knish 4. beach 5. watch Singu l a r Plural 6. crush 7. pass 8. tax 9. batch 10. dress Singu l a r Plural 1. book 2. game 3. dream 4. power 5. skateboard Singu l a r Plural 6. bank 7. comic 8. pizza 9. friend 10. graph Singu l a r Plural Follow my rules for plurals and you won’t go wrong! © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Find These Words Find These Find These Words Match It! No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 11 Read the story below. Then fill in the blanks using the words in the Box. But first, turn each word in the Box to plural. BOX country party city celebrity lottery story mummy possibility THE My Winning Tickets This is one of my true ________________. Honest! It all started when Aunt Wilma bought me three lottery tickets for my birthday. I mean, who gives a kid lottery tickets? I asked Dad to hold them for me. Then one day, I was hanging out at home, reading about the __________________ of ancient Egypt, when Dad broke the news: My ticket numbers came up in three different __________________! Suddenly, my future was filled with __________________! I could travel to foreign __________________. I could buy hundreds of basketballs. I could follow my favorite baseball team as they play in different __________________. I could even become one of those __________________ that end up on TV talk shows! I was planning all the __________________ I could throw for my friends to celebrate when Dad brought me back to reality with this reminder: You have to be 18 years old to actually win the lottery! What a bummer! Oh well … I guess my dreams can wait a few more years. The Ruler of Plurals Says... Continued Plural Rule 3: For nouns that end in y preceded by a consonant, change the y to an i, then add es. Example: penny pennies lady ladies Plural Rule 4: Most nouns ending in f or fe can be made plural by simply adding s. But the plural of some nouns that end in f or fe is formed by changing the f to v, then adding s or es. Examples: reef reefs knife knives K B M O W L M E F S P A P S R R Y Y M Z D C C H I E F S H A W P S V U I L I E H S N E E F L E S L F A E L L B O S V V M F J C G E U G V M T S S V W D N X E F A L Y M V V D O W E W S I M F O F H U W I R Y R F S Find the plurals for these words in the word search. leaf safe chief roof self kerchief shelf wife Plural Search! Word Search! "ph"Word Search! Match Up! Strictly Plural Correct It! Plural Scramble! Crossword a Go-Go Fill ’em up! Fill ’em up! Spell It! © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
12 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling The Ruler of Plurals Says... Continued Across 1. Video 4. Zoo 7. Dodo 10. Portfolio 11. Hobo 14. Pro 15. Bongo 15. Silo 16. Lasso 17. Solo Down 2. Duo 3. Soprano 4. Zero 5. Trio 6. Mosquito 8. Stereo 9. Tomato 11. Hippo 12. Banjo 13. Hero 2 34 5 67 8 13 14 18 1 11 9 10 15 16 12 17 Plural Search! Word Search! "ph"Word Search! Match Up! Strictly Plural Correct It! Plural Scramble! Crossword a Go-Go Crossword Crossword a Go-Go Fill ’em up! Spell It! Plural Search! Word Search! "ph S "ph"Word Search! Match Up! Strictly Plural Correct It! Plural Scramble! Plural Scramble! Scramble! Crossword a Go-Go Fill ’em up! Spell It! Turn the clues into plurals by adding s or es. Unscramble the words below. Hint: They’re all plurals of the words in the singular chart. ox mouse tooth deer larva goose woman Chinese salmon foot antenna Singular Words nshciee nteennaa ciem onmwe reed efte relvaa hetet smonal seege noex Unscramble Plural Rule 6: And then there are those few nouns that don’t follow any of the Plural Rules. Either the spelling of the word changes to form the plural, or the word doesn’t change at all. Example: man men child children sheep sheep MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE Plural Rule 5: For nouns ending in o preceded by a vowel, add s. For nouns ending in o preceded by a consonant, add s or es. Examples: radio radios superhero superheroes © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
M INI-BYTE M INI-BYTE M INI-BYTE M INI-BYTE M INI-BYTE No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 13 Plural Rules: Mark each statement as TRUE (T) or False (F). _____ 1. To pluralize all words that end in f, change the f to v then add s. _____ 2. Some words that form plurals don’t end in s. _____ 3. Some words don’t change their spelling when they become plurals. _____ 4. For all words that end in o, add es to change them to plurals. _____ 5. Words that end in s do not need additional letters to become plurals. _____ 6. If a word ends in y preceded by a consonant, change the y to i, then add es to make it plural. _____ 7. Adding an s to the end of any word makes it plural. _____ 8. Some words do not follow any plural rules. Plural Forms: Spell the correct plural form of each word. Find 10 Mistakes: Circle 10 plural words that are spelled incorrectly. Write the correct spelling on the back of this page. 1. inch 2. ox 3. chief 4. radio 5. potato 6. woman 7. goose 8. foot 9. antenna 10. tax 11. tooth 12. deer 13. penny 14. wife 15. key 16. country 17. leaf 18. piano 19. dish 20. Chinese Singular Plural Singular Plural Write the plural of larva: Willy likes to play his bongoes in the forest to the hum of mosquitos. He loves playing for childs, oxs, and puppys. One day Willy hopes to play his music in different citys. Of course he will take his dancing gooses and mouses with him. He hopes to be a big hit. His goal is to be one of the most famous bongo-playing heros ever. Until then, he just bothers all the men and womans in the village. A B C Name: _______________________________________ Plurals BONUS (4 points) Score: ___________ /16 Score: ___________ /60 Score: ___________ /20 © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
14 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling Suffix: Is This the End? MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE A suffix is a syllable added to the end of a word to change its meaning. Rule 1: If a word ends with a ConsonantVowel-Consonant, double the final consonant when adding a suffix (a.k.a. the “CVC Rule”). Rule 2: If a word ends in e, drop the e, then add the suffix. If the suffix is -ed, just add -d. For words that don’t follow the CVC Rule, just add the suffix. For example: run running skip skipped hit hitting For example: dance dancing danced race racing raced For example: jump jumped start starting BUT if the suffix begins with a consonant like -ly or -ment, leave the e on. For example: love lovely place placement edit edited carpet carpeting judge judgment Rule Breakers! Rule Breakers! true truly argue argument judge judgment C Follow the examples and fill in the charts. flip flipping flipped hope hoping hopeful ram place fit care sort shape camp arrange act move WORD ADD -ing ADD -ed WORD ADD -ing ADD -ment, -l y, or -ful As the Royal Dude of Spelling, I command thee to make thy spelling better! Name _____________________________________________ These words break Rule 1. These words break Rule 2. © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 15 Rule 3: If a word ends in a consonant plus y (as in fry), change the y to i and add any suffix that doesn’t begin with i. The word key ends in y, but a consonant doesn’t come before the y. So here the rule does not work perfectly. For example: try trying tried tries Pay attention: key keying keyed keys Follow the examples and fill in the charts. marry marrying married marries carry bury ferry play WORD ADD -ing ADD -ed ADD -s Suffix: Is This the End? Continued Here the rule works perfectly! C Spell these words correctly. Write the correct form of the word on the line. Plural Search! Word earch! "ph"Word Search! Match Up!ctly ural Correct It! ural ramble! ssword Go-Go p! Spell It! Spell It! Plural Search! rd rch! "ph"Word Search! Match Up! y tly al Correct It! Correct It! ral mble! sword o-Go Spell It! ❶ happy + ness =_______________________ ❷ plenty + ful =_______________________ ❸ satisfy + s =_______________________ ❹ healthy + ness =_______________________ ❺ pity + less =_______________________ ❻ beauty + ful =_______________________ ❼ hurry + ed =_______________________ ❽ party + s =_______________________ ❾ merry + ment =_______________________ ❿ funny + er =_______________________ ❶ final She __________________ finished eating her broccoli. ❷ appear We saw a flash, then all of a sudden, a ghost __________________! ❸ beauty Those flowers are __________________. ❹ plan We __________________ to go to the movies yesterday. ❺ happy __________________ is a bowl full of chocolate. That’s so cool! © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE 16 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling Across 5. hope + ing 7. true + ly 8. open + ed 10. win + ing 11. change + able 13. prepare + ing 14. rob + ery 15. shape + ing 16. final + ly 17. control + er 20. slide + ing 23. do + ing 24. carpet + ing 25. edit + ed 26. achieve + ment 27. scoop + ing 28. write + ing Down 1. achieve + ing 2. dive + ing 3. stubborn + ness 4. fly + ing 6. recreate + tion 9. nine + ty 11. change + ing 12. arrange + ment 13. plan + ed 18. fan + ed 19. judge + ment 21. lose + ing 22. hop + ing Combine each word and suffix to complete the puzzle. Name _____________________________________________ 3 7 4 8 6 5 1 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 18 23 17 20 21 25 27 28 26 24 22 Groovy Suffix Groovy Suffix I think this is doable! -BYTE -BYTE -BYTE -BYTE© Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 17 Sound out this word and spell it correctly: beeyootifikashun Correct it here: MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE Change It! Spell each form of the word correctly. Spel l It Out: Combine the words and suffixes below. Spell the words correctly. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 1. flip 2. place 3. move 4. appear 5. hurry 6. play 7. control 8. edit WORD ADD -ing ADD -ed 1. happy + ness 2. prepare + ing 3. recreate + tion 4. fly + ing 5. die + ing 6. beauty + fy 7. carpet + ed 8. judge + ment 9. dive + s 10. nine + ty 11. lose + ing 12. achieve + ment 13. plenty + ful 14. fan + ed 15. scoop + ing 16. healthy + ness 17. chop + ed 18. move + ment 19. sky + s 20. carry + er A Correction! Circle each misspelled word. Then spell the words correctly on the lines below. openned lovely sitting arrangeing trys monkeys beautyful famus robery swimming appearance hurryed campper arguement truely planner finaly skating satisfied skipping funnier actting B C Name: _______________________________________ Suffixes BONUS (12 points) Score: ___________ /24 Score: ___________ /24 Score: ___________ /40 © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
The Silent Letters MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE 18 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling Use the words on the chart to fill in the blanks below. Name ___________________________________________ Silent D Silent T Silent L Quiet, please! d. . . t. . . l. . . k. . . g. . . b. . . h. . . w. . . u Let's Do it ! Let's Do it ! Mix & Match Match up! Sound Spelling Rap it up! Scrambled Up Syllable Scramble! Tongue Twisters! Wednesday handsome handkerchief badge edge hedge wedge witch watch scratch match butcher fasten castle listen palm calm salmon calf half talk walk folk yolk almond ❶ Write three Silent D words that rhyme with each other. ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ❷ Write two Silent T words that rhyme with each other. ______________________ ______________________ ❸ From the Silent L words, write the rhyming: “lm” words: ______________________ ______________________ “lf” words: ______________________ ______________________ “alk” words: ______________________ ______________________ “olk” words: ______________________ ______________________ ❹ Write the Silent D word that has three syllables. Put a hyphen between each syllable. ______________________ ❺ Write four Silent T words that have two syllables. Put a hyphen between each syllable. ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ❻ Write two Silent L words that have two syllables. Put a hyphen between each syllable. ______________________ ______________________ Silent Word Chart Some letters in words can be quite sneaky. They don’t make any sound at all. Check out these silent letters. © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 19 ❶ Give a Silent K word for each definition. Past tense of know: ______________________ You tie it: ______________________ Helps you open a door: ______________________ Leg joint: ______________________ Used to slice bread: ______________________ ❷ In the chart, all Silent K’s and Silent G’s are followed by what letter? _____ ❸ Give a Silent G word for each definition. Person from another country: ______________________ A pattern: ______________________ Type of antelope: ______________________ To chew on: ______________________ A symbol: ______________________ ❹ Most Silent B’s follow what letter?_______ The only word in our list that breaks this rule is ______________________ ❺ Write three rhyming Silent B words: ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ❻ Write the correct spelling for each of these phonetically spelled words. kohm: ______________________ bom: ______________________ lam: ______________________ kliming: ______________________ Silent K Silent G Silent B knife knee knot knit know knew knob knock gnaw gnu sign design foreigner thumb numb crumb lamb climbing bomb comb doubt Silent Word Chart The Silent Letters Continued Use the words on the chart to fill in the blanks below. Let's Do it ! Let's Do it ! Mix & Match Match up! Sound Spelling Rap it up! Scrambled Up Syllable Scramble! Tongue Twisters! Do you know what a gnu is? No doubt you’ll find the answer on this page. © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
❶ Which Silent H words are often used in questions? ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ❷ Write three Silent H words (other than honest) that begin with “hon-.” Hint: A dictionary may help. ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ❸ Boo! What’s this Silent H word? ______________________ ❹ What two Silent W words don’t begin with w. ______________________ ______________________ ❺ Silent W word clues: Past tense of write: ______________________ What a smashed-up car might be called: ______________________ Attaches hand to arm: ______________________ All of something: ______________________ Use an iron to get rid of this: ______________________ Not right: ______________________ Covers a present: ______________________ ❻ Most silent U’s follow what letter? ______ Write all the words that follow this rule. ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ 20 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling Let's Do it ! Let's Do it ! Mix & Match Match up! Sound Spelling Rap it up! Scrambled Up Syllable Scramble! Tongue Twisters! Use the words on the chart to fill in the blanks below. The Silent Letters Continued Silent H Silent W Silent U what when why which where honest hour ghost write wrestling wrinkle whole wreck wrapper wrong wrist wrote two sword guest guess guitar guard building guilty league tongue biscuit Silent Word Chart Shh. . . Someone might hear you! I honestly can’t guess which guest is in the wrestling league. © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 21 8 3 1 9 10 5 11 6 2 4 7 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 24 25 26 29 23 19 22 27 28 31 32 33 35 36 34 30 Silent Letter Across 1. Rock ‘n’ roll instrument 4. 50 percent 7. A very small fragment of bread, cake, or cookie 9. Royal home 11. One of a group 13. Peaceful, relaxed 14. A person from another country 15. Long, sharp weapon 18. Feeling of uncertainty 20. Never cheats or lies 21. Not innocent 23. Baby sheep 24. Not to run 27. To hear carefully 29. It can be tied tightly 30. 1+1 31. Without feeling 33. Going up a mountain 34. A nut 35. Verbalize 36. Major _________ Baseball Down 1. To estimate 2. Female wizard 3. Meat vendor 4. 60 minutes 5. Midweek day 6. Small, round type of bread 8. Baby cow 10. Where you’ll find your taste buds 12. What a mosquito bite makes you want to do 16. Four fingers and a _____ 17. This fish swims upstream 19. A structure 22. Part of an egg 25. Do it to a door to say you’re there 26. Used to style hair 28. Lets people know what’s for sale 29. Do it to make a sweater 32. The sheriff wears one ❶ rhou ________________ ❷ wenk ________________ ❸ stgoh ________________ ❹ grwon ________________ ❺ blam ________________ ❻ butod ________________ ❼ tahcm ________________ ❽ nefki ________________ ❾ siltne ________________ U N S C R A M B L E Name ___________________________________________ All the answers can be found in the Silent Word charts. © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Correct It! Circle the misspelled word in each sentence. Then spell it correctly on the line. 1. Please come over on wensdae. ____________________________ 2. Lisin carefully to the instructions. ____________________________ 3. The teacher is writing with chok. ____________________________ 4. I used the egg yoke in a cookie recipe. ____________________________ 5. Ouch, I banged my nee! ____________________________ 6. Kliming that tree won’t be so easy. ____________________________ 7. She wants to disine a cool, new dress. ____________________________ 8. Don’t leave a single krum on the carpet! ____________________________ 9. We no where you live. ____________________________ 10. With those dark clouds, there’s no dowt it will rain. ____________________________ 11. My tung is blue! ____________________________ 12. Yikes! Was that a goste? ____________________________ 13. Shelly is playing in the Little Leeg this year. ____________________________ 14. I’ll right you a letter when I get there. ____________________________ 15. Gard your bike closely. ____________________________ 16. No resling inside. ____________________________ 17. They want to tear that bilding down. ____________________________ 18. I’ll play the gitar, while you play the drums. ____________________________ 19. Only to of us are going to the show. ____________________________ 20. Grandma makes delicious biskits. ____________________________ 21. I felt like such a foriner when I went to Spain. ____________________________ 22. My mom wants to nit me a sweater. ____________________________ 23. Haff the team is going to practice now. ____________________________ 24. Let’s wok. I’m too tired to run. ____________________________ MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE 22 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE Circle the misspelled word. sword fasten amond MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE Name: _______________________________________ The Silent Letters BONUS Score: ___________ /96 (4 points) © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 23 1. After riding the Cosmic Crunch, I felt quite _______________. 2. Protecting the rights of animals is a good _______________. 3. My cousin is my mom’s niece and my uncle’s _______________. 4. I love my spaghetti swimming in _______________. 5. He was very _______________ but he still broke his nose skateboarding. 6. I know my house is _______________ because I eat dinner with a ghost. 7. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, please give him a big round of _______________. 8. The word “_______________” comes from ancient Greek meaning “space sailor.” P S Plural Search! Word Search! "ph"Word Search! Match Up! Strictly Plural Correct It! Plural Scramble! Crossword a Go-Go Fill ’em up! Fill ’em up! Spell It! Use the au words in the boxes to complete these sentences. caught taught daughter slaughter naughty cause pause applause cautious nauseous haunted sauce astronaut Name: _______________________________________ When you say these words, au makes the sound “a w w w .” Plural Search! Word Search! Word Search! Search! "ph"Word Search! Match Up! Strictly Plural Correct It! Plural Scramble! Crossword a Go-Go Fill ’em up! Spell It! Circle five different ough words in this Word Search. Each word appears three times. Then write each word next to its definition below. F R U T H G U O H T O O G H O U S O H E U I T O U I O G U I G G H T H G U O S G H H G H U O G A U H T T U G B U H U T T A A O U O T T G H T T I B O U G H T G H B H U F O U G A U G R A G O T A U I O U O I O U G H U G H O U G T H O U G H T R G H I U I S U U I B H G F R E U G H O H T H G U O R B O U F This ought to be fun! Sometimes the sound “awww” makes is spelled ough. Past tense of fight Looked for Past tense of buy Past tense of bring Past tense of think Definition because laughter aunt Why are these words Rule Breakers? Circle the correct answer. ❶ because a. The s sounds like a z. b. The au sounds like a short o. c. You forgot your lunch. ❷ aunt a. Christmas is coming. b. The word ends in nt. c. The au sounds like a short a. ❸ laughter a. The au doesn’t sound like aw. b. The au sounds like a short a. c. Both a and b. Rule Breakers AU. . . It’s Painless! Au-au-au! Look at that cute human! © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
24 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling Correct It! Circle the 8 spelling mistakes in this story. Then spell them correctly in the Correction Box. What’s All the Fuss? I was so happy we baught that house. It was in the perfect spot, up on a hill overlooking the park. Perfect. At least that’s what I thaught. Then things started to happen. That first night I heard a lot of strange noises outside my room. Then I smelled something really putrid, like rotten tomato sawss. I figured it was all in my imagination. “Gee, I should know better,” I laffed to myself. “It’s not like the place could be hawnted or something!” BOOM! I shot out of bed like a rocket. “I’ve got to get out of here!” I yelled. “I’m getting nawseous!” I ran to the stairs, stubbed my toe, tripped, and rolled all the way to the bottom. Then I looked up in horror. “What’s all the fuss?” my mom asked. My Ant Wilma laughed, “Did the garbage trucks wake you?” “Oh, no,” I kawt myself, “I just came down for a drink.” MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINIBTE1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Correction Box What’s Right? Circle the correctly spelled word that matches the definition. 1. For that reason. a. becaus b. becauze c. becuase d. because 2. Sound of joy and merriment. a. laughter b. lafter c. lauter d. laugter 3. Your father’s sister. a. aunt b. ant c. aunnt d. auntt 4. Past tense of teach. a. tought b. taught c. taut d. tot 5. Past tense of buy. a. bought b. bot c. baught d. bout 6. Made of tomatoes and put on spaghetti. a. ause b. saughse c. sauce d. cause 7. Momentary stop. a. paws b. pauze c. pauce d. pause 8. Female child. a. doughter b. daughter c. doter d. dauter A B Spell bikawz correctly. Name: _______________________________________ AU Words BONUS Score: ___________ /40 Score: ___________ /40 (20 points) © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 25 Name ___________________________________________ MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE EI. . . IE. . . Oh! It’s weird and I do mean “w-e-i-r-d.” Is it “ie” or “ei”? Let’s explore some rules and find out! Ch All the ie and ei words are misspelled. Spell the words correctly. At the end of each sentence, write the rule number that applies to the misspelled word. 1 = Rule One 3 = Breaks Rule One 2 = Rule Two 4 = Breaks Rule Two Example: aight I spent eight dollars for my green worms. ( 2 ) ❶ slay It was fun to go through the snow on a _________________. (____) ❷ theef The _________________ ran into a brick wall. (____) ❸ casheer I got a job as a _________________ at Louie’s Quick Mart. (____) ❹ reseet Ask for a _________________ just in case you want to return your CD. (____) ❺ vale The bride’s face was covered by a _________________. (____) ❻ cownterfit Security could tell that the money was _________________. (____) ❼ eethir _________________we make a run for it, or wait here until the rain stops. (____) ❽ shreek Did you hear me_________________ during that scary movie? (____) MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BY MINCan you spell “receipt”? Well I can, for I am The Spelling Queen. Now get to work! Rule 1: Use ie when the sound is long e . . . believe field . . . except after c, then it’s ei. receive ceiling Rule breakers! Words that break Rule 1: weird neither seize Rule 2: Write ei when the sound is NOT long e, like when the sound is long a. eight weight Words that break Rule 2: friend mischief © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
26 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling Name _____________________________________________ 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 18 21 19 20 23 25 22 26 28 27 24 15 16 17 7 4 1 5 6 2 3 roovy EI. . . IE C S U G S E E I F Y I T L I I I M C U G V G E G E E E E P P S C C G E D E R C I I E I H Across 2. A large, grassy area 6. What a king or queen does (rhymes with rain) 7. Your length 9. To accept something as true 10. Loud, shrill scream 13. Thinking too highly of one’s self 15. A terribly sad feeling that comes with the loss of something 18. The overhead part of a room 20. Often harmless trouble 22. Strange 23. Leader of a church 25. To notice 26. A pal 28. Goods to be shipped Down 1. Fake, phony, bogus 3. 4 + 4 4. To grab or take over 5. Your brother’s daughter 8. Store clerk 11. Might cover a bride’s face 12. To get 13. Leader of a tribe 14. Sense of right and wrong 16. Alien 17. To give way 19. Someone who steals 21. Spare time 22. Measure of heaviness 24. Santa’s vehicle 27. To fool All the words in the solution are “ie” and “ei” words. Groovy EI. . . IE © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 27 What’s Right? Circle the correct spelling. 1. a. feild b. feeld c. field d. fielde 2. a. hight b. hieght c. height d. hite 3. a. seiling b. ceiling c. sieling d. cieling 4. a. shreek b. schriek c. shriek d. shreik 5. a. recieve b. receiv c. reeceive d. receive 6. a. thief b. theif c. theef d. thieff 7. a. forein b. foureign c. foriegn d. foreign 8. a. slei b. seighl c. sliegh d. sleigh 9. a. cashier b. casheir c. cascheir d. kashier 10. a. cheif b. chief c. chieff d. cheiff Sound and Spell Sound out the words and spell them correctly. Spell the ei or ie word that means “to take over.” 1. vayl 2. eethur 3. kounturfit 4. frend 5. ate 6. beeleev 7. conshuhnss 8. kuhnseetid 9. greef 10. frayt 11. wate 12. neece 13. misschif 14. preest 15. leeshure Misspelled Word Correctly Spelled “ie or “ei” Word A B Name: _______________________________________ EI . . . IE Words BONUS Score: ___________ /30 Score: ___________ /60 (10 points) © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
The IGH T hing 28 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling Use the igh words below to fill in the blanks. Note: Some words may be used more than once. s t! Mix & Match h !nd ing Rap it up! Rap it up! Scrambled Up Syllable Scramble! Tongue Twisters! might knight fright flight fight uptight bright night right plight light Ay-yay-yay! One way to spell the long -i sound is igh! high Box A Box C up eye to play moon head mid sight Box B light light tight light wright night Two words put night together make a compound word! Name _____________________________________________ I just want to say that I’m all ____________________. I’m ready to learn day or ____________________. Just give me the word and I take ____________________. That’s ____________________! I’m a ____________________ ____________________. I don’t want to argue. I don’t want to ____________________. I’m a knowledge machine, King Arthur’s ____________________. I’m as loose as a goose, I’m not ____________________. That’s ____________________! I’m a ____________________ ____________________. Now I wish I may, I wish I ____________________ Have the courage, never have a ____________________. And I know that I can handle this ____________________ Because, I’m a ____________________ ____________________. Oh yeah! I’m a ____________________ ____________________. Take a word from Box A and pair it with a word from Box B. t's Write the new compound word in Box C. it ! Mix & Match Mix & Match tch up! und elling Rap it up! Scrambled Up Syllable Scramble! Tongue Twisters! © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
The I’s Have It! height bite kite white dynamite satellite Fahrenheit parasite No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 29 There’s more than one way to spell that long-i sound! Across 3. Opposite of black 4. Organism that lives off others 5. An explosive 7. Tallness 8. An object put into orbit around a planet Down 1. A scale used to measure temperature 2. Flying toy on a string 6. Mouth action 3 4 1 2 5 6 7 8 Rule-breaker Cr o sswo r d Use the long -i words above to complete the crossword. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. E d i t o r D u d e Proofread this tense and exciting adventure. Circle and correct 10 spelling errors. The Cliff-Hanger It was close to midnite when it occurred. What a frite I had! Everything happened so fast. First, there was a brite flash, then BOOM! A dynamight blast! For a couple of seconds, it got really hot. It must have been over a hundred degrees Fahrenhiet! My throat got so tite, I could hardly breathe! My skin was clammy. I thought this mite be it. A glowing green lite shone through my window. I was about to hide. . . yet, something made me get out of bed and peer outside. I looked hi and low. My eyes blurred for a moment, but when I looked up, I saw a huge dark shadow. Its hieght must have been at least eight feet! Editor’s Notes Name _____________________________________________ © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
30 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 1. flite 2. knite 3. fite 4. bryte 5. lite 6. kite 7. pairisyte 8. fairinhite 9. wyte 10. rite 11. satilite 12. hite 13. hedlite 14. nite (opposite of day) 15. dynamyte 16. frite 17. tite 18. myte 19. hi (opposite of low) 20. hilite Spell it Correctly Sound out each word in the chart and spell it correctly. Beware: Some words may not have an igh combination. . . but you’ll know that if you’ve studied! What’s the Word? Write the correct word on the line. 1. Tallness _________________________ 2. An explosive _________________________ 3. Organism that lives off others _________________________ 4. An object put into orbit around a planet _________________________ 5. Sense that uses the eyes _________________________ Misspelled Corrected What word means “a million units of computer information”? A B Name: _______________________________________ I-IGH Words BONUS Score: ___________ /80 Score: ___________ /15 (5 points) © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 31 s ! Mix & Match h d ng Rap it up! Scrambled Up Syllable Scramble! Syllable Syllable Scramble! Scramble! Tongue Twisters! The TION and SION Show When you hear the sound shuhn (say reservation, station, investigation) you usually spell it -tion. When you hear the sound zhuhn (say explosion, television, and division) you usually spell it -sion. 1. The fireworks caused a brilliant explo___________ in the sky. 2. Using subtrac___________, I solved the math problem. 3. We had much prepara___________ to do to get ready for the trip. 4. The tough competi___________ made us a stronger team. 5. My dad read the morning edi___________of the newspaper. 6. I couldn’t make that important deci___________ without help. 7. You will need some suntan lo___________ when you go to the beach. 8. Sally got her vi___________ checked at the eye doctor. 9. Mr. Hill met his wife at the train sta___________. 10. The popula___________ of China is well over a billion! 11. In my science experiment, I had to come up with a good conclu___________. 12. A frac___________ is a part of a whole thing. Complete each word with the suffix -tion or -sion. Read each clue. Form the Answer using the Syllable Tiles. Use each tile once. Repeated addition Talk with someone Your cousin A cut to the skin during an operation It fools your eyes Attack, takeover Clue Answer la sion tion mul re sa va con sion ca tion in lu tion sion ci il pli ti in ver Name _____________________________________________ Plural Search! Word Search! "ph"Word Search! Match Up! Strictly Plural Correct It! Plural Scramble! Crossword a Go-Go Fill ’em up! Fill ’em up! Spell It! The English language may cause frustration. . . . . . and confusion! © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
32 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling Find 20 M istakes Circle each spelling error in the story. Then spell each word correctly in the chart below. Amphibian Nayshuhn Wilbur couldn’t believe his eyes. Was that really a frog? Wilbur cleaned his glasses. No, he thought, it had to be an iloozhuhn. Wilbur looked at his teacher. She was talking about multiplykashuhn. He looked outside again. The weather report didn’t call for prisipitayshuhn, but there was a low dark cloud over part of the school. Was this some sort of strange aberration? Or was he just feeling frustrayshuhn over his schoolwork? A frog bounced off the window. Wilbur stood up quickly, knocking his chair over. Konvursayshuhn stopped. “Wilbur, what are you doing? The math kompuhtishuhn is tomorrow. We still have a lot of preperashuhn to do,” said his teacher. “F-f-f-rogs! Out the window,” said Wilbur, drawing everyone’s atencion outside. Suddenly the room was filled with konfuzhuhn. Wilbur was covered in purrspirazion. There was a loud explotion and more frogs fell from the sky like presipitasion. Was it an alien invation? Would this be the day’s conclution? And then the principal’s salutashuhn could be heard. “Students and teachers, do not worry. The Science Department wishes to apologize for the interupption. They had an unfortunate situasion. They promise the strange precipitation will stop shortly. You may now return to addition, subtrakshuhn, and multiplication without further hesitashuhn. Just watch your step outside.” MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Freebie Freebie Nation Name: _______________________________________ -TION and -SION Score: ___________ /100 © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Soft G and C No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 33 celebrity gyrate cyclops garage engine gceiling science agent sponge niece magic lounge excite bName ___________________________________________ If you need a g or c softened, use an i, e, or y, okay? C E T W I C E L Z R R M C C C S E C N E T N E S Y S H N I C T Y L B E E C S Q J U D G E M N Y R E T G R G S O R A N G E A P S A B Y A K E A R S G L J I I R U S R L N S T M J C O U G Y M N A S I U M C I R O U S G M A G I C E T Y V I C Q N P Q I E E I B I C Y C L E X G O D D C D N I L P E N I G N E N P X E O U O O I O N E P A C G G M I C P L L H L N T C I E E P H N S I I A C T I J U A I A V U T C N D N L Y A H B R P P A W E G B G E Z Q C D S R Y S Find These Words Match It! Wow! Now I can keep my words clean and my letters soft! The Rules If g is followed by any of the letter softeners, its sound will be /j/. If c is followed by any of the letter softeners, its sound will be /s/. giant large gym Meet the Letter Softeners! cent circle Sometimes the letter softeners don’t work. That cyclone means the c will sound like a k or ch even when it is followed by an e, i, or y. The g will sound like a /g/. Rules Breakers © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
34 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling Make up tongue twisters using soft g and c words. Say them fast A genuine giant general judged gymnastics. The excited cyclist circled the circus ceiling. Your Turn! Soft-G Twister: _________________________________________________________________________________. Soft-C Twister: __________________________________________________________________________________. 3 4 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 20 21 25 26 27 28 29 Soft -G and -C Y L S E I C S S A M I C NC E P D I T R GC L Y Y R X C W G RU NO NU A C P I Down 2. Needed 4. Complete thought 6. Famous person 8. Your sister’s daughter 9. A part 10. Buy it at a pharmacy 11. Kind and calm 13. To make a choice 15. Very large person 17. School room used for physical education 19. Turn, spin, rotate 21. Two-wheeled vehicle 24. To stimulate Across 1. Overhead part of a room 3. One-eyed creature 5. Tornado 7. Citrus fruit 9. Law enforcers 10. Tricks and illusions 12. One who presides in court 14. Round shape 16. Very unfortunate 18. Motor 20. Representative 22. Study of the physical world 23. Place for car 25. Hundred years 26. Empty room or gap 27. Lie around 28. Sea creature useful in the kitchen 29. Two times All the answers are soft-g and -c words! Mix & Match gRap it up! Scrambled Up Syllable Scramble! Tongue Twisters! Tongue Twisters! Twisters! Use a dictionary! Name ___________________________________________ © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 35 Sound It Out: Sound out these phonetically spelled words and spell them correctly. 1. majik 2. peess 3. byesikuhl 4. jyeuhnt 5. seyeklaups 6. jimnayzeeuhm 7. syeklone 8. ayjuhnt 9. eksite 10. syeuhnss 11. spuhnj 12. guhrahj 13. seeling 14. jyerate 15. kneess 16. lounj 17. enjuhn 18. juhj 19. suhlebruhtee 20. surkuhl 21. jentuhl 22. meduhsuhn 23. orinj 24. diside 25. trajik Phonetic Spell ing Correct Spel l ing Name: _______________________________________ Soft G and C Words Score: ___________ /100 © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
36 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling Fun with PH sound pharmacy phony graph Match It! Find These Words Match It! Match each “ph” word below with its correct meaning. morph phobia phenomenon bibliography geography photograph telephone pharmacy Philadelphia biography graph pharaoh phony phase phrase physical Egyptian ruler fake of a material thing drugstore stage of development fear a few words together list of books life story to change to another form camera picture an exceptional thing or event study of Earth’s physical features diagram that shows data communication device city in Pennsylvania Hint : Use the dictionary. “ph” Words Meanings We don’t have words like these in our planet! He’s definitely got a “ph” phobia. Name ___________________________________________ A I H P L E D A L I H P M Y H P A R G O E G L H H P A R G O T O H P Q A K W V J J L K R K Q W R N H Y M L Z K B N X G A P R O P H E T D R R T O R J Y C X P D X A N E H A I B O H P H P Z N L P N Y M Y H D H O M M E M K M K R H M N O N E P W Z G G H O P T Y S Y H B L E W R P N A A H V O L A L P M A H R R Q J N B C H K H N H A L G K E P I P P P P H C R N O H M S F Y M B C P C M A I N Y M R Y M Z T M S A L B H L H N N J Z E Y C C Z P H E N O M E N O N B Y Y H P A R G O I L B I B Circle 20 “ph” words in this word search. Plural Search! !"ph"Word Search! "ph"Word Search! Search! Match Up! yCorrect It! e! l le! word -Go Spell It! © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Name ___________________________________________ No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 37 What’s the pH Word? Fill in the blanks with the correct “ph” word. morph arachnophobia phenomenon bibliography geography photograph pharmacy Philadelphia biography graph pharaohs phony phase phantom phrase physical nymph telephone 1. I read Martin Luther King Jr’s __________________________ to learn about his life. 2. She has ___________________________—she’s afraid of spiders. 3. Please repeat that __________________________. I couldn’t hear you. 4. Mr. Go went to the __________________________ to buy some aspirin. 5. __________________________ activity will make you strong. 6. The solar eclipse was quite a __________________________! 7. These pictures will look great in my __________________________ album. 8. Our teacher made us include a __________________________ with our project. 9. Let’s chart our answers using a bar __________________________. 10. Just be yourself. Don’t be __________________________. 11. __________________________ is a big city in Pennsylvania. 12. A dragonfly larva is called a __________________________. 13. Mom says my teenage sister is going through a __________________________. 14. Sorry I didn’t call you. Our __________________________ was out of order. 15. Watch out for the __________________________ ghost from the green lagoon! 16. The __________________________ of Egypt were buried with most of their riches. 17. That cow can __________________________ into a three-eyed monster! 18. In __________________________ class, we learn about our country. © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
38 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 1. bibleeogruhfee 2. byeogruhfee 3. fairoh 4. fantuhm 5. farmuhsee 6. faze 7. fenomuhnon 8. filedelfea 9. fizuhkuhl 10. fohbeeuh 11. fohtuhgraf 12. fonee 13. fraze 14. graf 15. jeeogruhfee 16. morf 17. nimf 18. teluhfone Phonetic Spelling Correct Spelling Phonetic Spelling Correct Spelling Spell Correctly: Write the correct spelling of each of these phonetically spelled “ph” words. Fill It In: Write the most appropriate “ph” word in the blank. 1. In this ____________________ everyone is smiling. 2. King Tut was one of the most famous ____________________ of ancient Egypt. 3. A tadpole goes through more than one _______________ to become a frog. 4. The __________________ is ringing! Please answer it. 5. The baby genius is a __________________. 6. Dad’s story about the ghostly __________________ wasn’t scary. 7. When I saw our cat __________________ into a dog, I knew it was time to run. 8. We studied the __________________ of South America. 9. That list of books makes a good __________________. 10. I had to wait in line at the __________________ for my grandma’s medicine. A B Name: _______________________________________ PH Words Score: ___________ /54 Score: ___________ /30 What do you call the fear of open places? BONUS (16 points) © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 39 Commonly Confused Words Commonly confused Fill in the blanks with the correct word. TO: helps indicate a direction; connection to something Let’s go to the Sponge Boys concert. We all began to sing. TOO: more than enough; also That’s too much ice cream. Graham is coming, too. TWO: spelling for number 2 Sonya has two goldfish. 1. I want _______________ go _______________. 2. _______________ of you can sit in front. 3. _______________ is _______________ many _______________ ride on one bike. THERE: at that place Meet me over there. THEI R: belonging to them Joe’s cousins like their new house. THEY’RE: contraction for “they are” They’re good storywriters. 4. _______________ house is over _______________. 5. _______________ going to meet us later. 6. _______________ in the bushes, _______________ hiding. YO UR: belonging to you Thanks for letting me borrow your bike. YOU’RE: contraction for “you are” You’re my best friend. 7. _______________ supposed to wait with me. 8. _______________ flowers are growing! 9. _______________ mom wants you to come as soon as _______________ finished. ITS: belonging to it The bird built its nest in the tree. IT’S: contraction for “it is” It’s a lovely day. 10. _______________ going to rain tonight. 11. The dog gobbled down _______________ dinner. 12. If _______________ too cold, I will stay in. Name ___________________________________________ Round1 Some words sound alike, but they are not spelled alike. © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
40 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling Round2 Commonly Confused Fill in the blanks with the correct word. ALREADY: by this time We did that already. ALL READY: prepared to do something We’re all ready to go. 1. She is _______________ to leave. 2. We have been _______________ since morning. 3. I _______________ finished. 4. Are you _______________? Let’s go! RIGHT: correct; opposite of left; part of immediately Jordy’s work is right. Turn right at the corner. Come here right away. WR I TE: mark down (on paper) I want to write a story. 5. _______________ that in your book. 6. That was the _______________ thing to do. 7. _______________ that in the _______________ hand corner of the paper. 8. Do it _______________ now! WEAR: to have on She’s going to wear her soccer jersey. WHERE: in what place Where are you going? 9. _______________ is the party? 10. I don’t know _______________ to put that. 11. Are you going to _______________ the red hat? 12. _______________ your swimsuit to the park. THREW: past tense of throw The catcher threw to second base. THROUGH: in one side and out the other; finished I had to climb through the window. I’m all through with work. 13. I _______________ the garbage into the can. 14. Can you get _______________ the maze? 15. Put the thread _______________ the eye of the needle. 16. I _______________ the ball as hard as I could. THAN: used mainly in comparisons Irvin is older than Katharine. THEN: means “at that time” or “soon after” We went to the park, and then we played tag. 17. Until _______________, she had never laughed. 18. Run, _______________ walk. 19. I’d rather read _______________ dig that hole. 20. She’s looking better _______________ ever! Name ___________________________________________ Commonly Confused Words © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 41 Commonly confused Fill in the blanks with the correct word. WHOLE: all of it I ate the whole pie myself. HOLE: an empty place Don’t fall into that deep hole. 1. We need to dig a _______________. 2. I have to complete the _______________ thing. 3. Watch out for the _______________ there. 4. The _______________ team will be at the game. BREAK: come apart; no longer work; space If you break the lock, we won’t get in. Give me a break! BRAKE: stop; stopping device Brake at the red light. 5. Let’s take a ten-minute _______________. 6. Step on the _______________. 7. _______________ before you hit the fence. 8. Don’t drop the dish or it will _______________. NO: negative There’s no way I’m going. KNOW: to understand or be aware of I know the answer. 9. _______________, I think I’ll stay home. 10. Does he _______________ your name? 11. My dad will _______________ the way. 12. There was _______________ one there. 13. Jojo _______________ you were coming. 14. I _______________ the answer, but I have forgotten it. 15. We’re moving into our _______________ house. NEW: just purchased or made The new car shone in the sun. KNEW: past tense of know I knew that yesterday. PI ECE: a part of Please give her a big piece of pie. PEACE: calm I could feel peace out in the woods. 16. Can I please have a _______________ of that? 17. He is having another _______________. 18. Let’s have _______________, not war! Round3 Name ___________________________________________ Commonly Confused Words © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
42 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling Commonly confused Fill in the blanks with the correct word. WEATHER: atmospheric conditions The weather is so hot and humid. WHETHER: if it happens that I am not sure whether we are going or not. 1. Pam is going _______________ you go or not. 2. It’s been lovely _______________ this summer. 3. He’s not sure _______________ he can attend. 4. We’ll check the _______________ before going. ACCEPT: receive or agree with I want you to accept this award. Do you accept my idea? EXCEPT: not including He likes them all except for the blue one. 5. I can go every day _______________ Monday. 6. Sam won’t _______________ her present. 7. _______________ me as I am. 8. He’ll eat any vegetable _______________ beans. HERE: in this place I’m here hiding in the bushes. HEAR: sense through the ear (auditory) Can you hear the waterfall? 9. I can _______________ all the instruments. 10. Come _______________ now! 11. _______________ we go again. 12. Please _______________ what I have to say. PLANE: aircraft We traveled over the mountains by plane. PLAIN: simple, not fancy I’ll wear a plain dress to the concert. 13. I’ll just have my pizza _______________ this time. 14. She is just a _______________ dog , but we love her. 15. Everything looked so tiny from the _______________. 16. It’s just _______________ old me! PAST: before now In the museum, we see cool things from the past. PASSED: went by; advanced; handed to Faster cars passed the slow one. Sally passed into grade six! Bob passed her the ball. 17. Grandpa likes to talk about the _______________. 18. We all _______________ the drivers’ course. 19. She _______________ me when we raced. 20. It’s hard to remember some things about my _______________. Round 4 Name ___________________________________________ Commonly Confused Words © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 43 Commonly Confused Name ___________________________________________ Across 2. Mark down on paper 4. Stop! Hit the ______! 5. You dig it 6. To have on 7. Past tense of know 9. Before now 11. By this time 13. Not old 15. 1 + 1 16. You are 18. If it happens that 20. Not fancy 21. They are 23. In one end and out the other 25. Calm and quiet 26. Belonging to them 27. Aircraft 28. It is 29. Receive 30. At that place Down 1. To understand or be aware of 2. In what place? 3. Soon after 4. To make into pieces 8. Atmospheric conditions 10. Past tense of throw 11. Prepared to do something 12. Belonging to you 13. Negative response 14. All of it 15. Indicates direction or connection 17. Correct 19. Sense through ears 21. Used to compare 22. Not including 24. In this place 25. Went by 26. Also 27. A part of 28. Belonging to it I’m all ready two confused too no weather or not my answers are write. 1 2 5 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 14 18 20 23 24 21 25 26 27 30 29 28 22 17 19 © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
44 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling Survivor Challenge Fill in the blanks with the Commonly Confused Words in Rounds 1 to 4. Hint: Keep the worksheets from Rounds 1 to 4 handy. My Island Holiday ____________ not a story that is easy to tell, but I’ll try ____________ explain the ____________ thing. I hopped into my private ____________ at the ____________ of dawn. With a cloudless sky, the ____________ was perfect. I had been ____________ stressed for weeks. I was really looking forward ____________ some ____________ and quiet far, far away from civilization. I had been in the air for about ____________ hours before I ____________ something was wrong— very wrong. I could ____________ one engine cough and sputter. One of my engines stopped working. I tried to see ____________ the other one was going ____________. I took a quick look below me and saw an island. I would have ____________ fly ____________ the trees and make an emergency landing on the beach. I flew ____________ some coconut trees, knocking ____________ coconuts ____________ the ground. I was concentrating hard and managed ____________ touch down and stop without a problem. “At least ____________ I’m safe,” I said out loud. I heard some branches snapping. I looked left. I looked ____________. I couldn’t see anything. My heart started beating faster. I was just happy to be ____________, safe on the ground, but I was worried. I ____________ something or someone was watching me. I grabbed a branch and began to ____________ H-E-L-P in the sand. ____________ was that sound again. This time I saw ____________ it came from. I decided to investigate. I walked ____________ my ____________ and into the jungle. I could tell that someone had just run ____________. I kept walking in the same direction. Suddenly I found myself in a clearing surrounded by people and cameras. “____________ about time you got ____________” a woman with an English accent said. “We’ve had everything ____________ and waiting for you for an hour. What took you so long?” “This is all ____________ confusing,” I said. “____________ am I? Who are you?” “____________ on Bogo-Bogo Island! ____________ the newest winner of a million dollars!” Name: _______________________________________ Commonly Confused Words Score: ___________ /100 © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 45 Syllables Have the Beat! (p. 6) Word In Syl-la-bles Number of Rules That Syllables Apply brother broth-er 2 1, 2 riddle rid-dle 2 1, 2, 5 about a-bout 2 1, 3 disappear dis-ap-pear 3 1, 2, 6 important im-por-tant 3 1, 4, 6 communication com-mu-ni-ca-tion 5 1, 2, 4, 6 The Syllable Thing (pp. 7–8) Answers may vary, but could include: ou – out, about, snout, pout oi – oil, toil, boil, soil ow – now, bow, brow, chow au/ou – taught, astronaut, fought, thought oy – boy, decoy, Roy, annoy aw – paw, law, claw, draw oo – shoot, toot, loot, root Mini-Byte 1 Mini-Byte 3 Mini-Byte 2 Mini-Byte 4 Quickie Quiz: Syllables (p. 9) Syllable Rules: BONUS: psychologist Definitions: 1. two, one 3. sound, vowels 2. th, sh, ph 4. aw, oo, oi Break It Down: The Ruler of Plural Says… (pp. 10–12) Try it! Fill Me In stories; mummies; lotteries; possibilities; countries; cities; celebrities; parties Find Those Words Crossword a Go-Go Plural Scramble Chinese deer salmon antennae feet geese mice larvae oxen women teeth Quickie Quiz: Plurals (p. 13) Plural Rules 1. F 3. T 5. F 7. F 2. T 4. F 6. T 8. T BONUS: larvae Plural Forms Find 10 Mistakes bongos; mosquitoes; children; oxen; puppies; cities; geese; mice; heroes; women Suffix: Is This the End? (pp. 14–15) Rule 1 and Rule 2: Try It! Word ADD -ing ADD -ed ram ramming rammed fit fitting fitted sort sorting sorted camp camping camped act acting acted hope hoping hopeful/hopefully place placing placement care caring careful/carefully shape shaping shapely arrange arranging arrangement move moving movement Key 2 3 4 1 A L P H A B E T A S T R O N A T V C A T I O D L I C I OU S 3 5 4 1 2 PEDESTR IAN CART OON C H U C K L C O N C E N T R E P R E H I S T R C 4 5 6 1 2 3 HOP AV A I LABLE T E L E V I S ION D I F F ERENT T O L T R G N Z A I O N 3 4 2 1 5 F O U G H E T V E N T N O O D L E C O R R C I N WOND RF U 1. moth-er 2. cat-tle 3. dis-ap-pear 4. com-mu-nica-tion 5. frog 6. rid-dle 7. im-por-tant 8. i-tem 9. o-pen 10. catch-er 11. as-tro-naut 12. ad-ven-ture 13. lit-tle 14. re-port 15. fought 16. al-pha-bet 17. de-li-cious 18. in-ven-tion 19. noise 20. strong-er 1. books 2. games 3. dreams 4. powers 5. skateboards 6. banks 7. comics 8. pizzas 9. friends 10. graphs 1. kisses 2. foxes 3. knishes 4. beaches 5. watches 6. crushes 7. passes 8. taxes 9. batches 10. dresses 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. F 5. F 6. T 7. T 8. T 9. T 10. T 1. inches 2. oxen 3. chiefs 4. radios 5. potatoes 6. women 7. geese 8. feet 9. antennae 10. taxes 11. teeth 12. deer 13. pennies 14. wives 15. keys 16. countries 17. leaves 18. pianos 19. dishes 20. Chinese K B M O W L M E F S P A P S R R Y Y M Z D C C H I E F S H A W P S V U I L I E H S N E E F L E S L F A E L L B O S V V M F J C G E U G V M T S S V W D N X E F A L Y M V V D O W E W S I M F O F H U W I R Y R F S 2 34 5 67 8 13 14 18 1 11 9 10 15 16 12 17 V I D E OS HOBOES BO NGOS LASSOS S I L OS PORT F O L I OS ZOOS DODOS PROS SOLO T E R E O M O Q U I T O E T R O S E O E S O R A N O B A N J O U T O M A T E I P P S H E O E S © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
46 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 3 7 4 8 6 5 1 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 18 23 17 20 21 25 27 28 26 24 22 TRULY S T B B O R N N E S F L I N G R C R E T O N H N I G L N N E O S N G R A G M E N H O P N J U M N F A N E D N N E T D I V I N A C I V I N OP ENED HOP I NG W I NN I NG C H A NG E A B L E P R E P AR I NG RO BB E RY SH A P I NG F I N A L L Y CON T R O L L E R S L I D I NG ED I TED SCOO P I NG WR I T I NG ACH I E V EMENT C ARP E T I NG D O I NG 1. happiness 2. preparing 3. recreation 4. flying 5. dying 6. beautify 7. carpeted 8. judgment 9. dives 10. ninety 11. losing 12. achievement 13. plentiful 14. fanned 15. scooping 16. healthiness 17. chopped 18. movement 19. skies 20. carrier 1. Wednesday 2. Listen 3. chalk 4. yolk 5. knee 6. Climbing 7. design 8. crumb 9. know 10. doubt 11. tongue 12. ghost 13. league 14. write 15. Guard 16. wrestling 17. building 18. guitar 19. two 20. biscuits 21. foreigner 22. knit 23. Half 24. walk 1. hour 2. knew 3. ghost 4. wrong, grown 5. lamb 6. doubt 7. match 8. knife 9. listen 1. nauseous 2. cause 3. daughter 4. sauce 5. cautious 6. haunted 7. applause 8. astronaut 8 3 1 9 10 5 11 6 2 4 7 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 24 25 26 29 23 19 22 27 28 31 32 33 35 36 34 30 GU I T A R B U T H E W D N S A B S U I W I T O R S C A C H T U M U I D I Y O K S A L M O I G D E C N M T N C A L U E S O N U E C AST LE F ORE I GNER WH I C H CRUMB HALF CALM SWORD L I ST EN ALMOND DOUBT HONEST LAMB KNOT TWO TALK GU I LT Y NUMB WA LK L E AGUE C L I M B I NG 1. happiness 2. plentiful 3. satisfies 4. healthiness 5. pitiless 6. beautiful 7. hurried 8. parties 9. merriment 10. funnier Rule 3: Try It! Word ADD -ing ADD -ed ADD -s carry carrying carried carries bury burying buried buries ferry ferrying ferried ferries play playing played plays Spell It! Correct It! 1. finally 3. beautiful 5. Happiness 2. appeared 4. planned Groovy Suffix X-word (p. 16) Quickie Quiz: Suffix (p. 17) Correction! 1. opened 5. famous 9. argument 2. arranging 6. robbery 10. truly 3. tries 7. hurried 11. finally 4. beautiful 8. camper 12. acting Change It! 1. flip flipping flipped 2. place placing placed 3. move moving moved 4. appear appearing appeared 5. hurry hurrying hurried 6. play playing played 7. control controlling controlled 8. edit editing edited BONUS: beautification Spell It Out! The Silent Letter (pp. 18–20) Let’s Do It! (p. 18) 1. edge, hedge, wedge 2. watch, scratch, match 3. palm, calm; calf, half; talk, walk; folk, yolk 4. hand-ker-chief 5. butch-er, fas-ten, cas-tle, lis-ten 6. salm-on, al-mond Let’s Do It! (p. 19) 1. knew, knot, knob, knee, knife 2. n 3. foreigner, design, gnu, gnaw, sign 4. m; doubt 5. thumb, numb, crumb 6. comb, lamb, bomb, climbing Let’s Do It! (p. 20) 1. what, when, why, which, where 2. Answers may vary, but could include: honesty, honor, honorable 3. ghost 4. two, sword 5. wrote, wreck, wrist, whole, wrinkle, wrong, wrapper 6. g; guest, guess, guitar, guard, guilty, league, tongue Silent Letter Mega Crossword (p. 21) Unscramble Quickie Quiz: Silent Letters (p. 22) BONUS: amond AU … It’s Painless! (p. 23) Fill ’em Up! Rule Breakers 1. b 2. c 3. c Word Search fought sought bought brought thought © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 47 Quickie Quiz: AU Words (p. 24) What’s Right? 1. d 3. a 5. a 7. d 2. a 4. b 6. c 8. b BONUS: because Correct It! 1. bought 3. sauce 5. haunted 7. aunt 2. thought 4. laughed 6. nauseous 8. caught EI … IE … Oh! (p. 25) Try It! 1. sleigh (2) 3. cashier (1) 5. veil (2) 7. Either (3) 2. thief (1) 4. receipt (1) 6. counterfeit (2) 8. shriek (1) Groovy EI…IE X-word (p. 26) Quickie Quiz: EI…IE Words (p. 27) What’s Right? Sound Out & Spell 1. veil 5. eight 9. grief 13. mischief 2. either 6. believe 10. freight 14. priest 3. counterfeit 7. conscience 11. weight 15. leisure 4. friend 8. conceited 12. niece BONUS: seize The IGH Thing (p. 28) Rap It Up! Answers may vary; possible answers could be: right; night; flight; right; bright light; fight; knight; tight; right; bright light; might; fright; plight; bright light; bright light Mix & Match highlight headlight uptight midnight moonlight tonight eyesight playwright The I’s Have It! (p. 29) Editor Dude Quickie Quiz: I-IGH Words (p. 30) Spell It Correctly What’s the Word? 1. height 3. parasite 5. sight 2. dynamite 4. satellite BONUS: megabyte The TION and SION Show (p. 31) Fill ’em Up! Syllable Scramble 1. multiplication 3. relation 5. illusion 2. conversation 4. incision 6. invasion Quickie Quiz: -TION and -SION (p. 32) Find 20 Mistakes Soft G and C (p. 33) Soft G and C Word Search Tongue Twisters! (p. 34) Answers will vary. 1. c 2. c 3. b 4. c 5. d 6. a 7. d 8. d 9. a 10. b 1. flight 2. knight 3. fight 4. bright 5. light 6. kite 7. parasite 8. Fahrenheit 9. white 10. right, write 11. satellite 12. height 13. headlight 14. night 15. dynamite 16. fright 17. tight 18. might 19. high 20. highlight 1. midnight 2. fright 3. bright 4. dynamite 5. Fahrenheit 6. tight 7. might 8. light 9. high 10. height 1. explosion 2. subtraction 3. preparation 4. competition 5. edition 6. decision 7. lotion 8. vision 9. station 10. population 11. conclusion 12. fraction 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 18 21 19 20 23 25 22 26 28 27 24 15 16 17 7 4 1 5 6 2 3 I I I V C S U G S E E I F Y T L I M C U G G E G E E E E P P S C C G E D E R C I I E I H F I L D R E N E Z I G C T A H I R N E C V E L O R E I L E E V H E O I N E L I H E S R E C I V E H I E G H O T R F E T B E L I V E C O N E T E L I N G I S C H E F R I S T R C E E F R I H T F R I E N D W E R D H E G T H R I K R E 1. Nation 2. illusion 3. multiplication 4. precipitation 5. frustration 6. Conversation 7. competition 8. preparation 9. attention 10. confusion 11. perspiration 12. explosion 13. precipitation 14. invasion 15. conclusion 16. salutation 17. interruption 18. situation 19. subtraction 20. hesitation 3 4 1 2 5 6 7 8 W H I T E F A H E H I K T B I T P A R A S I T E DYNAM I T E H E I GHT SATELL I TE © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources
48 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling Soft G and C X-word Quickie Quiz: Soft G and C (p. 35) Sound It Out Fun With PH (p. 36) Match It! morph – to change to another form phobia – fear phenomenon – an exceptional thing or event bibliography – a list of books geography – study of Earth’s physical features photograph – camera picture telephone – communication device pharmacy – drugstore Philadelphia – city in Pennsylvania biography – life story graph – diagram that shows data pharaoh – Egyptian ruler phony – fake phase – stage of development phrase – a few words together physical – of a material thing PH Word Search What’s the PH Word? (p. 37) Quickie Quiz: PH Words (p. 38) Spell Correctly 1. bibliography 10. phobia 2. biography 11. photograph 3. pharaoh 12. phony 4. phantom 13. phrase 5. pharmacy 14. graph 6. phase 15. geography 7. phenomenon 16. morph 8. Philadelphia 17. nymph 9. physical 18. telephone Fill It In Bonus: agoraphobia Commonly Confused Words (pp. 39–42) Round 1 (p. 39) Round 2 (p. 40) Round 3 (p. 41) Round 4 (p. 42) Commonly Confused Crossword (p. 43) Quickie Quiz: Confused Words (p. 44) It’s; to; whole; plane; break; weather; too; to; peace; two; knew; hear; whether; too; to; through; past; two; to; to; here; right; there; knew; write; There; where; past; plane; through; It’s; here; all ready; too; Where; You’re; You’re 1. magic 2. piece 3. bicycle 4. giant 5. cyclops 6. gymnasium 7. cyclone 8. agent 9. excite 10. science 11. sponge 12. garage 13. ceiling 14. gyrate 15. niece 16. lounge 17. engine 18. judge 19. celebrity 20. circle 21. gentle 22. medicine 23. orange 24. decide 25. tragic 1. photograph 2. pharaohs 3. phase 4. telephone 5. phenomenon 6. phantom 7. morph 8. geography 9. bibliography 10. pharmacy 1. to, too 2. Two 3. Two, too, to 4. Their, there 5. They’re 6. There, they’re 7. You’re 8. Your 9. Your, you’re 10. It’s 11. its 12. it’s 1. all ready 2. all ready 3. already 4. all ready 5. Write 6. right 7. Write, right 8. right 9. Where 10. where 11. wear 12. Wear 13. threw 14. through 15. through 16. threw 17. then 18. then 19. than 20. than 1. hole 2. whole 3. hole 4. whole 5. break 6. brake 7. Brake 8. break 9. No 10. know 11. know 12. no 13. knew 14. knew 15. new 16. piece 17. piece 18. peace 1. whether 2. weather 3. whether 4. weather 5. except 6. accept 7. Accept 8. except 9. hear 10. here 11. Here 12. hear 13. plain 14. plain 15. plane 16. plain 17. past 18. passed 19. passed 20. past 1. biography 2. arachnophobia 3. phrase 4. pharmacy 5. Physical 6. phenomenon 7. photograph 8. bibliography 9. graph 10. phony 11. Philadelphia 12. nymph 13. phase 14. telephone 15. phantom 16. pharaohs 17. morph 18. geography 3 4 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 20 21 25 26 27 28 29 L W Y L S E I C S S A M I C NC E P D I T R G C Y Y R X C G RU NO NU A C P I C C O P C Y L O E O L I C E C R C L E J U G E A E N T C E N T Y S C E N E S P G E L O G E S C E T I C E G A A G E E N G I N E A G C O R N G E C L I N G E A R I E E E N T E D I I N Y M A I M B C C G I N T E C I D I E E B A E E T N A T E I T A I 1 2 5 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 14 18 20 23 24 21 25 26 27 30 29 28 22 17 19 ‘ ‘ ‘ W R I T E H O L E W E A R K N E W O U R E T H E L L R A D H R E K E A X E P A S S D S A I E C O O R G H H L E O K N W H R E H N E E N E W P A S T A L R E A D Y Y O U R E B R A K E T W O P L A I N T H R O U G H T H E I R P L A N E T H E R E A C C E P T I T S P E A C E T H E Y R E W H E T H E R © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources