Spelling Patterns
Choose the right spelling:
This piece of cake is for/far you.
What is for?
What is the clue to and/or the meaning of this word:
teasing
The coach doesn’t allow teasing, so don’t let her hear you making fun of the other team.
What is making fun or taunting?
What is the prefix in this word:
unbelievable
What is -un?
Break this word into its syllables:
digital
What is di / gi / tal ?
Using _ devices are now a part of our daily lives.
What is digital?
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My little brother is in the ferst/first grade.
What is first?
What is the clue to and/or the meaning of this word:
rendezvous
We’ll use the food court as our rendezvous, unless you can suggest a better meeting place.
What is a meeting place?
What is the suffix in this word:
improvement
What is -ment?
Break this word into syllables:
benefit
What is ben / e / fit / ?
There is a great _ to working hard in school.
What is benefit?
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My cousin is a really fast runnir/runner.
What is runner?
What is the clue to and/or the meaning of this word:
arthropod
Arthropods like millipedes, dragonflies, and scorpions grew to enormous sizes during the Carboniferous period, about 350 million years ago.
What is an insect-like animal or a millipede, dragonfly, or scorpion?
What does the prefix -un mean?
Example Words:
unbelievable
untie
What is not or the opposite of?
Break this word into syllables:
entertainment
What is / en / ter / tain / ment ?
Watching movies is a great form of _.
What is entertainment?
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I would like to learn how to play guiter/guitar
What is guitar?
What is the clue to and/or the meaning of this word:
legumes
Some of my favorite cooking ingredients are legumes, such as soybeans, chickpeas, and lentils.
What are beans?
What does the prefix pre- mean?
What is before?
Break this word into syllables:
temptation
What is temp / ta / tion ?
The baked cookies on the counter were too great a _ to resist.
What is temptation?
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There are many stories about people who had to learn how to sirvive/survive on deserted islands after a ship or plane crash.
What is survive?
What is the clue to and/or the meaning of this phrase:
bottom fishing
Abigail knew that to catch a fish, she would have to try bottom fishing, a fishing technique of dropping the lure to the water floor to catch the fish that dwell there.
What is a type of or technique of fishing?
What does the suffix -ly do to a word?
It explains how _.
Example Words:
quietly
slowly
What is how something is done OR it describes the verb?
Break this word into syllables:
unpredictable
What is un / pre / dict / a / ble ?
What is predictable?