Lesson 11: Keeping the Final Silent e - Weebly

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Lesson 11: Keeping the Final Silent e

Word Bank

endorsement advantageous

incitement replaceable

remorseful foreseeable

remorseless canoeist

judgment decreeing

Key Concepts

1. To add a suffix starting with a consonant, keep a word's final silent e. spite ful spiteful place ment placement

2. Memorize two exceptions: judge ment judgment awe ful awful

3. To add a suffix starting with a or o, keep the e in words with the soft c or g sound.. trace able traceable outrage ous outrageous

4. To add most suffixes to words ending in ee or oe, keep the final e. free dom freedom free ing freeing hoe ing hoeing

Spelling Practiced

Choose the word from the Word Bank that combines each word root and suffix. Write your choice

on the line. Then write the number of the Key Concept that applies to your choice.

Example: free dom

freedom, 4

1. advantage ous advantageous, 3

6. judge ment judgment, 2

2. canoe ist canoeist, 4

7. incite ment incitement, 1

3. decree ing decreeing, 4

8. replace able replaceable, 3

4. endorse ment endorsement, 1

9. remorse ful remorseful, 1

5. foresee able foreseeable, 4

10. remorse less remorseless, 1

Spelling in Contextd

Write the word that best fits in each sentence. Use the Key Concepts to spell the words correctly.

1. By decreeing

taxes on basics such as tea, England's Parliament created hardships for

American colonists.

2. King George's endorsement

of the taxes fueled colonists' anger.

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3. The colonists' reaction to Parliament might have been foreseeable

4. Neither the king nor the members of Parliament seemed remorseful protested.

5. This lack of concern was one more incitement

to revolution.

, but apparently it was not. when colonists

Proofreading Practiced

Read the paragraph. Find the five misspelled words and circle them. Then, on the numbered lines below, write the correct spelling for each circled word.

Could the old islander's claim be true? Could he really guide a canoist five hundred miles between two tiny atolls--using no navigation equipment at all? In the vast and remorsless Pacific, a small error could be fatal. Yet the judgement of Hipour, a traditional Micronesian navigator, proved accurate. His advantagous knowledge of currents, stars, and natural signs brought the canoe safely to its goal. His 1970 feat showed that traditional ways are not always easily replacable.

1. canoeist

3. judgment

5. replaceable

2. remorseless

4. advantageous

Spelling Applicationd

Here are six additional words that reflect the Key Concepts you have learned. Fill in the word that best completes each tongue twister.

courageous

entirely

guaranteeing manageable

purposeful tiptoeing

1. Tricia's entirely

entrapped in truck tire trouble.

2. May my mammoth be manageable

, Ma'am.

3. The aged sage is courageous

.

4. Perfectly purposeful

persons pivot.

5. It's trim Tim Tripp tiptoeing

.

6. Grand trees guaranteeing

teeming greenery grow.

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