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Write all the words neatly in pen 10 times each. |

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|Make a set of flash cards for studying |5 points |

|spelling/meaning. | |

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|Draw a picture. “Hide” all of the words 3 |10 points |

|times in the picture. | |

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|Type all the words in alphabetical order. |5 points |

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|Create a “mix and match” puzzle for the words|10 points |

|and their definitions. | |

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|Write your own definition of all the words. |10points |

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|Write a one page narrative using all of the |20 points |

|words. Underline the words. | |

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|Cut words out of a magazine and/or newspaper |20 points |

|to make a WORD collage. No pictures! | |

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|Create and complete a word search with all |5 points |

|the words from the word list. | |

| |5 points |

|Snowman or Scarecrow (Hangman) - Snowman is a | |

|nonviolent version of Hangman. On a wipe-off |Parent initials |

|board or chalkboard, draw a snowman with hat |required |

|and three buttons. Play like hangman (don't | |

|forget to draw the lines to show how many | |

|letters the chosen word has), but erase a part | |

|of the snowman for each guess. The object is to| |

|guess the word before the snowman melts. | |

| |5 points |

|Scrabble - Use Scrabble tiles to spell your | |

|words. |Parent initials |

| |required |

| |10 points |

|Colorful Words - Use two different color pens | |

|to write your spelling words. Use one color to | |

|write the consonants and the other for the | |

|vowels. Do this one more time. Close your eyes | |

|and picture the word in your mind. Now try and | |

|write the word with just one color. | |

|“Sign” your words. Use the chart to help you. |20 points |

| |Parent initials |

| |required |

|Write a song that includes each of the words in| |

|the word list. |15 points |

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|Use each word correctly in a sentence. |10 points |

LIST 1: Getting letters in correct order.

1. briefcase

2. fierce

3. believe

4. sleigh

5. weirdest

6. beige

7. experiment

8. completely

9. politely

10. perfume

11. preserve

12. recruit

13. biscuit

14. lieutenant

15. thirtieth

16. doesn’t

17. through

18. maneuver

19. gauge

20. decision

CONTEXT CLUES: Use the context clues in each sentence to help you write the correct word.

1. A total eclipse will occur on the ______of October.

2. The horses pulled the ______ through the snow.

3. The soldiers stood at attention as a _____ entered the room.

4. The attorney put the important papers into her ______.

5. With those dark brown pants you should wear ______ socks.

6. Arguing with the umpire just ______ do any good.

7. Letting you drive is strictly your parents’ ______.

8. The blowfish puffs itself up to make it look more ______.

WORD ASSOCIATION: Write the list words suggested by each group of words.

1. Sweet-smelling, cologne

2. Bread, baked, roll

3. Keep, save, protect

4. Strangest, oddest

5. Laboratory, trial, test

6. Think, accept, suppose

7. Courteously, nicely, elegantly

8. Scale, measure, instrument

9. Newly enlisted soldier, new member

10. Plan, clever trick, movement

11. Done with, over, finished

12. Thoroughly, totally

LIST 2: Unexpected Consonant Spellings.

1. whirlpool

2. overwhelming

3. brochure

4. penguin

5. examination

6. distinguished

7. executive

8. parachute

9. exhibit

10. exempt

11. language

12. extinguish

13. guacamole

14. meanwhile

15. exotic

16. chauffer

17. exertion

18. Michigan

19. exhausted

20. chandelier

CLASSIFYING: Write the list word that belongs in each group.

1. manager, supervisor, ______

2. leaflet, pamphlet, ______

3. rare, unusual, ______

4. candle holder, lamp, ______

5. Illinois, Iowan, ______

6. at the same time, in the time between, ______

ANALOGIES: Write the list word that completes each analogy.

1. Cab driver is to taxicab as _____ is to limousine.

2. Life jacket is to swimmer as ______ is to sky diver.

3. Jaguar is to cat as ______ is to bird.

4. Soccer is to sport as Russian is to ______.

SENTENCE COMPLETION: Write the list word that best completes each sentence.

1. Freddy must pass this ______ in order to graduate.

2. We went to an ______ featuring the works of Picasso.

3. Senior citizens are ______ from paying the admission fee.

4. After running in the marathon, Roberto felt ______.

5. My problem seemed ______ until I got help.

6. Please ______ all the candles before leaving the room.

7. Ripe avocados make the best ______.

8. Selena was tired after all her ______.

9. The leaves twirled round and round in the ______.

10. Our next speaker is a ______ federal judge.

LIST 3: One Consonant or Two?

1. different

2. abbreviation

3. parallel

4. recommend

5. accommodate

6. harass

7. accomplishment

8. Connecticut

9. embarrass

10. approximately

11. cinnamon

12. graffiti

13. confetti

14. Halloween

15. interruption

16. mayonnaise

17. possession

18. successfully

19. necessary

20. commitment

RIDDLES: Use the clues in the riddles to write the correct word list.

1. Spread me on bread.

2. Scare me today with your costume.

3. For Sale! 2 bkes., 1 rd., 1 blck., TL 555-7809 in P.M.

4. Toss me during a party or parade!

5. I’m great sprinkled on toast or baked apples.

6. I look ugly spray-painted on buildings.

7. I’m one of the original thirteen states.

8. We lines are always together but never meet.

SYNONYMS: Write the list word that means the same as each pair of synonyms. Use a dictionary if necessary.

1. achievement, fulfillment

2. ownership, property

3. advise, suggest

4. disturb, torment

5. intermission, break

6. essential, required

7. prosperously, fortunately

8. almost, nearly

9. pledge, promise

10. shame, humiliate

11. contain, hold

12. distinct, separate

LIST 4: Homophones

1. heard

2. herd

3. capital

4. capitol

5. compliment

6. complement

7. stationery

8. stationary

9. principle

10. principal

11. there

12. their

13. straight

14. strait

15. idle

16. idol

17. hostel

18. hostile

19. sheer

20. shear

WORD PAIRS: Use the context to help you write the correct homophone pair for each sentence.

1. The _____ of buffalo stampeded because they _____ the blast of the hunters’ rifles.

2. Lionel said he never met anyone at a youth _____ in Europe who was _____ to him.

3. We wanted them to park _____ car over ____ under the shade of that tree.

4. The _____ of our school insists that students wear long pants as a matter of _____.

5. Ships must steer a _____ course when they navigate through the narrow _____.

6. Though she had been the _____ of movie fans everywhere, she has been _____ for more than a decade.

WORD ASSOCIATION: Write the list word suggested by each group of words. Use a dictionary for help.

1. Letter; A, B, or C

2. Writing paper, envelopes

3. Cut, trim

4. Praise, congratulate

5. Building, dome

6. Transparent, thin

7. Immovable, still

8. supplement, complete

LIST 5: Adding –ed and –ing

Study the words in each group. Notice if the base word changes when different endings are added.

research control

researched controlled

researching controlling

travel commit

traveled committed

traveling committing

argue qualify

argued qualified

arguing qualifying

receive horrify

received horrified

receiving horrifying

mimic panic

mimicked panicked

mimicking panicking

SENTENCE COMPLETION: Write the form of the base word in parentheses that completes each sentence.

1. (argue) You two are always _____ about who gets to sit by the window.

2. (research) The graduate student published her findings after she thoroughly _____ the subject of hurricanes.

3. (horrify) The scream was absolutely _____ to hear.

4. (qualify) After taking guitar lessons for ten years, Arionne felt _____ for the job with the band.

5. (panic) many lives were saved because no one _____ during the fire.

6. (mimic) Is that bird _____ what I just said?

7. (control) We saw an exhibition of remote-_____ aircraft.

8. (horrify) Nina was _____ when she heard the grim news.

9. (commit) They _____ the robbery, didn’t they?

10. (commit) They’re through _____ crimes.

SYNONYMS: Write the list word that means the same as each pair of synonyms.

1. imitated, copied

2. journeying, moving

3. losing control, not thinking

4. disputed, debated

5. journeyed, moved

6. getting, taking

7. inquiring, investigating

8. succeeding, achieving

9. got, took

10. regulating, directing

LIST 6: The Fifty United States of America and Their Two-Letter Abbreviations

1. Alabama AL

2. Alaska AK

3. Arizona AZ

4. Arkansas AR

5. California CA

6. Colorado CO

7. Connecticut CT

8. Delaware DE

9. Florida FL

10. Georgia GA

11. Hawaii HI

12. Idaho ID

13. Illinois IL

14. Indiana IN

15. Iowa IA

16. Kansas KS

17. Kentucky KY

18. Louisiana LA

19. Maine ME

20. Maryland MD

21. Massachusetts MA

22. Michigan MI

23. Minnesota MN

24. Mississippi MS

25. Missouri MO

26. Montana MT

27. Nebraska NE

28. Nevada NV

29. New Hampshire NH

30. New Jersey NJ

31. New Mexico NM

32. New York NY

33. North Carolina NC

34. North Dakota ND

35. Ohio OH

36. Oklahoma OK

37. Oregon OR

38. Pennsylvania PA

39. Rhode Island RI

40. South Carolina SC

41. South Dakota SD

42. Tennessee TN

43. Texas TX

44. Utah UT

45. Vermont VT

46. Virginia VA

47. Washington WA

48. West Virginia WV

49. Wisconsin WI

50. Wyoming WY

Visit the website to answer the following questions for each state.



1. Date of Statehood

2. State Capital

3. State Nickname

4. State Flower

LIST 7: Words with No Sound Clues

1. secretary

2. really

3. memory

4. mathematics

5. diamond

6. Delaware

7. usually

8. miniature

9. tournament

10. gratitude

11. elementary

12. favorite

13. audience

14. disgusted

15. juvenile

16. victim

17. category

18. recognize

19. restaurant

20. vacuum

BEFORE AND AFTER: Write the list word that begins and ends with the same letters as each word below.

1. celebrity

2. rainy

3. unlikely

4. gasoline

5. monopolize

6. tenement

7. eventually

8. ridicule

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS: Write the list word that matches each clue.

1. It’s something that you like more than all the others.

2. This occurs in an empty space when no air is present, as in outer space.

3. This is a subject you are required to take in school.

4. You might call a younger person this.

5. If you attend a concert, you are a part of this gathering.

6. This person might type a report for the boss.

7. You might feel this way if you smell a very bad odor or see something you hate.

8. This is a place where you order from a menu.

9. Tricks to help you remember things should improve this.

10. You might find one of these in an engagement ring.

11. Dover is the capital of this state.

12. We might refer to a person in an accident like this.

ANALOGIES: Complete each analogy using the word list.

1. student : school ::___:office

2. run : innings :: testimony : ___

3. accountant : computer :: ____ : baton

4. thermometer : temperature :: stethoscope : ___

5. golfer : grass :: swimmer : ___

6. astronomer : starts :: ___ : animals

LIST 8: Related Words

1. combine

2. combination

3. depart

4. departure

5. except

6. exception

7. imitate

8. imitation

9. operate

10. operation

11. crime

12. criminal

13. academy

14. academic

15. participate

16. participation

17. inspire

18. inspiration

19. regulate

20. regulation

WORDS IN CONTEXT: Write the list word that is missing from each person’s statement.

1. Flight attendant: “The plane will ____ in one hour.”

2. Jeweler: “Don’t buy an ___ diamond. Buy the real thing.”

3. Chef: “I often ___ garlic and rosemary in spaghetti sauce.”

4. General: “I attended the military ___ for four years.”

5. Teacher: “I’d like all students to ___ in this discussion.”

6. Surgeon: “You will need an ___ to correct this condition.”

7. Poet: “A poem is one tenth ___ and nine-tenths perspiration.

8. Traffic Officer: “Speeding is a violation of a traffic ___.”

9. Store Owner: “Shoplifting is a very serious ___.”

10. Child (to parent): “All the kids are allowed to go ___ me.”

WORD MATH: Complete each equation to make a list word.

1. regular – r + t =

2. instead – stead + spire =

3. participant – nt + tion =

4. academy – y + ic =

5. imitative – ive + e =

6. excepting – ing + ion =

7. departing – ing + ure =

8. crimp – p + inal =

9. operator – or + e =

10. combining – ing + ation =

SYNONYMS: Read each sentence below. Substitute a synonym from the box for each underlined word.

1. Their only crime was ignoring their friend’s warning.

2. I love to study the structure of old buildings.

3. I don’t know how to run this machine.

4. I gave the man who saved my life my sincere thankfulness.

5. The teacher was able to influence her students to learn.

LIST 9: Endings –ty, -ity, -tion

1. certainty

2. specialty

3. cruelty

4. safety

5. loyalty

6. society

7. personality

8. university

9. electricity

10. publicity

11. authority

12. security

13. reality

14. subscription

15. introduction

16. retention

17. intention

18. description

19. reduction

20. recognition

ANTONYMS: Write the word list that means the opposite of each word below. Use a dictionary for help.

1. Kindness

2. Conclusion

3. Danger

4. Fantasy

5. Insecurity

6. Disloyalty

7. Enlargement

8. Uncertainty

CONTEXT CLUES: Write the list word that completes each sentence.

1. If you have a good _____ people probably like you.

2. Their work for peace will benefit all of ______.

3. During storms, a _______ pond holds water to prevent flooding.

4. She received an award in _______ for her volunteer work.

5. When a restaurant has a _______, many people order it.

6. There should be a person in ______ in any organization.

7. If you want people to know about your product, use ______.

8. Without ____ we couldn’t turn on the lights.

9. If you lose your dog, post a ______ in the paper.

10. Never make it your _____ to deliberately hurt someone.

11. If you have a hobby, order a _____ to a hobby magazine.

12. People who want a higher education may go to a _____.

LIST 10: Irregular Plurals – Look at the words in both columns. Notice whether the plural is different from the base word.

1. yourself yourselves

2. bookshelf bookshelves

3. calf calves

4. handcuff handcuffs

5. chef chefs

6. zero zeros, zeroes

7. portfolio portfolios

8. brother-in-law, brothers-in-law

9. great-uncle, great-uncles

10. avocado avocados

11. torpedo torpedoes

12. cargo cargoes

13. motto mottoes

14. datum data

15. bacterium bacteria

16. alumnus alumni

17. oasis oases

18. medium media

19. series series

20. aircraft aircraft

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS: Write the list word that matches each clue. Use a dictionary for help.

1. Add a million of these together and you’ll still have nothing.

2. These are welcome sights to desert travelers.

3. A police officer uses these to restrain criminals.

4. Smash these up to make a delicious guacamole.

5. These people know what herbs and spices are all about.

6. When these grow up, they moo a lot.

7. When these travel, they travel underwater.

8. “Think before you speak” and “Be prepared” are these.

9. Your favorite reading material can be stored on these.

WORD FORMS: Write the plural forms of the words in parentheses.

1. Television, radio, and newspapers make up the (medium).

2. Be sure to use commas to separate items is a (series).

3. All of you need to take better care of (yourself).

4. Two of my (great-uncle) will be at the family reunion.

5. Collect more (datum) before you draw conclusions.

6. Hand in your writing (portfolio) on Monday.

7. Those geese flying in V-formation look like (aircraft).

8. Certain species of (bacterium) cause diseases.

9. Supertankers with (cargo) of petroleum have docked.

10. My sister’s husbands are my (brother-in-law).

11. Some (alumnus) donate money to their colleges.

LIST 11: Plural or Possessive?

1. its

2. ours

3. theirs

4. hers

5. Murphys

6. Mr. Murphy’s

7. nieces

8. niece’s

9. nieces’

10. salesman’s

11. salesmen’s

12. secretaries

13. secretary’s

14. secretaries’

15. witnesses

16. witness’s

17. witnesses’

18. countries

19. country’s

20. countries’

List 12 is not available.

CONTEXT: Write the correct form of the word in parentheses to complete each sentence.

1. Both of my (niece) birthdays are in August.

2. Is this your coat or is it (her)?

3. Several (country) ambassadors met at the opening of the peace conference.

4. The four (witness) testimony helped convict the defendant of the robbery charge.

5. The cabin wad (our) for the entire week!

6. The (secretary) notebook was in the lost-and-found.

7. Aunt Loretta made her (niece) wedding dress.

8. How did this (salesman) order book get so wet?

9. The mare helped (it) foal across the river.

10. That bat is (their), not yours.

FORMING PLURALS AND POSSESSIVES: Write the correct list word by following the directions at the top of each list:

FORM THE PLURAL

1. Murphy

2. country

3. niece

4. witness

5. secretary

FORM THE POSSESSIVE

1. Mr. Murphy

2. secretaries

3. witness

4. country

5. salesman

LIST 13: Vowels in Final Syllables

1. acceptable

2. ancestor

3. abandon

4. hospital

5. multiple

6. sulfur

7. rectangle

8. suburban

9. sponsor

10. identical

11. comparison

12. logical

13. interior

14. vertical

15. metropolitan

16. impartial

17. companion

18. cardigan

19. murmur

20. superior

ANALOGIES: Write the list word that completes each analogy.

1. guest is to motel as patient is to ___

2. a nickel’s shape is to circle as a dollar bill’s shape is to ___

3. inside is to outside as ___is to exterior

4. up is to down as horizontal is to ___

5. parka is to jacket as ____ is to sweater

6. shout is to yell as whisper is to ___

7. excellent is to poor as ___ is to inferior

8. advertiser is to billboard as ___ is to TV commercial

9. towns and villages are to rural areas as cities and suburbs are to ___ areas

WORD ASSOCIATION: Write the list word suggested by each group of words.

1. earlier generation, forefather, long ago

2. friend, comrade, sidekick

3. mineral, flammable, yellow

4. fair, just, not prejudiced

5. a lot, several, many

6. leave, desert, give up

7. sensible, reasonable, rational

8. agreeable, satisfactory, all right

9. not urban, not rural

10. mirror image, exactly alike, same

11. likeness, similarity, difference

LIST 14: Vowels in Unstressed Syllables

1. probably

2. Saturday

3. treasure

4. binoculars

5. finally

6. senator

7. vitamin

8. bulletin

9. cemetery

10. competition

11. ingredients

12. episode

13. invitation

14. medicine

15. literal

16. continent

17. material

18. opinion

19. popular

20. substitute

MAKING INFERENCES: Write the list word that fits each clue.

1. Recipes contain lists of these.

2. Your parents may vote for this person.

3. A country is located on one of these.

4. You’ll see this on TV if a sever storm is coming.

5. You might receive this if someone is having a party.

6. Legends say you’ll find this at the end of a rainbow.

7. This person teaches you when your own teacher is sick.

8. Bird watchers and spies use these.

9. This is the day you can spend time with friends.

10. A doctor prescribes this to cure a particular illness.

11. Some people take one of these each day to be healthy.

DEFINITIONS: Write the list word that means the same as the underlined word or phrase in each sentence.

1. She described the most important incident in the novel.

2. The plane came out of the fog and at last touched down.

3. In my judgment, that jacket looks terrific on you.

4. Some people understand only the exact meaning of words.

5. We almost certainly will go to the game this weekend.

6. The soldier’s family visited the graveyard on Memorial Day.

7. The countertop is made of a substance that resists stains.

8. The soccer match was marked by fierce rivalry.

9. His sense of humor makes him liked at school.

LIST 15: Greek Word Parts

1. microscope

2. sociology

3. microbe

4. asteroid

5. biology

6. microcosm

7. astronaut

8. mythology

9. microchip

10. astronomy

11. geology

12. microwave

13. etymology

14. disaster

15. technology

16. asterisk

17. astronomer

18. ecology

19. microfilm

20. astrology

WORD HISTORIES: Write the list word that answers each questions.

1. What word means “great misfortune”?

2. What word names a scientist who studies stars and planets?

3. What word names a part in a computer?

4. What word is from asteroeides meaning “minor planet”?

5. What word names a short radio wave?

6. What word names a crew member in a spacecraft?

7. What word names a film used to make tiny photographs?

8. What word (from asterikos) means a “star-shaped” mark”?

9. What word (from micros and bios) means “germ”?

10. What word names a magnifying instrument?

11. What word names the science studied by astronomers?

12. What word (from micros and kosmos) means “little world”?

CLASSIFYING: Use the clues to write the correct word list.

1. environment, natural resources (oikos + -logia)

2. plants, animals (bios + -logio)

3. families, communities (socius + - logia)

4. stars, predictions (astron+-logia)

5. word origins, word histories (etymon + -logia)

6. stories about gods, Greek stories (mythos + -logia)

7. tools, inventions (techne + -logia)

8. Earth’s history, rock formation (ge + -logia)

LIST 16:

Words with –ice, -ise, -ize

1. merchandise

2. sympathize

3. prejudice

4. sacrifice

5. legalize

6. notice

7. civilize

8. advertise

9. apprentice

10. enterprise

11. socialize

12. compromise

13. cowardice

14. supervise

15. specialize

16. improvise

17. justice

18. organize

19. paradise

20. memorize

WORD BUILDING: Write a list word by adding either –ice, -ise, or –ize to the base words below.

1. sympathy

2. prejudice

3. legal

4. note

5. civil

6. social

7. just

8. special

9. memory

10. coward

11. improve

CONTEXT CLUES: Write the list word that completes each sentence.

1. They feel they are in ___ since they retired to Hawaii.

2. Starting a tutoring service was a great business ___for Tim.

3. Try to ___ you fiction and nonfiction writing into folders.

4. She had to ___ many things to put three of her children through college.

5. We need a trustworthy person to ___ the playground.

6. The store displayed a wide array of holiday ___.

7. you need to ___ to let people know about your new gourmet restaurant.

8. The two countries did agree to ___ on the issues in order to avoid war.

9. After graduation, he worked as an ___ to an architect.

LIST 17: Compound Words

1. everyone

2. free throw

3. make-believe

4. newsstand

5. rain forest or rainforest

6. sometimes

7. twenty-one

8. stomachache

9. full-length

10. racquetball

11. French fries

12. runner-up

13. snowmobile

14. field trip

15. homemade

16. son-in-law

17. roommate

18. someone

19. end zone

20. all-around

List 18 is not available.

COMPUNDS: Find the two words in each sentence that together make a list word. Write the compound word.

1. There is more rain in the forest than in the grasslands.

2. She brought a new racquet; now all she needs is a ball.

3. He decided to make up a story that they would believe.

4. When you race through the field that way, I fear you’ll trip.

5. The costume had a full skirt with stripes along its length.

6. Because of all the snow, we wer not mobile for six days.

7. The baby’s sun-burned stomach made my heart ache.

8. Park Street marks the end of the commercial zone in town.

9. We all agree that the Cougars are the best team around.

PARAGAPH COMPLETION: Complete the diary entry.

Sports camp is great! I feel homesick (10) even though (11) here is friendly. The food isn’t bad-the (12) are crispy and the pies are (13). Jerina, my (14), is (15) Mom would like. Her basketball team was the (16) in the state tournament last year. She scored (17) points in one game! She promised to give me tips on doing a perfect (18). I bought a paper at the (19) and read that Ms. Hunt’s (20) is going to be Lincoln School’s new basketball coach. I’m anxious to show her my awesome lay-ups!

LIST 19:

SUFFIXES: -ary, -ery, -ory

1. satisfactory

2. bribery

3. advisory

4. explanatory

5. bravery

6. migratory

7. secondary

8. solitary

9. exploratory

10. anniversary

11. directory

12. vocabulary

13. surgery

14. ordinary

15. nursery

16. imaginary

17. machinery

18. temporary

19. scenery

20. mandatory

ANTONYMS: Write the list word that means the opposite of the underlined word in each sentence.

1. The hero of this novel is real.

2. Those stationary animals travel south each winter.

3. You’ll fail the class if you don’t do the optional assignments.

4. This job is permanent, so we’ll be here only six months.

5. It was a routine, extraordinary day.

6. She showed great cowardice in confronting that bully.

MAKING INFERENCES: Write the list word that is missing from each person’s statement.

1. Nurse: “Plan to spend a few days resting after your ___.”

2. Student: “I learn a new word every day to add to my ___.”

3. Lawyer: “She is charged with ___ of a police officer.”

4. Mayor: “I agree with the advice of my ___ committee.”

5. Hermit: “I enjoy my ___ life.”

6. Factory worker: “This improved ___ speeds up the job.”

7. Teacher: “The ___ paragraph will tell you what to do first.”

8. Adventurer: “I made an ___ trip to Antarctica.”

9. Train passenger: “I like to sit back and watch the ___.”

10. Married couple: “Our children sent us cards on our ___.”

11. Builder: “This carpenter’s work is ___, so I’ll hire her again.”

12. Firefighter: “Saving a building is ___ to the primary task of saving lives.”

13. Shopper: “I’ll find where coats are by reading the store ___.”

14. Grandparent: “We visited our infant grandson in the ___.”

LIST 20: Latin Roots

1. objective

2. deductive

3. appendix

4. conjecture

5. dejected

6. rupture

7. pendant

8. impending

9. corruption

10. suspended

11. disruptive

12. abduction

13. projector

14. induction

15. conductor

16. injection

17. pendulum

18. eruption

19. bankrupt

20. productivity

WORD ASSOCIATION: Write the list word suggested by each pair of words. Compare your answers with a partner.

1. guess, opinion

2. break, tear

3. in debt, penniless

4. sad, discouraged

5. disorderly, destructive

6. leader, director

7. aim, goal

8. dishonesty, wickedness

9. hanging, locket

10. outburst, explosion

11. coming, threatening

MAKING CONNECTIONS: Write the list word that answers each question. Use a dictionary if you need to.

1. What is one device you can use to show a film?

2. If you deduce a conclusion, what kind of reasoning do you use?

3. What swings back and forth in a pattern?

4. What would a kidnapper be accused of?

5. What is one quality of a successful factory or farm?

6. What might you get when you visit the doctor?

7. If you induce a conclusion, what kind of reasoning do you use?

8. What is something that surgeons often remove?

9. What is the condition of a lamp that is hung from a ceiling?

LIST 21: People Suffixes

1. superintendent

2. novelist

3. comedian

4. pharmacist

5. attendant

6. technician

7. accountant

8. pedestrian

9. dependent

10. politician

11. defendant

12. musician

13. specialist

14. participant

15. motorist

16. custodian

17. soloist

18. incumbent

19. chemist

20. physician

WORDS IN CONTEXT: Complete the sentence with a list word that makes sense. The suffix in parentheses is a clue.

1. (-ist) A famous ___ sang with the chorus.

2. (-ant) He asked the flight ___ for a glass of juice.

3. (-ent) A son is usually a __ of his parents until adulthood.

4. (-ist) The stranded ___ waited for the police to come.

5. (-ian) The skilled ___ played three instruments.

6. (-ant) My new ___ asked for my financial records.

7. (-ist) My favorite ___ is a science-fiction writer.

8. (-ent) The candidate set up a debate with the ___ mayor.

9. (-ist) The professor is a ___ in the history of the Civil War.

10. (-ant) The jury found the ___ not guilty of theft.

SEEING RELATIONSHIPS: Write the list word that names the person who might make each statement.

1. “I go to different companies to fix their computers.”

2. “Doctors send me prescriptions to fill for their sick patients.”

3. “I need to write twenty new jokes for a performance.”

4. “I’ve treated patients with flu and measles today.”

5. “I’ll run tests to identify the substance in this powder.”

6. “I am head of all the schools in the city.”

7. “Elect me and I will spend a lot of time in the stat capital.”

8. “I want to take part in the variety show.”

9. “I always obey the Walk and Don’t Walk signals.”

10. “My crew and I will clean up after the school’s open house.”

LIST 22: Easily Confused Words

1. precede

2. proceed

3. advice

4. advise

5. adapt

6. adopt

7. affect

8. effect

9. formally

10. formerly

11. moral

12. morale

13. disinterested

14. uninterested

15. descent

16. dissent

17. continual

18. continuous

19. respectively

20. respectfully

SIMILAR MEANINGS: Write the list word that has nearly the same meaning as each word below.

1. adjust

2. advance

3. unbroken

4. previously

5. impartial

6. politely

7. result

8. disagreement

9. lesson

10. recommendation

WORD CHOICE: Write the correct list word to complete each sentence.

1. The (continual, continuous) heat made us thirsty.

2. I (advice, advise) you to plan your project before you start.

3. We saw the climber’s (descent, dissent) from the mountain.

4. Exercise can (affect, effect) you muscle tone and weight.

5. Judy and Bill are my sister and cousin (respectively, respectfully).

6. He seems (disinterested, uninterested) in the TV program.

7. To improve the soldier’s (moral, morale), send him a letter.

8. We plan to (adapt, adopt) a child from another country.

9. The flag bearers will (precede, proceed) the band.

10. The ambassador (formally, formerly) introduced the officers by stating their full names and ranks.

LIST 23: Including all the Letters

1. Christmas

2. Easter

3. sincerely

4. quantity

5. boundary

6. laboratory

7. accidentally

8. specific

9. candidate

10. funeral

11. errands

12. extremely

13. threatening

14. definitely

15. practically

16. supposedly

17. identity

18. eighth

19. frightened

20. headache

List 24 is not available.

ANALOGIES: Write the list word that completes each analogy.

1. Stomach is to stomachache as head is to ___.

2. Independence Day is to July as ___ is to December.

3. Large is to small as general is to ___.

4. Fourth is to fifth as seventh is to ___.

5. “How good” is to quality as “how much” is to ___.

6. “By chance” is to “on purpose” as ___ is to intentionally.

7. Athlete is to gymnasium as scientist is to ___.

8. Normally is to unusually as moderately is to ___.

9. Pleased is to smile as ___ is to scream.

10. Thursday is to Thanksgiving as Sunday is to ___.

11. happily is to gladly as ___ is to honesty.

DEFINITIONS: Write the list word that answers each question.

1. What word refers to short trips you do for someone else?

2. What word means “certainly”?

3. What word means “nearly”?

4. What word refers to a person’s name?

5. What means “a ceremony that may include a burial”?

6. What word means “a line between two states or countries”?

7. What word means “possibly” or “probably”?

8. What word names a person who is running for office?

9. What word is a synonym for “menacing”?

LIST 25: Words from Many Cultures

1. hurricane

2. chimpanzee

3. typhoon

4. jaguar

5. volcano

6. iceberg

7. monsoon

8. reservoir

9. caribou

10. tundra

11. bagel

12. mosquito

13. cocoa

14. pretzel

15. bayou

16. tornado

17. opossum

18. lagoon

19. yogurt

20. coffee

RIDDLES: Write the list word that answers each riddle. Use a dictionary for help.

1. From a Bantu word, I am a kind of ape.

2. I am from a Dutch word meaning “ice mountain.”

3. I am a wild cat named by the Tupi of South America.

4. I am a dark brown drink whose Italian name is caffé.

5. I take my name from mosca, the Spanish word for “fly”.

6. I am from a Russian word meaning “frozen, treeless plain.”

7. From and Algonquian word, I can fake being dead.

8. I am a Turkish word for a thick liquid food made from milk.

9. I am a large reindeer with an Algonquian name.

10. From the Yiddish beigel, I am a hard roll shaped like a ring.

DEFINITIONS: Write the list word that fits each definition.

1. a rainy season, from the Arabic word mausim

2. a hard, salty biscuit, from the German word brezel

3. a tropical storm, called a hurakan by the Taino people

4. a wide-storage place, from the French word reservoir

5. an opening in the earth’s crust form an Italian word based on the ancient Roman god Vulcan

6. a destructvie whirlwind, from the Spanish word tronada

7. a sluggish body of water, from the Choctaw word bayuk

8. a powder made from beans called cacao by the Spanish

9. a tropical storm, form the Chinese words tai fung

10. a pond or small lake connected with larger body of water, from the Italian word laguna

LIST 26: Related Words

1. concentrate

2. concentration

3. elastic

4. elasticity

5. initiate

6. initiative

7. alternate

8. alternative

9. restore

10. restoration

11. economy

12. economics

13. normal

14. normality

15. evaluate

16. evaluation

17. office

18. official

19. detect

20. detection

SENTENCE COMPLETION: Complete each unfinished sentence in this diary entry with a pair of related words.

Dear Diary,

Today, was the first day at my new school, and it really got off to a bad start. As I walked through the school door, I somehow tore the (1) in the waistband of my pants, and without (2) my pants were Droop City! I had no (3) but to pin them, since I don’t exactly keep an (4) set of xlothes in my backpack. I tried to put on an air of (5) as if it was perfectly (6) to walk around with my pants pinned together. I couldn’t (7) in class and missed an easy answer, which caused one boy to say I must have left my (8) at home. So during lunch, I went to the principal’s (9), where a lady who looked very (10) let me call home to as

Dad to bring me another pair of pants. What a relief that was!

WORD RELATIONSHIPS: Write the list word that matches each definition. Then write the list word that is related to it.

1. bring back (11-12)

2. to find the value or amount of (13-14)

3. a country’s system of making and distributing good (15-16)

4. to discover (17-18)

5. to begin (19-20)

LIST 27: Number Prefixes

1. triple

2. biweekly

3. semicircle

4. unicycle

5. semisweet

6. bifocals

7. trillion

8. unison

9. biceps

10. semicolon

11. universal

12. triplets

13. semifinals

14. unique

15. tripod

16. bicentennial

17. unify

18. bicycle

19. triangle

20. semiprivate

DEFINITIONS: Write the list word that means the same as the underlined word or phrase in each sentence.

1. Food and shelter are needs that are common to all.

2. Ever since they had three children born at the same time, our neighbors are very busy.

3. When she arrives, shouy “Surprise!” in perfect agreement.

4. She developed her front upper-arm muscles.

5. For this three-part-scoop cone, he ordered chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla ice cream.

6. It’s difficult to keep upright on a vehicle with one wheel.

7. My father has eyeglasses with two lenses for each eye.

8. The new leader wants to unite the regions intone country.

9. It’s so clear out, you can see a thousand billion stars.

10. I’m hoping to get a two-wheeled vehicle for my birthday.

11. That scarf is unusual, but it’s not one of a kind.

WORD FORMS: Write the list word that contains each base word.

1. private

2. angle

3. sweet

4. weekly

5. finals

6. centennial

7. colon

8. pod

9. circle

LIST 28: Latin Roots

1. inspector

2. audible

3. spectacle

4. dictation

5. revise

6. verdict

7. prediction

8. visible

9. dictator

10. audit

11. contradict

12. auditorium

13. spectator

14. audition

15. audio-visual

16. suspect

17. provision

18. supervision

19. spectacular

20. vision

PATTERNS: Write the list words that end with –sion and –tion.

-sion

1. ____

2. ____

3. ____

-tion

1. ___

2. ___

3. ___

MAKING INFERENCES: Write the list word that completes each sentence.

1. He doesn’t actually play any sports, he prefers being a ___.

2. Only the tops of the mountains were ___ through the fog.

3. We are all gathering in the ___ for the lessons on first aid.

4. The band put on a ___ performance at half time

5. After seizing control of the government, he ruled as a ___.

6. He is the chief ___ in a robbery of the gas station.

7. Now that I have everyone’s comments, I will ___ my plan.

8. Although she spoke softly, he comment was still ___.

9. Her lawyer is sure that the ___ will be “Not guilty.”

A safety ___ is coming to examine the new elevator.

10. The company hired a professional to ___ its accounts.

11. The ___ presentation was ruined by a faulty projector.

12. A royal wedding is always wuite a ___.

13. Please don’t ___ me; I know more about it than you do.

LIST 29: Using Just Enough Letters

1. especially

2. algebra

3. nuclear

4. truly

5. privilege

6. escape

7. tragedy

8. explode

9. lantern

10. appreciate

11. icicles

12. souvenir

13. drowning

14. escort

15. Washington

16. arthritis

17. sherbet

18. fulfill

19. remnants

20. bachelor

List 30 is not available.

SYNONYMS: Write the list word that means the same as each pair of synonyms.

1. fragments, leftovers

2. burst, erupt

3. particularly, chiefly

4. value, cherish

5. accompany, attend

6. satisfy, accomplish

7. keepsake, remembrance

8. flight, evasion

ANALOGIES: Write the list word that completes each analogy.

1. fake is to genuine as falsely is to ___

2. starving is to food as ___ is to air

3. laughing is to crying as comedy is to ___

4. husband is to married as ___ is to single

5. cell is to cellular as nucleus is to ___

6. pneumonia is to the lungs as ___ is to the joints

7. light bulb is to lamp as candle is to ___

8. biology is to science as ___ is to mathematics

9. London is to United Kingdom as ___ is to United States

10. snow is to snowballs as ice is to ___

11. milk is to beverage as ___ is to dessert

12. duty is to obligation as honor is to ____

LIST #31: Multisyllabic Words

1. consideration

2. communication

3. punctuation

4. unbelievable

5. misunderstanding

6. untrustworthy

7. competitive

8. unpleasantness

9. condominium

10. untidiness

11. ravioli

12. disagreeable

13. encyclopedia

14. calculator

15. emergency

16. reusable

17. uncontrollable

18. decaffeinated

19. exaggeration

20. instantaneously

MAKING CONNECTIONS: Write the list word that is missing from each person’s statement.

1. Shopper: “I buy things in ___ containers to reduce waste.”

2. Teacher: “You seem confused about the correct ___ to use at the end of a sentence.”

3. Real estate agent: “I just sold a ___ in that new building.

4. Librarian: “Try looking in the ___ for that information.”

5. Bank supervisor: “Becaue our employees handle so much money, we can’t risk hiring ___ people,”

6. Restaurant customer: “I’ll have a cup of ___ coffee.”

7. Nurse: “Please show ___ for our patients by talking softly.”

8. Coach: “We need a more ___ attitude in order to win.”

9. Citizen: “I got batteries for my ___ so I can do my taxes.”

10. Parent: “Please clean your room; I don’t like such ___.”

11. First-aid instructor: “In this kind of ___, don’t try to move the victim by yourself.”

12. Waiter: “Our special tonight is ___ with tomato sauce.”

PRACTICE: Go to and type each word 5 times to create a word cloud. Print your work.

LIST 32: Related Words

1. permit

2. permission

3. generous

4. generosity

5. repeat

6. repetition

7. collide

8. collision

9. maintain

10. maintenance

11. pronounce

12. pronunciation

13. extend

14. extension

15. curious

16. curiosity

17. expand

18. expansion

19. explain

20. explanation

RHYMES: Write the list word that rhymes with the underlined word and makes sense in the sentence.

1. Try to retain what I’m about to ___.

2. With its new ___, the house is a mansion.

3. The rules don’t ___ that type of wit.

4. If he asks, don’t be furious; he can’t help being ___.

5. She won’t fail to ___ a hand to a friend.

6. Let me ___: please move your feet.

7. The French would denounce the way I ___.

8. Each year, it’s a ___; their team wins the competition.

9. Due to popular demand, the store’s hours will ___.

10. He blamed the cars’ ___ on problems with his vision.

11. Monique struggled to ___ control of the airplane.

12. The principal added an ___ to the student’s detention.

DEFINITIONS: Write the list word that means the same as the underlined words.

1. My brother’s responsible for the upkeep of his car.

2. They could give no reason for the cake’s disappearance.

3. I’ve got Mom’s consent to stay past ten o’clock.

4. All the volunteers were unselfish with their time.

5. Eva learns a lot because of her eager desire to know.

6. We were impressed with his willingness to share with others.

7. When players run into each other, they’re often injured.

8. Arionne rehearsed his speech using clear sounds for each word.

LIST 33: Latin Roots

1. procedure

2. procession

3. remit

4. dismissal

5. immovable

6. motivate

7. mobile

8. receding

9. emotion

10. submit

11. concession

12. missile

13. commotion

14. motive

15. intercede

16. transmitted

17. immobilize

18. intermittent

19. predecessor

20. locomotion

WORD ASSOCIATION: Write the list word suggested by each group of words.

1. method, steps

2. line of people, orderly march

3. feeling, happiness, anger

4. act of movement, walking, flying

5. admission, acknowledgment

6. send money, make payment

7. moving easily, changing easily

8. off-an-on, not continuous

9. bustle, confusion

10. fix firmly, make motionless

11. going backward, withdrawing

12. give in, yield, surrender

SYLLABLES: Write the list words whose last syllables are given below:

1. ___* sile

2. ___*___* cede

3. ___*___* vate

4. ___*___*___* ble

5. ___*___*___* sor

6. ___* tive

7. ___* ___* ted

8. ___*___* al

LIST 34: Prefixes de-, dis-, non-, un-

1. unbreakable

2. unemployment

3. undefeated

4. unfortunately

5. unconscious

6. discontinue

7. disrespect

8. disability

9. disgraceful

10. discourage

11. nonviolent

12. nonstop

13. nonexistent

14. nonprofit

15. nonfiction

16. nonpoisonous

17. dehydrate

18. deodorant

19. decrease

20. decline

HIDDEN WORDS: Each word below is the bas of a list word. Write the list word.

1. fortunate

2. poison

3. break

4. grace

5. employ

6. odor

7. defeat

8. exist

CONTEXT CLUES: Write the list word that completes each sentence.

1. Most charities are ___ organizations.

2. Each apartment is designed so that a person with a physical ___ can live there independently.

3. Montell had to politely ___ the invitation because he was ill.

4. You can buy packets of dried food or ____ your own food.

5. Rescuers pulled the ___ driver from his badly damaged car.

6. To cut costs, the company will ___ the practice of giving each employee a turkey at Thanksgiving.

7. The ___ in the number of daylight hours each fall means fewer outdoor activities.

8. She wrote a ___ book about her life as a reporter.

9. Don’t let one failure ___ you from trying to reach your goal.

10. Read a thick book if you’re flying ___ from coast to coast.

11. The students organized a ___ demonstration for peace.

12. She showed ___ by disobeying the family rules.

LIST 35: Unusual Spellings

1. rhinoceros

2. psychology

3. crescent

4. vehicle

5. foreign

6. pneumonia

7. adolescent

8. rhyme

9. heirloom

10. fluorescent

11. shepherd

12. rhythm

13. reign

14. raspberry

15. afghan

16. cologne

17. rhinestone

18. asthma

19. psychiatrist

20. conscious

CLASSIFYING: Write the list word that belongs in each group.

1. adult, infant

2. elephant, hippopotamus

3. apple, cherry

4. blanket, shawl

5. ultraviolet, infrared

6. geology, biology

7. pediatrician, biologist

MAKING INFERENCES: Write the list word that fits each clue.

1. The moon’s phases include, full, new, quarter and this shape.

2. This describes a country other than your own.

3. This person spends the day surrounded by animals.

4. You ride in or on this to go faster than you can walk.

5. A person with this disease may need to carry medicine for an unexpected attack.

6. In a poem, some lines may do this.

7. This describes a monarch’s rule.

8. A person might buy this on a piece of jewelry.

9. A grandparent or parent may pass this down to you.

10. If perfume is too strong for you, you might prefer this.

11. The Greek work pneumon meaning “lung” is the root word for the name of this disease.

12. This is what you are when you are awake.

13. A drummer needs to have a good sense of this.

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