Unit 25
When you have a two-syllable word with a short vowel sound in the first syllable, the word is often spelled with a double consonant in the middle (just like the word middle!).
1. supper
2. happen
3. pepper
4. kitten
5. sudden
6. letter
7. dinner
8. cotton
9. lesson
10. mitten
11. bottom
12. summer
13. better
14. ladder
15. ribbon
Word of the Week
barricade- (verb) to block off
(noun) a barrier used to block passage
Unit 26
If a word has two syllables with a y at the end and a double consonant in the middle, the y has a long e sound.
1. carry
2. bunny
3. happy
4. muddy
5. berry
6. furry
7. puppy
8. sorry
9. merry
10. jelly
11. hurry
12. pretty
13. cherry
14. worry
15. funny
Word of the week
jiffy- (noun)- a very short amount of time
Unit 27
The ing at the end of a word is called a suffix. A suffix is a word part the is added to the end of a word. A suffix changes the meaning of a word in some way. We add ing to verbs to show an ongoing action. The ongoing action can take place in the past (was waving), the present (am waving), or the future (will be waving). When a base word ends in e, the e must be taken out before the ing suffix is added.
1. coming
2. skating
3. taking
4. giving
5. choosing
6. smiling
7. baking
8. sliding
9. changing
10. waving
11. leaving
12. making
13. hoping
14. trading
15. having
Word of the Week
combining- (verb)- putting two or more things together
Unit 28
When writing one syllable words ending with one vowel and one consonant, you double the final consonant before adding the suffix ing or ed.
1. stopped
2. rubbed
3. planned
4. dropped
5. hopped
6. tripped
7. spotted
8. digging
9. sitting
10. wrapping
11. sledding
12. scrubbing
13. putting
14. swimming
15. running
Word of the week
brimming- (verb) overflowing
Unit 29
A contraction is a shortened way of saying or writing two words. An apostrophe takes the place of the missing letters.
1. I'm
2. I'll
3. he's
4. what's
5. that's
6. there's
7. she's
8. here's
9. who's
10. don't
11. doesn't
12. isn't
13. won't
14. didn't
15. can't
Word of the Week
fluctuate- (verb) to shift back and forth uncertainly.
Unit 31
Plural means more than one. Words ending in s, ss, sh, or ch are made plural by adding es.
1. flags
2. pies
3. apples
4. colors
5. drums
6. things
7. tracks
8. inches
9. dresses
10. bushes
11. classes
12. branches
13. buses
14. benches
15. brushes
Word of the Week
scavengers- (noun) animals that eat dead and decaying animals.
Unit 32
Some words do not add s or es to form the plural.
1. goose
2. woman
3. calf
4. fish
5. mouse
6. leaf
7. children
8. geese
9. calves
10. leaves
11. half
12. child
13. women
14. mice
15. halves
Word of the Week
enthrall- (verb) to fascinate0
Unit 33
Some words drop the final e or double the final consonant before adding the suffixes er, or est.
1. larger
2. sadder
3. sharper
4. hotter
5. redder
6. wider
7. later
8. closer
9. widest
10. closest
11. saddest
12. reddest
13. largest
14. hottest
15. latest
Word of the Week
balmier- (adjective)- milder and more pleasant, milder and warmer- (balmy)
Unit 34
Some words end with ly, a suffix that often means how or when. These words are adverbs.
1. slowly
2. mainly
3. badly
4. hourly
5. suddenly
6. lately
7. partly
8. closely
9. really
10. lastly
11. plainly
12. loudly
13. shortly
14. monthly
15. softly
Word of the Week
vigorously- (adverb) in a strong, energetic and active manner
Unit 35
Words that are made by joining two smaller words together are called compound words. The meaning of the compound word may combine the meanings of the two smaller words, or it may have a new meaning. The spellings of the smaller words are left unchanged.
1. herself
2. nobody
3. airplane
4. grandfather
5. someone
6. rainbow
7. anything
8. grandmother
9. everything
10. afternoon
11. sunshine
12. himself
13. anybody
14. something
15. without
Word of the Week
outwit- (verb)- to be more clever than someone else; outsmart; beat through cleverness
