Chapter 1 Words with sk,
sp, st
Some words have blends with two consonant sounds blended together: risk,
spider, stopped.
1. skinny
2. task
3. risk
4. spider
5. wasp
6. crisp
7. stopped
8. style
9. arrest
10. suggest
11. skeleton
12. skunk
13. brisk
14. spilled
15. spinach
16. grasp
17. stumble
18. statue
19. boast
20. adjust
21. snakeskin
22. inspire
23. respect
24. frostbite
25. obstacle
Chapter 2 Words with ng,
nk, th
Some words have two consonants together that are pronounced as one sound: strong,
blank, north.
1. strong
2. nothing
3. everything
4. blank
5. trunk
6. Thanksgiving
7. they
8. then
9. north
10. there
11. clothing
12. among
13. sting
14. hanger
15. lightning
16. chipmunk
17. shrink
18. without
19. though
20. thought
21. misunderstanding
22. strengthen
23. bankrupt
24. although
25. rhythm
Chapter 3 Words with kn,
mb, gh, st
Sometimes two consonants together stand for only one sound: knew,
numb, fasten.
1. knowledge
2. know
3. knew
4. numb
5. bomb
6. ghost
7. spaghetti
8. Christmas
9. listening
10. fasten
11. knead
12. knitting
13. knapsack
14. tomb
15. climber
16. plumbing
17. aghast
18. hustle
19. mistletoe
20. whistling
21. knickknacks
22. ghetto
23. glistened
24. chestnut
25. wrestling
Chapter 4 Adding –s and -es
Add –s to most words, but add –es
to words that end with sh, ch, s, ss, or x: bushes.
Change y to I and add –es
to words ending with consonant and y: companies.
1. months
2. friends
3. grades
4. cowboys
5. valleys
6. matches
7. bushes
8. passes
9. batteries
10. companies
11. donkeys
12. missiles
13. costumes
14. pictures
15. mornings
16. kisses
17. dresses
18. benches
19. speeches
20. centuries
21. eyebrows
22. ambulances
23. toothbrushes
24. trophies
25. secretaries
Chapter 5 Adding –ed and –ing, -er and -est
Here are five things to remember when adding –ed, -ing, -er, and –est:
1. Some
base words do not changer: followed, following.
2. If
the base word ends with e, drop the e: cuter, cutest.
3. In
one-syllable words that end with consonant-vowel-consonant, double the
final consonant: bigger, biggest.
4. In
words that end with y, the y is changed to i
before adding –ed, -er,
or –est: tried, earlier,
earl, earliest.
1. followed
2. following
3. tried
4. trying
5. cuter
6. cutest
7. bigger
8. biggest
9. earlier
10. earliest
11. excited
12. exciting
13. wrapped
14. wrapping
15. amused
16. amusing
17. lighter
18. lightest
19. easier
20. easiest
21. continued
22. wealthier
23. magnified
24. continuing
25. wealthiest
26. magnifying
Chapter 6 Review
The following words are samples.
The 50 test words can be taken anywhere from chapters 1-5, including
the challenge words.
1. crisp
2. risk
3. skunk
4. spider
5. spinach
6. stopped
7. stumble
8. suggest
9. task
10. among
11. chipmunk
12. everything
13. lightning
14. nothing
15. strong
16. then
17. there
18. they
19. though
20. trunk
21. without
22. aghast
23. bomb
24. Christmas
25. climber
26. fasten
27. hustle
28. knew
29. know
30. mistletoe
31. numb
32. batteries
33. centuries
34. costumes
35. friends
36. kisses
37. missiles
38. months
39. mornings
40. passes
41. pictures
42. amused
43. biggest
44. earlier
45. earliest
46. exciting
47. lighter
48. thought
49. tried
50. wrapping
Chapter 7 Using Just Enough Letters
Pronouncing a word correctly and picturing how it looks can help you avoid
writing too many letters.
1. until
2. went
3. enough
4. TV
5. one
6. didn’t
7. a
lot
8. want
9. doesn’t
10. always
11. necklace
12. exact
13. burglar
14. equipment
15. chimney
16. exist
17. rumbling
18. upon
19. athlete
20. examine
21. sherbet
22. icicles
23. pajamas
24. explode
25. chlorine
Chapter 8 Short e and Long e
Short e can be spelled ea and ai:
heavy, said.
Long e can be spelled ee and
ie: degree, piece.
1. heavy
2. ahead
3. measure
4. already
5. said
6. again
7. degree
8. cheese
9. goalie
10. piece
11. jealous
12. meadow
13. weapon
14. against
15. succeed
16. Halloween
17. breeze
18. believe
19. thief
20. chief
21. treasurer
22. breaststroke
23. dungarees
24. speedometer
25. windshield
Chapter 9 Short Vowels a, i,
o, u
Short a is usually spelled a: and.
Short i can be spelled e: before.
Short o is usually spelled o:
problem. Short u can be spelled u and oo: swung, blood.
1. past
2. and
3. perhaps
4. before
5. possible
6. solve
7. problem
8. swung
9. because
10. blood
11. accident
12. adventure
13. decided
14. pretend
15. belong
16. lobster
17. python
18. jungle
19. shuttle
20. flood
21. asphalt
22. avalanche
23. betray
24. monopoly
25. umbrella
Chapter 10 Long Vowels a, i,
o
Long a can be spelled ai and
a: brain, favorite. Long i
is often spelled i-consonant-e:
slide. Long o can be spelled ow
and o-consonant-e: owner, whole.
1. brain
2. main
3. favorite
4. stranger
5. sidewalk
6. slide
7. bowling
8. owner
9. whole
10. globe
11. claim
12. complain
13. aliens
14. vacation
15. survive
16. crime
17. arrow
18. snowball
19. antelope
20. slope
21. campaign
22. radiation
23. requirement
24. postpone
25. casserole
Chapter 11 Vowel Sounds in rule, use, off
The vowel sound /ü/ can be spelled oo and ew: school, threw. The vowel sound /yü/
is spelled u in music. The vowel sound /ó/ can be
spelled augh and au: taught,
laundry.
1. choose
2. school
3. threw
4. crew
5. drew
6. future
7. music
8. usually
9. taught
10. laundry
11. broom
12. scoop
13. booth
14. jewel
15. humor
16. Utah
17. naughty
18. daughter
19. sausage
20. launch
21. igloo
22. mildew
23. accumulate
24. slaughter
25. applause
Chapter 12 Review
The following words are samples.
The 50 test words can be taken anywhere from chapters 7-11, including
the challenge words.
1. a
lot
2. athlete
3. burglar
4. enough
5. equipment
6. examine
7. necklace
8. TV
9. want
10. went
11. again
12. against
13. cheese
14. goalie
15. Halloween
16. heavy
17. said
18. succeed
19. thief
20. weapon
21. adventure
22. because
23. before
24. jungle
25. perhaps
26. possible
27. pretend
28. problem
29. python
30. aliens
31. antelope
32. arrow
33. bowling
34. crime
35. favorite
36. globe
37. owner
38. sidewalk
39. slope
40. vacation
41. whole
42. booth
43. broom
44. future
45. sausage
46. school
47. scoop
48. taught
49. usually
50. Utah
Chapter 13 Including All the Letters
Some words have more letters than you might expect. To spell these words,
pronounce each syllable carefully.
1. answer
2. minute
3. happened
4. library
5. opened
6. length
7. getting
8. when
9. finished
10. maybe
11. mystery
12. dentist
13. actually
14. width
15. caramel
16. pumpkin
17. quarter
18. sandwich
19. grabbed
20. frightening
21. necessary
22. environment
23. adopted
24. embarrassed
25. ambulance
Chapter 14 Consonant Sounds /j/ and /k/
The consonant sound /j/ can be spelled j, dge,
and g: judge, general. The consonant sound /k/ can
be spelled ch, c, and cc: character,
occur.
1. judge
2. major
3. subject
4. legend
5. general
6. character
7. chorus
8. occur
9. accurate
10. occasion
11. junior
12. lodge
13. ridge
14. ledge
15. Georgia
16. orchestra
17. mechanic
18. chord
19. accuse
20. raccoon
21. prejudice
22. partridge
23. allergic
24. headache
25. accompany
Chapter 15 Contractions
In contractions an apostrophe takes the place of letters that are left
out, so let us becomes let’s.
1. can
+ not = can’t
2. would
+ not = wouldn’t
3. I
+ am = I’m
4. you
+ are = you’re
5. I
+ will = I’ll
6. let
+ us = let’s
7. that
+ is = that’s
8. do
+ not = don’t
9. there
+ is = there’s
10. I + have
= I’ve
11. were +
not = weren’t
12. what + is
= what’s
13. she + is
= she’s
14. they +
are = they’re
15. who + is
= who’s
16. we + are
= we’re
17. you +
have = you’ve
18. should +
have = should’ve
19. could
+have = could’ve
20. we + have
= we’ve
21. there +
have = there’ve
22. who +
would = who’d
23. might +
not = mightn’t
24. who +
have = who’ve
25. what +
will = what’ll
Chapter 16 Compound Words 1
Compound words are usually made of two smaller words. Keep all the letters
when spelling compounds: some + times = sometimes.
1. mailbox
2. nearby
3. into
4. sometimes
5. sunset
6. anything
7. daylight
8. something
9. haircut
10. notebook
11. earthquake
12. hideout
13. textbook
14. volleyball
15. horseback
16. handwriting
17. kickstand
18. rattlesnake
19. fireplace
20. housework
21. throughout
22. silverware
23. thumbtack
24. clothesline
25. blueprint
Chapter 17 Irregular Plurals
Sometimes plurals are formed in ways that don’t follow rules: radios,
beliefs, leaves.
1. radios
2. videos
3. pianos
4. heroes
5. potatoes
6. cuffs
7. beliefs
8. themselves
9. lives
10. leaves
11. patios
12. banjos
13. echoes
14. tornadoes
15. tomatoes
16. cliffs
17. hoofs
18. roofs
19. loaves
20. halves
21. portfolios
22. embargoes
23. chefs
24. handkerchiefs
25. calves
Chapter 18 Review
The following words are samples.
The 50 test words can be taken anywhere from chapters 13-17, including
the challenge words.
1. actually
2. answer
3. caramel
4. dentist
5. frightening
6. happened
7. length
8. library
9. minute
10. mystery
11. pumpkin
12. quarter
13. sandwich
14. when
15. width
16. chorus
17. Georgia
18. judge
19. mechanic
20. occasion
21. orchestra
22. raccoon
23. ridge
24. can’t
25. don’t
26. there’s
27. weren’t
28. anything
29. daylight
30. earthquake
31. fireplace
32. haircut
33. horseback
34. into
35. nearby
36. sometimes
37. volleyball
38. banjos
39. cliffs
40. halves
41. heroes
42. hoofs
43. loaves
44. pianos
45. potatoes
46. radios
47. roofs
48. themselves
49. tomatoes
50. videos
Chapter 19 Getting Letters in Correct Order
Watch for letter combinations that are hard to keep in order and pay
special attention to those parts: beautiful, their.
1. lonely
2. hundred
3. friend
4. built
5. beautiful
6. heard
7. radio
8. their
9. caught
10. bored
11. guard
12. pierce
13. shriek
14. receive
15. horrible
16. jewelry
17. tumble
18. northern
19. acre
20. museum
21. unbelievable
22. fluorescent
23. exclaimed
24. capitalize
25. emperor
Chapter 20 Vowel Sounds in boy and out
The vowel sound /oi/ can be spelled oi and oy: choice,
loyal. The vowel sound /ou/ can be
spelled ow and ou:
towel, our.
1. choice
2. noisy
3. loyal
4. destroy
5. powder
6. towel
7. downtown
8. amount
9. our
10. outside
11. spoil
12. poison
13. Illinois
14. annoy
15. oyster
16. voyage
17. drown
18. growl
19. couch
20. surround
21. turmoil
22. exploit
23. employer
24. cauliflower
25. foundation
Chapter 21 Vowel Sounds with r
The vowel sound / är/ can be spelled ar: garbage.
The vowel sound / èr/ can be spelled ur and our: return,
journal.
1. army
2. starve
3. scar
4. garbage
5. hamburger
6. return
7. purpose
8. surface
9. courage
10. journal
11. argue
12. apartment
13. guitar
14. Arkansas
15. curl
16. purse
17. furniture
18. courtesy
19. nourish
20. journey
21. departure
22. margarine
23. suburban
24. absurd
25. flourish
Chapter 22 More Vowels with r
The vowel sound / âr/ can be spelled are and
air: share, stairway. The vowel sound /ir/ can be spelled ear and eer:
dear, career.
1. aware
2. prepare
3. share
4. dairy
5. stairway
6. dear
7. beard
8. appear
9. volunteer
10. career
11. declare
12. spare
13. beware
14. prairie
15. repair
16. weary
17. smear
18. cheery
19. pioneer
20. reindeer
21. hardware
22. impair
23. millionaire
24. clearance
25. domineer
Chapter 23 Homophones
A homophone is a word that sounds exactly like another word but has a
different spelling and meaning: buy, buy.
1. write
2. right
3. buy
4. by
5. to
6. too
7. bored
8. board
9. it’s
10. its
11. threw
12. through
13. knead
14. need
15. main
16. mane
17. past
18. passed
19. allowed
20. aloud
21. symbol
22. cymbal
23. ascent
24. assent
25. slay
26. sleigh
Chapter 24 Review
The following words are samples.
The 50 test words can be taken anywhere from chapters 19-23, including
the challenge words.
1. beautiful
2. caught
3. friend
4. guard
5. heard
6. jewelry
7. museum
8. northern
9. radio
10. their
11. tumble
12. drown
13. Illinois
14. loyal
15. noisy
16. outside
17. oyster
18. powder
19. apartment
20. Arkansas
21. army
22. furniture
23. garbage
24. guitar
25. hamburger
26. journey
27. return
28. surface
29. aware
30. career
31. pioneer
32. prepare
33. reindeer
34. repair
35. share
36. stairway
37. volunteer
38. weary
39. allowed
40. board
41. bored
42. buy
43. by
44. knead
45. main
46. passed
47. right
48. through
49. too
50. write
Chapter 25 Related Words
Related words often have parts that are spelled the same but pronounced
differently: cloth, clothes.
1. please
2. pleasant
3. cloth
4. clothes
5. sign
6. signature
7. dream
8. dreamt
9. part
10. partial
11. moist
12. moisten
13. breathe
14. breath
15. create
16. creature
17. elect
18. election
19. practice
20. practical
21. politics
22. politician
23. authority
24. authorize
25. compete
26. competition
Chapter 26 Prefixes dis-,
un-, mid-, pre-
A prefix is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change
the meaning or to make a new word. When adding dis-,
un-, mid-, or pre-, make no changes to the base word: mid + way
= midway.
1. discovered
2. disorder
3. unsure
4. unclear
5. unable
6. midweek
7. midyear
8. midway
9. pretest
10. preschool
11. disappoint
12. disobey
13. disapprove
14. unbuckle
15. unlimited
16. midnight
17. midstream
18. precook
19. prepaid
20. prerecorded
21. disadvantages
22. uncertainty
23. unnecessary
24. Midwestern
25. premature
Chapter 27 Suffixes –able, -ible, -ant, -ent
When suffixes –able, -ant, and –ent
are added, often the base word stays the same: comfortable. In
most words that end in e, the e is dropped: sensible. In
most words that end in y, y is changed to i:
defiant.
1. comfortable
2. reasonable
3. washable
4. responsible
5. sensible
6. contestant
7. defiant
8. servant
9. student
10. resident
11. agreeable
12. valuable
13. convertible
14. flexible
15. reversible
16. observant
17. occupant
18. urgent
19. confident
20. opponent
21. knowledgeable
22. biodegradable
23. collapsible
24. participant
25. correspondent
Chapter 28 Suffixes –ous, -ion, -ation
When adding the suffixes, -ous, ion, and –ation, often the base word stays the same: inform, information. For most words ending
in e, drop the e: fame, famous. For most words ending in y, change
to i: mystery.
1. famous
2. nervous
3. mysterious
4. dangerous
5. selection
6. education
7. information
8. organization
9. conversation
10. imagination
11. joyous
12. marvelous
13. humorous
14. instruction
15. attraction
16. rejection
17. inflation
18. decoration
19. admiration
20. preparation
21. contagious
22. ambitious
23. interception
24. appreciation
25. civilization
Chapter 29 Possessives
To form possessives of singular nouns, add an apostrophe and s:
Dad’s. For plural nouns that end in s, add an apostrophe:
sisters’. For plural nouns that do not end in s, add apostrophe
s: children’s.
1. friend’s
2. today’s
3. Dad’s
4. Mom’s
5. sister’s
6. sisters’
7. child’s
8. children’s
9. person’s
10. people’s
11. grandmother’s
12. grandfather’s
13. uncle’s
14. uncles’
15. doctor’s
16. doctors’
17. cousin’s
18. cousins’
19. woman’s
20. women’s
21. pedestrian’s
22. pedestrians’
23. principal’s
24. principals’
25. bicyclist’s
26. bicyclists’
Chapter 30 Review
The following words are samples.
The 50 test words can be taken anywhere from chapters 25-29, including
the challenge words.
1. breath
2. breathe
3. clothes
4. create
5. creature
6. dream
7. dreamt
8. elect
9. election
10. part
11. pleasant
12. practical
13. practice
14. sign
15. disappoint
16. discovered
17. midweek
18. midyear
19. preschool
20. unable
21. unclear
22. unsure
23. confident
24. flexible
25. observant
26. opponent
27. student
28. administration
29. attraction
30. conversation
31. dangerous
32. education
33. famous
34. humorous
35. imagination
36. information
37. instruction
38. joyous
39. nervous
40. organization
41. preparation
42. selection
43. children’s
44. Dad’s
45. doctor’s
46. friend’s
47. Mom’s
48. people’s
49. person’s
50. today’s
Chapter 31 Vowels with No Sound Clues
In some words, the vowel sound you hear is schwa (/e/ where the e is
upside down). It gives no clue to its spelling: president.
1. manager
2. president
3. different
4. terrible
5. finally
6. really
7. supposed
8. probably
9. California
10. especially
11. balance
12. constant
13. innocent
14. realize
15. opportunity
16. pollute
17. prisoner
18. celebrate
19. grocery
20. elevator
21. diamond
22. government
23. miniature
24. refrigerator
25. veterinarian
Chapter 32 Vowels in Final Syllables
Vowels in final syllables often sound alike even when they are spelled
differently: another, calendar; evil, cancel;
captain, frozen.
1. either
2. another
3. calendar
4. evil
5. cancel
6. label
7. eaten
8. frozen
9. curtain
10. captain
11. computer
12. solar
13. particular
14. fossil
15. civil
16. channel
17. quarrel
18. siren
19. fountain
20. bargain
21. cylinder
22. scholar
23. sentinel
24. hydrogen
25. villain
Chapter 33 Capitalization
Names of cities and state are always capitalized because they are proper
nouns.
1. Houston
2. Alaska
3. Kentucky
4. Little
Rock
5. Duluth
6. Arizona
7. Miami
8. Indiana
9. Alabama
10. South
Carolina
11. Baltimore
12. Detroit
13. Los
Angeles
14. Hawaii
15. Memphis
16. Virginia
17. Oregon
18. Pittsburgh
19. ____
20. ____
21. Louisiana
22. Juneau
23. Philadelphia
24. San
Francisco
25. Cincinnati
Chapter 34 Easily Confused Words
1. of
2. off
3. except
4. accept
5. which
6. witch
7. where
8. were
9. weather
10. whether
11. plant
12. planet
13. bounds
14. bounce
15. desert
16. dessert
17. rise
18. raise
19. dinner
20. diner
21. respectively
22. respectfully
23. adapt
24. adopt
25. conscious
26. conscience
Chapter 35 Compound Words 2
Some compound words are written as one word: everybody. Others are
written as two words: all right.
1. bookshelf
2. someone
3. everybody
4. nowhere
5. cupcake
6. home
run
7. each
other
8. hot
dog
9. all
right
10. high
school
11. grandparent
12. wristwatch
13. everyone
14. blindfold
15. typewriter
16. pen pal
17. living
room
18. peanut
butter
19. no one
20. first aid
21. splashdown
22. drawbridge
23. remote
control
24. bulletin
board
25. scuba
diving
Chapter 36 Review
The following words are samples.
The 50 test words can be taken anywhere from chapters 30-35, including
the challenge words.
1. celebrate
2. different
3. finally
4. grocery
5. manager
6. opportunity
7. president
8. probably
9. realize
10. really
11. supposed
12. terrible
13. another
14. calendar
15. captain
16. computer
17. eaten
18. fossil
19. frozen
20. label
21. particular
22. quarrel
23. siren
24. Alaska
25. Arizona
26. Detroit
27. Indiana
28. Oregon
29. accept
30. bounce
31. bounds
32. dessert
33. dinner
34. except
35. off
36. plant
37. rise
38. weather
39. were
40. where
41. which
42. all right
43. book
shelf
44. cupcake
45. each
other
46. hot dog
47. peanut
butter
48. pen pal
49. someone
50. wristwatch
