PROPOSAL FOR A NEW EXHIBITION
A) Look at the blue words that make the sound s. Complete the chart
I want to introduce you to my science teacher. This is Mrs. Smith.
Letters that can make the sound ‘s’ Example word
sc
@ Underline the words with the sound s. Circle the letters that make this sound.
1 Icut paper with scissors in the shape of a crescent.
2 My grandmother lived in our city in another century.
ms -ate and -efe endings
@ Match the different forms of the verbs.
1 circulate ® © deleted e © circulating
2 delete ° ® circulated © © deleting
© (Spelling focus
For verbs ending in -ate and -efe, add d for the simple past.
Drop the -e and add -ing for gerunds.
e Write the simple past and gerund forms.
1 concentrate
2 complete _
3 navigate ơ —
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nef Mnemonics
@ Spelling strategy
Mnemonics help you remember how to spell words. One mnemonic device is to make a sentence for a word. The first letter of each word in the sentence is a letter of the word you want to remember.
editor e-d-i-f-o-F Ed discovers interesting things on rocks.
6 Read the mnemonic sentences. What words are they for?
1 Big elephants can't always use small exits.
2 Tom eats red raisins in Beth's long elevator.
© Make mnemonic sentences for these words.
1 fair 2 hero
MEW suffix -ly
@Q Match the adjectives and the adverbs. Complete the rules.
1 slow °® © a happily
2 greedy ® ® b slowly
3 happy ® ® ¢ greedily
. 4 careful © ed carefully
1 Add -ly to the end of the word:
2. If the adjective ends in -y, change the y to i and add -ly:
@ Write these words with the suffix -ly.
fearful angry
Spelling Master Class 6T
BE ent, -ence, -ant, and -ance
endings
@Q Read the sentences and write the correct words in the chart.
1 My cousin is very intelligent. I wish I had her intelligence.
2. There is a long distance between my town and a city. I live in a distant town.
Adjective that ends with -ent Noun that ends with -ence Adjective that ends with -ant
Noun that ends with -ance
© (Spelling focus
The letters -enfand -antat the end of adjectives often have the same sound.
The letters -ence and -ance at the end of nouns. often have the same sound.
You need to remember how to spell them, or use a dictionary to help you.
@ Write the missing adjective or noun forms for each word.
Adjective Noun
fragrant
absence different
abundance
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