52. Word Lists and Sentences

List 1
sensitive identity
substitute controversy
practicum Canada
terminate holiday
obliterate Jupiter
magnificent discovery
partition university
horrible
List 2
Add ‘al’ to these words.
princip_____ hospit_____
cor_____ glob_____
norm_____
Add ‘an’ to these words.
org_____ cardig_____
Germ_____ hum_____
Manhatt_____
Add ‘en’ to these words.
abdom_____ awake_____
barr_____ childr_____
citiz_____
Add ‘et’ to these words.
brisk_____ alphab_____
cabin_____ pock_____
hatch_____
Add ‘on’ to these words.
butt_____ pris_____
pers_____ mas_____
bac_____
Add ‘om’ to these words.
ven_____ stard_____
rans_____ fath_____
cust_____
  1. Her random symptoms in her colon caused her entire family to be concerned about her.
  2. They felt abandoned because they seldom got the chance to get together.
  3. Jennifer yelped when she was bitten through her jacket by the wasp.
  4. When she saw what happened to the citron flavoured icing, she cried.
  5. The officer wore a jacket that had metal buttons made of brass.
  6. The marksman won the competition over the other shooters.

Review Words

origin benefit
apricots telescope
communication incident
captivity explanatory
abandon attack
gotten lemonade
critical attacking
person striving
blossom assets
division bracketed

What Says?

1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

Spelling and Sentence Dictation

1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
11. 12.
13. 14.
15.

 

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2.
3.

Review

i says /ĭ/ in an unstressed syllable
examples: president (3), maximum (3), compliment (3)

unstressed vowels say /ŭ/
examples: ab/so/lute (3), ar/se/nic (3), syl/la/ble (3)

unstressed vowels take their short sound
example: cel/e/brate (3)

Unstressed Word Endings include: -al, -en, -et, -om, -on

Any vowel can be unstressed, especially in the middle of a word. Be prepared to change a middle vowel sound to unstressed /ŭ/ or its short sound, to decode words.

Practice

  1. Underline the medial schwa vowel, or the schwa common word ending.
    origin apricots
    communication seldom
    terrible happen
    benefit hospital
  2. Place a checkmark in the correct column.
    Word Closed VCe Open R-Controlled Vowel

    Team

    Cle
    al
    though
    en
    coun
    ter
    at
    tack
    lem
    on
    ade
  3. Add the suffix given to each word.
    dizzy+ing+ ly
    prime + ed
    hope + ing
    hug + ed
    ripe + er
    prim + er
    quiz + ed
    fine + est
    tolerate + ed
    name + less

 

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