Spelling Words

Unit 1 Words: achieve believe conscious height ceiling disappear

environment government neighbor occurred

Unit 2 Words: appearance basically beginning coming definitely

embarrass irresistible piece separate tomorrow

Unit 3 Words: argument across business congratulations disappoint

finally freight guard humorous necessary

Unit 4 Words: accommodate completely curiosity existence noticeable

occasion remember surprise unfortunately weird

Unit 5 Words: apparently bizarre cemetery committee familiar

happened immediately lollipop persistent successful

Unit 6 Words: aggressive calendar foreign friend independent

knowledge politician preferred receive tendency

Spelling Words

Our spelling words this year represent some of the most commonly misspelled words.

Four Basic Rules for Spelling:

1) Words containing ie or ei

I before e, except after c, or when sounding like a, as in neighbor and

weigh. Exceptions include ceiling, neither, weird, and either.

piece, deceive

2) Silent or final e

If a word ends with a silent e, drop the e before adding a suffix that begins

with a vowel. Exceptions include truly, ninth, and argument.

bore/boring. love/loving. skate/skating

Do not drop the silent e before adding a suffix that begins with a

consonant.

bore/boredom. hate/hateful. skate/skateboard

3) Final y

If a word ends in a consonant followed by a y, change the y to i before

adding a suffix. Exception... crying.

cry/cried. friendly/friendliness. gloomy/gloominess

If a word ends in y with a vowel before it, do not change the y to i before

adding suffixes or other endings.

destroy/destroyed. play/playing. volley/volleys

4) Consonant preceded by a vowel

If a one-syllable word ends with one consonant with a vowel before it,

double the final consonant before adding a suffix.

can/canned. nut/nutty. pot/pottery