Spelling
Activity
#16
 
 
 Name_____________________________




A. Use
a
dictionary
to
find
the
accented
syllable
in
each
word.

Put
a

line
over
the
accented
syllable.



1.
his
to
ry
 
 6.
sec
re
tar
y
 11.
reg
u
lar

 16.
li
brar
y



2.
sim
i
lar
 
 7.
vol
un
tar
y
 12.
i
mag
i
nar
y
 17.
ed
i
tor



3.
pop
u
lar
 
 8.
vic
to
ry
 
 13.
ma
jor
 
 18.
so
lar



4.
tem
po
rar
y

 9.
fa
mil
iar
 
 14.
mem
o
ry
 19.
mi
nor



5.
su
pe
ri
or
 
 10.
nec
es
sar
y
 15.
or
di
nar
y
 20.
au
thor



B. The
words
in
each
group
are
related
in
some
way.
Find
and
write

a
spelling
word
that
fits
into
each
group.

1. everyday,
usual,
common
__________________________

2. vital,
essential,
required
____________________________

3. writer,
novelist,
columnist
____________________________

4. president,
vice‐president,
treasurer
____________________________

5. superior,
primary,
leading
____________________________

6. fanciful,
unreal,
mythical
____________________________

7. geography,
spelling,
science
____________________________

8. inferior,
good,
average
____________________________

9. conquest,
win,
triumph
____________________________

10. approved,
current,
like
____________________________

11. atomic,
electric
nuclear
____________________________

12. unimportant,
lesser,
trivial
____________________________



C. Improve
this
paragraph
by
substituting
a
spelling
word
for
each
of

the
underlined
phrases.



In
order
to
do
research
for
a
book
about
reporters,
author
Ted

Bennet
was
spending
a
week
at
The
Daily
Sun.
First,
Ted
met
the

person
who
makes
assignments
and
checks
the
news
stories(1).

The
he
was
introduced
to
a
real
reporter
who
let
him
work

alongside
her.
Ted
noticed
that
there
was
a
lot
that
was
the

same(2)
between
writing
books
and
news
reporting.

The
biggest

part(3)
of
both
writers’
time
is
spent
collecting
facts.

This
means

 going
on
interviews,
making
phone
calls,
and
checking

information
at
the
place
with
all
the
books
and
records(4).

Both

jobs
also
require
skill
and
the
ability
to
imagine
and
create

things(5).

However,
most
of
the
time
(6)
the
reporter
is
working

to
meet
a
tight
deadline
and
is
writing
to
fit
a
very
strict
format..


Ted
was
now
knowledgeable
about
or
comfortable
(7)
with
this

sort
of
system,
and
was
glad
his
job
as
a
reporter
was
only
for
a

short
time(8).

When
the
week
was
over,
Ted
returned
thankfully

to
his
book,
full
of
admiration
for
the
reporters
he
had
met.



1.
____________________________
 5.
____________________________

2.
____________________________
 6.
____________________________

3.
____________________________
 7.
____________________________

4.
____________________________
 8.
____________________________



Reach
out
for
new
words!

Write
the
first
letter
of
each
word
in
the
nonsense
sentences

below
to
find
eight
new
base
words.
Then
add
the
suffixes.



1. Put
each
crocodile
under
lights
in
Allen’s
room.
(+ity)



______________________________________

2. Did
Irene
crochet
the
airplane
that
Orville
rode?
(+ial)

______________________________________

3. Sarah
eats
nearly
all
the
orange
radishes.
(+ial)

______________________________________

4. Alex
lets
Lucille
entertain
giants
on
Randy’s
yacht.
(+ical)

______________________________________

5. Owen
readily
accepted
the
old
red
yo‐yo.
(+ical)

______________________________________

6. Dazzling
exports
frequently
include
natural,
impressive,

tremendous
eggs.
(+ive)

______________________________________

7. If
Nancy
feels
irritable,
nothing
is
too
enjoyable.
(+y)

______________________________________

8. Perhaps
ants
rent
little
iceboxes
and
motorcycles,
enjoy
nature,

travel
and
raise
yams.
(+ian)

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