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DDaaiillyySkill-Builders

Spelling & Phonics

Grades 5-6

WALCH PUBLISHING

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DDaaiillyySkill-Builders

Spelling & Phonics

Grades 5–6

CONSONANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–27 Initial Consonants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Hard and Soft “C” and “G” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Consonant Digraphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Consonant Blends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Final Consonants “F,” “L,” “S,” and “Z” . . . 17Sounds of “Q” and “X” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Sound of “F” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Silent Consonants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

VOWELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28–36 Short Vowels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Short “A” Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Short Vowel Rulebreakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Schwa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

CONSONANT AND SHORT VOWEL REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . 37–38

SYLLABICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39–62 Closed Syllables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Silent “E” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Silent-“E” Rulebreakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Open Syllables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Dividing Multi-Syllabic Words . . . . . . . . . . 51“LE” Syllable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

VOWEL DIGRAPHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63–88 “AI,” “AY,” “EE,” “EI,” and “EY” . . . . . . . . . 63“EA,” “OA,” and “OE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69“OW,” “AW,” and “AU” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74“OO,” “UE,” “UI,” and “EW” . . . . . . . . . . . 80“IE” and “EI” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

DIPHTHONGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89–93

SOUNDS OF “TI” AND “CI” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

PLURALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95–102 “S” and “ES” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Changing “Y” to “I” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Nouns Ending in “O” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100Changing “F” to “V” and Irregular Plurals . .102

ENDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103–110 “ER” and “EST” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103“ED” and “ING” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Table of Contents

PREFIXES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111–117 “UN,” “RE,” “PRE,” “DIS,” and “MIS” . . . .111“IN,” “IM,” “IL,” and “IR” . . . . . . . . . . . . .112“BI,” “TRI,” and “MID” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113“SUB,” “TRANS,” and “INTER” . . . . . . . .114“PRE,” “POST,” and “CO” . . . . . . . . . . . . .115“ANTI,” “HEMI,” “MULTI,” and “SEMI” .116Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

SUFFIXES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118–140 “FUL,” “LESS,” “NESS,” and “LY” . . . . . . .118Suffix Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121“ABLE” and “IBLE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123“AL,” “IC,” “ISH,” and “IVE” . . . . . . . . . . .126“TION” and “SION” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129“IST” and “OR” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132“ANCE” and “ENCE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133“HOOD,” “SHIP,” “DOM,” “ITY,”“MENT,” and “AGE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134Suffix Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138“IZE,” “IFY,” and “EN” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

PREFIX AND SUFFIX REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141–146

R-CONTROLLED VOWELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147–156

SOUNDS OF “IGH” AND “EIGH” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157–159

COMPOUND WORDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160–162

CONTRACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163–166

POSSESSIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167–170 Singular and Plural Possessives . . . . . . . . . .167Possessive Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

VOCABULARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172–177 Synonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172Antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173Homophones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174Anagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178–180

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Missing Short Vowels

Whenever a word has one vowel closed in by one or more consonants, the vowel will be short.

Use the vowels—a e i o u—to complete these short vowel words.

p__tch d__sh c__b

p__tch d__sh c__b

c__b

m__sh bl__ck cr__b

m__sh bl__ck cr__b

m__sh

w__ll m__ss tr__ck

w__ll m__ss tr__ck

w__ll m__ss tr__ck

m__ss

m__ss

d__rt sp__ll r__ck

d__rt sp__ll r__ck

d__sk l__st f__ll

d__sk l__st f__ll

d__sk l__st f__ll

Short Vowels

1. 2. 3.

6.5.4.

7. 8. 9.

10.

13.

11.

14.

12.

15.

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Other “A” Sounds

The letters following the letter a can change the sound a makes. Say these sounds and words.

Use each of these words in a sentence of your own.

1. recall ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. pant____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. jam ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. chant___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. cram ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. fall _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. scam ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. wall ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Short a Sounds

a followed by n says /an/ as in anta followed by m says /am/ as in jama followed by ll says /all/ as in ball

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Rulebreakers

If a word has only one vowel in the middle, that vowel is usually short. Of course, thereare always rulebreakers! These words have one vowel in the middle, but the sound is long.

Examples: child bold mind most volt

Read the words below and mark the vowels long or short.

grind pond kind

bind bid mild

child cold sold

bolt find colt

miss told did

fold jolt most

huff blind gold

post past hint

tent wild mold

Short Vowel Rulebreakers

_ _ _ _ _

2.1. 3.

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Rulebreaker Rhymes

Write words that rhyme with each of these rulebreakers. Then write each set of words inalphabetical order.

Rhymes Alphabetical order

1. child ________________

___________________ ________________

___________________ ________________

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2. most ________________

____________________ ________________

____________________ ________________

____________________ ________________

____________________ ________________

3. kind ________________

_____________________ ________________

_____________________ ________________

_____________________ ________________

_____________________ ________________

_____________________ ________________

Short Vowel Rulebreakers

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Schwa

The Schwa

Sometimes a vowel can sound like short u. This is called the schwa sound. Its symbol is . It stands for any vowel that is spoken softly. This sound is usually heard in the syllable

of a word that is quiet, or unaccented.

Example: camel cam l

The first syllable, cam, is accented. Therefore the e sounds like a short u.

Read the words below. If the underlined letter has the schwa sound, write yes on the line.If the letter does not have the schwa sound, write no.

1. wagon _____________

4. lion _______________

7. circus ______________

10. lemon _____________

13. carrot______________

16. dragon _____________

2. zebra ______________

5. cabin ______________

8. window ____________

11. asleep______________

14. nickel _____________

17. picnic _____________

3. seven ______________

6. spoken _____________

9. basket _____________

12. music ______________

15. forget ______________

18. crocodile ___________

e

e

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Searching for Schwa

In the word search below, circle words that contain the schwa sound. Words can be foundvertically, horizontally, diagonally, and backwards. Be careful—there are some words inthe word search that do not contain the schwa sound. Be sure not to circle those words.Before you circle a word, check that you hear the short u sound in it. Try to find at least20 schwa words.

S B A B Y I S Y S T E M T A L K A F O RU A D O G S L E D D S A M F K L P E N TR P W R L P Q N I N S N A P O O J F L BE R C C X W P V O C K G R J O F T N B LR O L L A I I S K J P E E V I L O W O SA N O E B D E N I M I R C X D M I E M PN C C V H R W R N Y S K W E L S E C I RJ B K E F A B A L L S C H A O B L Z E IN E D L O G K E L F O M S N S A I E B NI E W C B O A P I L G R I M W L H J N GC C V S M N Z O I S C U S H A L E K R TK N B E L L E L K L B R E A K O C E I IE E A U F U T I F X O U K W S O C C P ML F N E S A V T L I S T B U E N H A I EF I F T E E N E W O F L C G V N T N M MM A R G I N V S B A E R A M E D L A O OH L N I S H O T H R I I R D N Z C R M TE I C H I L L Y E C A N A L V R W Y S TL K A E C O T T O N C T T S H A D E Z OV E X L A M P E P A N T S U L E R R A B

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Find the Misspelled Words

Circle the misspelled words in the story below. Write the correct spellings on the linesbelow. You should find ten spelling mistakes.

1. ________________________ 2. ________________________

3. ________________________ 4. ________________________

5. ________________________ 6. ________________________

7. ________________________ 8. ________________________

9. ________________________ 10. ________________________

Consonant and Short Vowel Review

A Surprise for Bess

Bess climbed the stairs to the attic. She was so excited. Her grandmother had given

her permission to go through the old cedar trunk and select one of the qilts for her bed.

The last time Bess visited there was not enouf time to explore the attic.

Bess gently pushed the top of the trunk back so it would not fal on her as she

reached into te trunk. She qickly pulled out the first quilt. It was so beautiful. Bess

thought she heard her grandmother cal from the bottom of the stairs, but she was too

busy to stop. The colors in the quilt seemed to bland together. The purple fabric would

be perfect in her room. Bess felt like she was opening presents each time she would pul

a quilt from the trunk. The loge cabin quilt with its rows of light and dark fabric was

like the one Bess was helping her grandmother make right know.

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Match ’Em Up

Match these phrases with the correct parts in the second column. Write the letter of theanswer on the line.

_____ 1. consonant

_____ 2. digraph

_____ 3. bonus letters

_____ 4. ch th sh ck wh

_____ 5. word with a digraph

_____ 6. word with a blend

_____ 7. blend

_____ 8. a says /a/ as in

_____ 9. i says /i/ as in

_____10. u says /u/ as in

_____ 11. o says /o/ as in

_____ 12. e says /e/ as in

_____13. a followed by m sounds like

_____ 14. a followed by n sounds like

_____ 15. a followed by ll sounds like

Consonant and Short Vowel Review

a. ll, ss, ff, zz

b. please

c. any letter that is not a vowel

d. consonant sounds blended together

e. apple

f. Ed

g. digraphs

h. two letters that make one sound

i. up

j. ant

k. thanks

l. ball

m. jam

n. it

o. on

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Make It Plural

The letter -s is added to the end of a word to make that word plural, or more than one.

Examples: cat cats

The consonant -s may have two sounds—/s/ as in cats or /z/ as in bugs.

Add the letter -s to these words, and then write the sound /s/ or /z/.

1. shed _________________ 2. web _________________

3. cub _________________ 4. rub _________________

5. chill _________________ 6. pin _________________

7. pup _________________ 8. bud _________________

9. dab _________________ 10. can _________________

Read the following words. Circle the base words.

11. bathtubs 12. backpacks

13. shells 14. rainbows

15. socks 16. rocks

17. quilts 18. schools

19. chips 20. computes

Plural -s

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More Than One

The letters -s or -es are added to the ends of nouns to mean more than one. The letters -es are added to nouns ending in s, x, z, ch, sh, and tch.

Add -s or -es to the following words, and then write a short sentence using the plural word.

1. ranch _______ __________________________________________________

2. region _______ __________________________________________________

3. approach _______ __________________________________________________

4. conflict _______ __________________________________________________

5. pouch _______ __________________________________________________

6. mix _______ __________________________________________________

7. textbook _______ __________________________________________________

8. brush _______ __________________________________________________

9. coastline _______ __________________________________________________

10. drawback _______ __________________________________________________

11. wax _______ __________________________________________________

12. congress _______ __________________________________________________

13. outburst _______ __________________________________________________

14. match _______ __________________________________________________

15. surplus _______ __________________________________________________

Plurals with -s and -es

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Singular or Plural?

Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. You may need to add -s or -es tomake the word plural.

1. The Titanic sank when it struck a(n) _____________________.

2. The _____________________ of the room were needed for new carpeting.

3. Autumn _____________________ usually include apples and pumpkins.

4. The _____________________ for a long vowel sound is a line over the vowel.

5. The child gave her parents several goodnight _____________________ before bed.

6. The computer game recorded hits but not _____________________.

7. The _____________________ were signed and mailed as soon as the strike was over.

8. Many teachers like students to include _____________________ in their writing.

9. The children love to cook but do not enjoy cleaning the _____________________in the kitchen.

10. The church held several _____________________ each weekend.

11. The baby was causing a(n) _____________________ because she was hungry.

12. The quiet _____________________ of the country helped the man recover from his illness.


massmiss

fusskiss

festivalmess

symboliceberg

lifestylecontract

dimensionquotation

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Crossing Plurals

Add -s or -es to the words in the box to solve the crossword puzzle. The clues are at thebottom of the page.


1 2

3

4 5 6

8

10

9

12

11

7

coachcolumn

crossdiagram

draftjournal

matchwish

complexcontinent

archbuzz

Across7. Students write in _____.8. The palace had _____.

10. Good Luck & Best _____11. The bee _____.12. There are seven _____.

Down1. _____ help solve math problems.2. Open windows cause _____.3. football _____4. apartment _____5. The road _____ the river.6. lit a fire with _____9. The news story was three _____.

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Change Is Good

For nouns ending in a vowel and y, just add -s to form the plural. For nouns ending witha consonant and y, change the y to i and add -es.

Examples: baby + s = babies

Make these nouns plural.

1. charity _____________________

2. volley _____________________

3. berry _____________________

4. quantity _____________________

5. chimney _____________________

6. puppy _____________________

7. mystery _____________________

8. holiday _____________________

9. journey _____________________

Now, write the base word of each of these plural nouns.

10. qualities _____________________

11. companies _____________________

12. memories _____________________

13. libraries _____________________

14. supplies _____________________

Plurals: Changing y to i

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“OS” or “OES”?

To form the plural of nouns ending in o, you add either an -s or an -es. Since there is norule about when to add -s or -es, check a dictionary if you are not sure how to spell theplural form.

Look up the following words in a dictionary. Write the plural form of each word on theline. The dictionary may say that some words are acceptable spelled both ways. If this isthe case, write both correct spellings on the line.

1. alto_____________________ 2. solo ______________________

3. veto ____________________ 4. motto _____________________

5. tomato __________________ 6. potato ____________________

7. piano ___________________ 8. patio ______________________

9. go ______________________ 10. stereo _____________________

11. hero ____________________ 12. tornado ___________________

13. trio _____________________ 14. echo ______________________

15. cargo ___________________ 16. mosquito ___________________

17. rodeo ___________________ 18. radio ______________________

19. igloo ___________________ 20. embargo ___________________

Plurals: Nouns Ending in o

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Reviewing “S” and “ES”

Write the plural form of the word on the first line. Use a dictionary, if needed. Then usethe plural form of the word in a sentence.

1. tornado ___________________ _____________________________________

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2. piano ___________________ _______________________________________

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3. watch ___________________ _______________________________________

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4. mosquito ___________________ ____________________________________

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5. wish ___________________ ________________________________________

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6. mix ___________________ ________________________________________

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7. kangaroo ___________________ ____________________________________

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8. domino ___________________ _____________________________________

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9. potato ___________________ ______________________________________

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10. coach ___________________ _______________________________________

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Plural Rule Breakers

For some words that end in f, change the f to v and add es to make them plural.

Example: leaf + s = leaves

Write the plural form of these words.

1. thief _____________________________

2. wolf _____________________________

3. calf _____________________________

4. shelf _____________________________

5. elf _____________________________

6. loaf _____________________________

7. yourself _____________________________

Some words become plurals by changing the letters within the word. Write the pluralform of each word on the line. Use a dictionary, if needed.

8. wife _____________________________

9. life _____________________________

10. tooth _____________________________

11. man _____________________________

12. woman _____________________________

13. goose _____________________________

14. child _____________________________

15. knife _____________________________

16. mouse _____________________________

Some words do not change when they are plural: sheep, fish, deer, moose, barracks.

Plurals: Changing f to v and Irregular Plurals

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So Many Synonyms

Synonyms are words that have similar meanings.

Use the words in the box below to find a synonym for each of the numbered words.Write the synonym on the line.

1. shirt ___________________________

2. weak ___________________________

3. helper ___________________________

4. aircraft ___________________________

5. two ___________________________

6. path ___________________________

7. lawyer ___________________________

8. keep ___________________________

9. questionnaire __________________________

10. rebel ___________________________

11. plaything ___________________________

12. kingly ___________________________

13. postpone ___________________________

14. ape ___________________________

Synonyms

delaymonkeyjersey

frailsurveyplane

royaltrailtoy

pairattorneydisobey

aideretain

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Antonyms Anywhere

An antonym is a word that means the opposite. Use the words in the box below to findan antonym for each of the numbered words. Write the antonym on the line. Then circlethe vowel digraph in each antonym.

1. in ____________________ 2. north ____________________

3. continue ____________________ 4. false ____________________

5. separate ____________________ 6. quiet ___________________

7. son ____________________ 8. nice ____________________

9. evening ____________________ 10. asleep ____________________

11. freeze ____________________ 12. deep ____________________

13. spit ____________________ 14. near ____________________

15. free ____________________ 16. ordinary ____________________

17. smile ____________________ 18. up ____________________

19. sky ____________________ 20. fast ____________________

Antonyms

awakeloudslowthaw

awayoutstandingpauseground

subduenaughtysouthtrue

frownswallowglueshallow

downdaughterdawnout

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To, Too, Two

Homophones are words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings.

Write the correct word from each pair of homophones.

1. lead led = a heavy metal ______________________

2. peak peek = the mountain ______________________

3. creek creak = a noise ______________________

4. deer dear = the way to begin a letter ______________________

5. steal steel = to take something ______________________

6. ring wring = on your finger ______________________

7. ore oar = row a boat with this ______________________

8. wear ware = goods for sale ______________________

9. weight wait = pounds ______________________

10. beets beats = they are red ______________________

11. meet meat = eat for dinner ______________________

12. threw through = ______________________ a ball

13. peace piece = a ______________________ of cake

14. heel heal = on your foot ______________________

15. fare fair = bus ______________________

16. feet feat = shoes on your ______________________

17. hear here = with your ears ______________________

18. would wood = pine is one kind ______________________

19. waste waist = a belt around your ______________________

20. seem seam = sew a ______________________

Homophones

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Danger Zone

The following homophones are frequently confused.

Carefully choose the correct word to complete each sentence.

1. The _______________ forecast called for snow.

2. This forecast will _______________ our plans for travel.

3. We told Sue and Jim we would be at _______________ place by noon.

4. _______________ our friends from college.

5. _______________ are the suitcases we need for the trip?

6. The _______________ suitcases are in the basement.

7. Be sure to bring warm clothes to _______________.

8. Sarah and Jeff announced that they want to go, _______________.

9. They _______________ the argument, and they will join us.

10. Please take these things _______________ the car.

11. We must decide _______________ or not to go.

12. The major _______________ of all this confusion is not good.

Homophones

their

they’re

there

two

to

too

affecteffectweatherwhether

onewonwearwhere

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Homophones

It’s In the Spelling

Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have differentmeanings. Write the meanings of these homophones on the lines.

1. hair ________________________________________________________________

hare _______________________________________________________________

2. tail ________________________________________________________________

tale ________________________________________________________________

3. pane _______________________________________________________________

pain _______________________________________________________________

4. plane ______________________________________________________________

plain _______________________________________________________________

5. hail ________________________________________________________________

hale _______________________________________________________________

6. bail ________________________________________________________________

bale _______________________________________________________________

7. lane _______________________________________________________________

lain ________________________________________________________________

8. pair ________________________________________________________________

pare _______________________________________________________________

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Anagrams

An anagram is a word made by changing the order of the letters in another word.

Example: The letters in amen can be rearranged to spell name.

Rearrange the letters in these words to make new words.

1. snap ____________________________

2. part ____________________________

3. scorn ____________________________

4. pool ____________________________

5. slow ____________________________

6. staple ____________________________

7. spool ____________________________

8. charm ____________________________

9. end ____________________________

10. rats ____________________________

11. pore ____________________________

12. earth ____________________________

Anagrams

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