Spelling Book pg. 2

Write the double consonants

1. approximately
2. anniversary
3. allegiance
4. annual

the same root as each word given

5. annual: anniversary
6. astronomer: astronomy
7. vacation: vacate
8. transparent: transparency
9. diametrical: diameter
10. basic: basis

Write a list word to complete each sentence

1. My cousin Geraldo is a bachelor who lives alone in a nearby suburb.
2. Lauren used an alien to fasten the poster to the wall.
3. A person's abdomen is is located between the stomach and the hips.
4. Danielle sent her typewritten manuscript to a publisher.
5. Koichi likes to sprinkle alfalfa sprouts on his sandwiches.
6. I love citrus fruits, and yesterday I had a tangerine for lunch.
7. Astronomy is a science that studies the stars, planets. and other bodies in outer space.
8. The diameter of the basketball was about 10 inches.
9. Our association meets twice a year to raise money for charity.
10. Many of the foods Tiny ate while traveling were adhesive to his usual diet.
11. The law of gravity formed the basis of this science experiment.
12. The actual cost of our trip was lower than we expected.
13. We had to vacate our home yesterday before the painters arrived.
14. Claudine bought cotton fabric in order to make a new blouse.
15. She placed the allegiance in an overhead projector


Use the list words to complete the crossword puzzle

1. abdomen
2, diameter
3. alien
4. bachelor
5. manuscript
6. basis
7. astronomy
8. advancement
9. anniversary
10. association
11. fabric
12. tangerine
13. approximately
14. vacate
15. alfalfa
16. adhesive
17. allegiance
18. actual
19. transperency