Spelling Lesson 32 Analogies and Word Application

ANALOGIES

Write a list word to complete each analogy.

1. Nimble is to lively as gymnastics is to flexible.
2. Five is to pentathlon as ten is to decathlon.
3. Wrist is to hand as ankle is to foot.
4. Sedan is to car as kayak is to canoe.
5. Judge is to courtroom as referee is to ball game.
6. Baseball is to catcher as goalkeeper is to goalie.
7. Basket is to basketball as target is to archery.
8. Movie reviewer is to film as Olympics is to athletic event.

WORD APPLICATION

Italic the list word in each sentence that is used incorrectly. Write the correct list word on the line.

1. People who take part in a contest are called referees: contestants
2. The goalkeeper sprained his ankle running to the finish line: sprinter
3. He trained to be an umpire in the youth soccer league: referee

Spelling lesson 27 bonus words

Write the bonus word that matches each definition clue.

1. computer memory, especially on a disk or drive.
storage

2. put together systematically.
structured

3. visual representation.
graphic

4. written material describing how to run a program or operate a computer.
documentation

5. the act of controlling or handling.
management

6. rapid recording and handling of large amounts by a computer.
data processing

7. a device for transmitting computer information by telephone.
modem

8. the printed output of a computer by a printer onto paper.
printout

9. a movable indicator or marker on a computer screen.
cursor

10. changing a disk from one computer to make it readable by another computer.
conversion

Spelling lesson 27 word analysis

Write the list words in which y spells the short i sound.

1. antonym
2. mythical
3. sympathetic
4. synthetic
5. cylinder
6. physician
7. symbolic
8. cymbals
9. crystals
10. oxygen
11. typical
12. cynical
13. synopsis
14. pyramid

Write the list words in which y spells the long i sound.

15. paralyze
16. python
17. cyclone
18. hydrogen
19. encyclopedia

Spelling Lesson 34

Write the formed by adding the appropriate prefix to each root or base word given.

1. fair: affair
2. cess: access
3. traction: attraction
4. customed: accustomed
5. curate: accurate
6. fix: affix
7. taché: attaché
8. celerate: accelerate
9. front: affront
10. company: accompany


Write a list word to complete each analogy.

1. Inaccurate is to incorrect as accurate is to correct.
2. Treaty is to pact as affair is to agreement.
3. Hurt is to offend as insult is to affront.
4. Negate is to no as affirm is to yes.
5. Hate is to love as detachment it to attachment.
6. Slow is to decelerate as fast is to accelerate.
7. Staple is to join as glue is to attachment.
8. Lead is to guide as escort is to acquire.

Spelling Book Crossword Puzzle

Unscramble the list words to complete the crossword puzzle

ACROSS
3. EMNETASUM: amusement
5. ECNERFMUCRICE: circumference
6. TREUULC: culture
8. MUENOILL: linoleum
9. ULTEBS: subtle

DOWN:
1. MUAVUC: vacuum
2. UNSUOIRTSDI: industrious
4. REMMIUP: premium
7. DEGUMS: smudge
10. TINUY: unity

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