STUDY GUIDE QUIZ 7
Vocab words to know:
ETYMOLOGY—tells the history and origin of a word
KIN—family members
CLAMOR—a loud noise
INDISPENSABLE—absolutely necessary
PAN—a Greek root that means “all”
1. POSSESSIVE NOUNS show ownership.
a. Underline the possessive nouns from this list: Grandma’s house, bucket of apples, Nelson’s
classroom, monkey’s uncle, rings of fire, jars of flour.
2. Capitalization review: capitalize PROPER nouns, common nouns when they are part of a proper noun,
parts of an OUTLINE, the first word of a SENTENCE, the first word of every line of POETRY, the pronoun
I, the first word in a DIALOGUE QUOTATION, and the important words in A TITLE.
Underline each letter that should be capitalized:
a. grandma said, “the harvest in farmville wasn’t good.”
b. on friday we shall go to see the hobbit.
c. farmville is on the southern border of missouri.
3. Titles used with names of people require a CAPITAL LETTER. Circle the sentence that is capitalized
correctly:
a. Dr. jekyll and mr. hyde are the same person.
b. dr. jekyll and mr. hyde are the same person.
c. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are the same person.
4. Family words like MOM, DAD, or GRANDMA are capitalized when you use them instead of a person’s
name. Don’t capitalize them in phrases like “my grandfather” or “your dad”. Circle the correct
capitalization to fill in the blank:
a. ________, did you finish painting? (Dad or dad)
b. I asked my ______ if he had finished painting. (Dad or dad)
5. When the name of a school subject comes from a proper noun, you capitalize it. If not, you don’t.
Examples:
a.
b.
c.
d.
_E_nglish
_m_ath
_b_iology
_S_panish
6. Circle the words that should be capitalized:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
I asked professor r. u. flubber if i could attend his class.
Please ask mother for directions to the party.
my morning classes are english, history, and spanish.
Do you need latin to graduate?
grandma, please come to my party.
have you visited your dentist, dr. hanfu lee?
7. When you add a suffix to a word with “y” on the end, change the “y” to “I”. Examples:
a. Deny + able=______Deniable___________________
b. Modify + er=_______Modifier__________________
c. Fry + ed=______Fried______________________
d. Pity + ful=____PITIFUL_______________________
e. Bury + s=___________BURIES_________________
f. Worry + some=____________WORRISOME____________
g. Ready + ly=__________READILY________________
h. Dry + est=___________DRIEST______________
8. If the word has a vowel before the “y”, do not change it to “ies”. Examples:
a. Toy + ing=_____Toying___________________________
b. Play + ed=_________PLAYED________________
c. Enjoy + able=______ENJOYABLE_________________________
d. Gray + est=_____GRAYEST_________________________
9. Here are some EXCEPTIONS, or FREAKS: LAID, PAID, SAID, DAILY
10. Practice time! Add suffixes to these words:
a. Replay + ed=___REPLAYED____________________________
b. Crazy + er=_____________CRAZIER____________________
c. Messy + ness=_______MESSINESS________________________
d. Plenty + ful=_______PLENTIFUL__________________________
e. Happy + ly=______HAPPILY__________________________
11. If the word has a silent “e” and the suffix starts with a vowel, drop the silent “e”. Examples:
a. Fame + ous=______Famous________________________b. Wire + y=______Wiry__________________________
c. Wave + y=_________WAVY______________________
d. Come + ing=____________COMING________________
e. Separate + ing=_________SEPARATING_____________________
12. Keep the silent “e” if you are adding a suffix that starts with a consonant. Examples:
a. Encourage + ment=____Encouragement______________________
b. Like + ness=____Likeness___________________________
c. Tire + less=____TIRELESS____________________________
d. Rare + ly=____RARELY____________________________
13. EXCEPTIONS to this rule, or freaks: __ JUDGMENT, ARGUMENT, WISDOM, GENTLY, TRULY _
14. Other exception: When you are adding “ous” or “able” to a word that ends in “ge” or “ce,” keep the
final “e”. Examples: MANAGEABLE, TRACEABLE, CHANGEABLE, OUTRAGEOUS, COURAGEOUS
15. Practice:
a. Conceive + able=_____Conceivable____________________________________
b. Please + ing=______PLEASING_________________________________________
c. Cease + ing=______CEASING____________________________________________
16. A silent “k” at the beginning of a word is always followed by N, as in “knife.” Write two more examples
here: know, knead, knee, knit, knock
17. The silent “g” may also be followed by N at the beginning or end of a word, as in “gnat”. Write two
examples:
align, assign, arraign, design, foreign, gnaw
18. A silent “w” can come before the letter R , or the letter H: “wrinkle” or “who”. Write two examples:
wrong, wring, write, wren, wrench, white, when, what
19. A silent “t” can follow the letter S, or come before the letters CH, as in “match.” Write two examples:
listen, watch, ditch, catch, glitch
20. The letters “ge” usually follow a silent D, as in “badge”. Write two examples:
bridge, budge, fudge, ridge, lodge, edge
21. A silent “c” can follow the letter S, as in “scissors”.Write two examples:
muscle, scene, scent, descend, conscience
22. Circle each silent letter in these words:
a. Kneel
b. Badger
c. Answer
d. Gnarl
e. Wrong
f. Itch
23. Circle each silent letter in these words:
a. Wrestle
b. Knot
c. Whose
d. Knees
e. Gnome
f. Scenery
g. Listen
h. Whistle
24. A silent “p” usually occurs before the letters N, S and T, as in “pneumonia”. Write two examples:
psychic, psychology, psycho, pterodactyl
25. Many words contain the letter m followed by a silent B, as in “comb”. Write two examples: bomb,
climb, crumb, dumb, lamb, limb, numb, thumb
26. Many words that contain a silent L follow a similar pattern: an I followed by a consonant that makes
the L difficult to pronounce, as in “chalk”. Write two examples:
half, calf, talk, walk, chalk, could, would, should
27. A silent U usually follows the letter G. It reminds us to pronounce the G with a hard sound rather than
a soft sound, like a j sound, at either the beginning or the end of the word, as in “guardian.” Write two
examples: guest, guide, disguise, guilt, guitar
28. A silent H usually follows C, R or G, as in “scheme” or “aghast.” Write two examples:
ache, chaos, character, choir, school, echo, leprechaun
29. The letter combination “gh” is always silent when it comes before the letter T, as in “light”.Write two
examples: weight, fight, right, bought, thought
30. Sometimes the letter M is followed by a silent N, as in “column”. Write two examples:
31. Circle the silent letters in these words:
a. Dough
b. Ache
c. Limb
d. Walk
e. Through
f. Crumb
g. Hymn
h. Psalm
i. Subtle
j. Guard
k. Would
32. Circle the silent letters in these words:
a. Guess
b. Could
c. Pneumonia
d. Calf
e. Debt
f. Chorus
g. Sight
h. Tomb
i. Rhyme
j. Corps
k. Yolk
33. Rules for doubling final consonants:
a. When a one-syllable word ends with a _____CONSONANT______________preceded by a
___VOWEL______, we double the final consonant before adding a suffix that begins with a
vowel. Examples:
b. Drop + ed =dropped
c. Sin + er= sinner
d. Trip + ing= tripping
e. Big + est= biggest
f. Run + y= runny
34. Exceptions: bused, sewing, _writing, edited_________
35. When a word of two or more syllables ends with a single ___CONSONANT____________preceded by a
single ___VOWEL___________, we double the final consonant if the word is
_____STRESSED____________on the last syllable:
a. Forget + ing= forgetting
b. Repel + ed=repelled
c. Submit + ed=submitted
36. DO NOT DOUBLE……
a. The final consonant of a word ending with a ____CONSONANT PRECEDED BY A VOWEL______,
when adding a suffix that begins with a consonant. Examples: sadly, spotless, madness
b. ALSO, DO NOT DOUBLE the final consonant if it is preceded by two vowels or another
____CONSONANT_______. Examples: rained, warmly, broadest
37. PRACTICE TIME! Add the suffixes to these words.
a. Chop +ing = CHOPPING
b. Commit + ed= COMMITTED
c. Bad + ly= BADLY
d. Pain + less= PAINLESS
e. Luck + y= LUCKY
i. Now try it on your own:
ii. Tap + ed= TAPPED
iii. Stop + ing= STOPPING
iv. Glad + ly= GLADLY
v. Benefit + ed= BENEFITED
vi. Flat + ness= FLATNESS
38. SPELLING RULES for ie/ei
“I before E except after C, or when sounded like AY as in NEIGHBOR and WEIGH.”
Examples: friend, piece, ceiling
EXCEPTIONS to the ie/ei rule: freight, feign, receive
Now try on your own. Underline the correct spelling.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
achieve/acheive
recieve/receive
freight/frieght
peice/piece
conciet/conceit
f. fiegn/feign