Spelling Lesson 5

Spelling Lesson 5

NEW WORDS

aviator	photograph	verse	prairie
helicopter	democratic	compare	pasture
propeller	apology	resemble	awkward
glider	heroic	sacred	alcohol
parachute	column	bureau	toboggan

EXERCISES

1. Write bureau, prairie, and pasture. Now write each word in syllables.
   
   
2. Write column and awkward. Cross out the silent letters in these words.
   
   
3. Write the five New Words that refer to aviation and airplanes.
   
   
4. Write compare and resemble. Make new words by dropping the final e and adding ed to each word.
   
   
5. Write the New Words that might be used to describe (1) our form of government, and (2) a book such as the bible.
   
   
6. Write the New Word that begins and ends with ph. What sound has the ph in this word?
   
   
7. One New Word has only one syllable. Write it.
   
   
8. Write apology, alcohol, and toboggan. Find each word in the dictionary and notice the sound given each a ando, whether long or short. Write each word in syllables and mark the a's and o's either long or short.
   
   
9. Write parachute. Say the word softly. What sound is given to the letters ch?
   
   
10. Find and write the two New Words that end in ic.