Grade 5 · English Language Arts · Unit 12 of 12
Spelling Smarts
Plurals, endings and tricky words
What your child practises
Spelling rules (plurals, dropping the silent e, doubling a final consonant), homophones such as its and it's, commonly misspelled words and Canadian spellings like colour and centre.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: Experiment with and apply grammar, spelling, and punctuation to develop precise written communication. · spelling patterns, plurals, suffix rules, homophones and Canadian spellings
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which is the plural of 'box'?
- boxs
- boxies
- boxen
- boxes
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boxes
Hint: Add 'es' to words that end in x, s, ch or sh.
Question 2
Which is the Canadian spelling of the unit of length with 100 centimetres?
- meetre
- meter
- metre
- metr
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metre
Hint: Canadian spelling uses 're' at the end of 'metre' and 'centre'.
Question 3
Which spelling is correct?
- theatre
- theatr
- theeter
- thaetre
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theatre
Hint: Canadian spelling uses 're' at the end of 'theatre', 'metre' and 'centre'.
Question 4
Add 'ing' to 'hope'. Which is correct?
- hopping
- hoping
- hopeing
- hopeng
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hoping
Hint: Drop the silent 'e' before adding 'ing'.
Question 5
Which word completes the sentence? Please put the books over ___.
- their
- there
- they're
- thare
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there
Hint: 'There' tells where. 'Their' shows belonging.
Question 6
Which word is spelled correctly?
- beatiful
- beutiful
- beautifull
- beautiful
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beautiful
Hint: Say it in parts: beau-ti-ful. It has three vowels together at the start.