4th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 12 of 13
Spelling Rules
Endings, plurals and tricky words
What your child practices
Children practice US spelling rules for adding endings (doubling, dropping e, changing y to i), plurals and common tricky words.
Oregon State Standards learning standard: ELA.4.L.2 · spelling words correctly using rules for endings, plurals and common words
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
Add -ing to “bite.” Which spelling is correct?
- biting
- bitng
- biteing
- bitting
biting
Hint: Drop the silent e before -ing.
Question 2
Which word has a silent k?
- keep
- knock
- kite
- kangaroo
knock
Hint: In kn, the k is silent.
Question 3
Which word is spelled correctly?
- ryte
- wriet
- writte
- write
write
Hint: Write starts with a silent w.
Question 4
Which word is spelled correctly?
- Wednsday
- Wednesday
- Wensday
- Wedensday
Wednesday
Hint: Say it in parts: Wed-nes-day.
Question 5
Add -ing to “hop.” Which spelling is correct?
- hoping
- hopping
- hopeing
- hopinng
hopping
Hint: Short vowel + one consonant: double the consonant before -ing.
Question 6
What is the plural of “knife”?
- knifs
- nives
- knifes
- knives
knives
Hint: Change f to v and add -es; keep the silent k.