5th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 11 of 11
Spelling Smarts
Suffixes and words to know
What your child practices
Children practice US spelling of words with suffixes (-ful, -ly, -ous, -ment, -able, -ible), doubling rules, i before e and commonly misspelled words.
Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: ELA.5.L.5 · spelling words accurately using suffix rules and spelling patterns
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 -ful to “beauty.” Which spelling is correct?
- beautyful
- beautiful
- beautifull
- beautiefull
beautiful
Hint: Change y to i; -ful has one l.
Question 2
Add -er to “big.” Which spelling is correct?
- biger
- bigeer
- bigger
- bigerr
bigger
Hint: Double the g after a short vowel.
Question 3
Which word is spelled correctly?
- lagh
- lauhg
- laugh
- laff
laugh
Hint: The f sound is spelled gh: l-a-u-g-h.
Question 4
Add -ing to “begin.” Which spelling is correct?
- begining
- beggining
- beginnig
- beginning
beginning
Hint: The stress is on -gin, so double the n.
Question 5
Add -able to “comfort.” Which spelling is correct?
- comfortibel
- comfortible
- comfortabel
- comfortable
comfortable
Hint: Comfort is a whole word, so it usually takes -able.
Question 6
Which word is spelled correctly?
- calender
- calandar
- calander
- calendar
calendar
Hint: Calendar ends in -dar.