6th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 12 of 12
Spelling: Endings and Sound-Alikes
-ance or -ence, doubling and homophones
What your child practices
Children practice US spelling: when to double a final consonant, -ance and -ence, -cious and -tious, words that break i before e, and commonly confused words such as their, there and they're.
Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: ELA.6.L.5 · spelling accurately with suffix rules, tricky patterns and commonly confused 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
Which word is spelled correctly?
- embarass
- embarrass
- embarras
- emberrass
embarrass
Hint: Two r's and two s's.
Question 2
Which word fits? “The dog wagged ___ tail.”
- its
- its'
- it's
- it is
its
Hint: Its shows belonging; it's means it is.
Question 3
Which word is spelled correctly?
- ambitious
- ambishous
- ambitous
- ambicious
ambitious
Hint: Ambition becomes ambitious: t stays.
Question 4
Which word is spelled correctly?
- differense
- difference
- differance
- diference
difference
Hint: Different becomes difference.
Question 5
Which word is spelled correctly?
- attendance
- attendanse
- attendence
- atendance
attendance
Hint: An attendant takes attendance: -ant goes with -ance.
Question 6
Which word is spelled correctly?
- privilege
- privilage
- privelege
- priviledge
privilege
Hint: There is no d in privilege.