7th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 13 of 13
Spelling: Prefixes and Patterns
-cede or -ceed, double letters and plurals
What your child practices
Children practice US spelling: -cede, -ceed and -sede, prefixes and suffixes that create double letters, -able and -ible, irregular plurals and commonly misspelled words.
Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: ELA.7.L.5 · spelling accurately with prefix, suffix and plural rules
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
What is the plural of “piano”?
- pianoes
- pianose
- piannos
- pianos
pianos
Hint: Music words ending in o just add -s.
Question 2
Add dis- to “satisfied.” Which spelling is correct?
- dissatisfied
- disatisfied
- dissattisfied
- dissatisified
dissatisfied
Hint: Dis + satisfied keeps both s's.
Question 3
Which word is spelled correctly?
- posession
- posesion
- possesion
- possession
possession
Hint: Two sets of double s.
Question 4
Which word is spelled correctly?
- conscous
- consious
- conscious
- concious
conscious
Hint: Con-sci-ous: the sc makes a “sh” sound.
Question 5
Add -ly to “final.” Which spelling is correct?
- finly
- finaly
- finnally
- finally
finally
Hint: Final + ly gives two l's.
Question 6
Which word is spelled correctly?
- maintenence
- maintenance
- maintainance
- maintainence
maintenance
Hint: Maintain changes to mainten-ance.