Powerful Word Choice

1. Powerful Word Choice Spelling Strategies A couple of tricks for spelling right! Specific & Precise Write On!

2. How many of these words are misspelled? espesialy acquire beutiful absence diferent similar opportunity paralel tendancy vacum alot chocolate omitted changable brilliant acommodate dropped college catagory beginning beleif congradulations curiosity exilartion surprise consious accomplish aquaintence quiet goverment arguement restarant schedule nasous basically address favorite valuable reccommend alowed mysterious allright tragedy truely Write On!

3. To add –er or –est to an adjective… If the adjective ends in: • consonant + y • change the “y” to an “i” and add –er or –est • consonant + “e” • remove the “e” then add –er or –est • consonant + vowel + consonant • double the last letter, then add –er or -est Got it?? Here comes a quiz….

4. To add –er or –est to an adjective… Quiz Time! • Add –er to “early” • Add –est to “red” • Add –est to “late” • Add –er to “happy” • Add –er to “sad” Answers • earlier • reddest • latest • happier • sadder

5. To add –ing or –ed to a verb… If the base verb ends in: • consonant + vowel + consonant + stressed syllable • double the final consonant, then add –ing or –ed • consonant + “e” • remove the “e” then add –ing or –ed • -ie • change the –ie to “y”, then add –ing • just add –d Got it?? Here comes a quiz….

6. To add –ing or –ed to a verb Quiz Time! • Add –ing to “run” • Add –ed to “die” • Add –ing to “flip” • Add –ing to “vie” • Add –ed to “love” Answers • running • died • flipping • vying • loved

7. To change an adjective to an adverb by adding -ly If the adjective ends in: • -ll • just add “y” • consonant + “le” • remove the “e” then add “y” • -y • remove the “y” then add “ily” Got it?? Here comes a quiz….

8. To change an adjective to an adverb by adding -ly Quiz Time! • Add –ly to “dull” • Add –ly to “snappy” • Add –ly to “terrible” • Add –ly to “scary” • Add –ly to “horrible” Answers • dully • snappily • terribly • scarily • horribly

9. Add –s to make a plural noun If the word ends in: • -ch / -s / -sh / -x / -z • add “es” • -f / -fe • remove the “f” or “fe” then add “ves” • consonant + “y” • remove the “y” then add “ies” Got it?? Here comes a quiz….

10. Change these words to plural nouns Quiz Time! • fox • wife • brush • baby • pass Answers • foxes • wives • brushes • babies • passes

11. -ible or –able? Words ending in –ible are words of Latin origin. There are about 180 words ending in –ible, but here are the most common –ible words: admissible compatible divisible edible flexible gullible horrible illegible Incredible permissible possible tangible terrible visible • Words which end in –able are: • Non-Latin words like: affordable, dependable, washable • New words like: networkable

12. -ible or –able? HERE’S THE TRICK! (This works MOST of the time!) • If you remove –able from the word, you are left with a complete word: • Affordable = afford  • Washable = wash  • If you remove –ible from the word, you are not left with a complete word: • Admissible – admiss  • Terrible – terr 

13. ie or ei?? Here is a simple rhyme to follow: “i” before “e” except after “c” or when sounding like “a” as in “weigh” • “i” before “e” = achieve, believe, brief, chief, friend • except after “c” = ceiling,conceit,receipt • or when sounding like “a” = neighbor, sleigh, vein • EXCEPTIONS (of course): either, neither, caffeine … (more on your worksheets!)