Question

guided practice

1. read the sentences

jill lost a pritty pursc. it had munny in it. a yung
man found the purse. he called jill. he gave her back
the purse.
circle the words that are spelled incorrectly. write
the correct spellings.

think
look at the context of each of the words. can
you figure out what each of the words means
from context? are any of these words irregularly
spelled words?
answer: circle pritty, munny, yung, and bak. the correct
spellings are: pretty, money, young, and back.

tabe practice

1. which word sounds the same as pour?

a. purr
b. pure
c. poor
d. power

1. choose the correctly spelled word to complete

the sentence.
i have to get up ______ to catch the bus.
a. erly
b. early
c. urlee
d. earley

1. which word from this sentence is spelled

incorrectly?
nevas field has good soyel. she wants to grow
flowers and beans.
a. field
b. soyel
c. flowers
d. beans

1. read the sentence.

last night i read a short ______.
which correctly spelled word completes the
sentence?
a. storie
b. story
c. store
d. storry

Explanation:

• Question 2: "surpise" is misspelled. The correct spelling is "surprise".
• Question 3: In "could", the "l" is silent; in "through", the "gh" is silent; in "write", the "w" is silent.
• Question 4: "juice", "baby", and "secret" are the correctly spelled words.
• Question 5: "pour" and "poor" are homophones (sound the same).
• Question 6: "early" is the correct spelling.
• Question 7: "soyel" is misspelled. The correct spelling is "soil".
• Question 8: "story" is the correct spelling.

Answer:

1. "surpise" (should be "surprise")
2. In "could" - "l"; in "through" - "gh"; in "write" - "w"
3. juice, baby, secret
4. C. poor
5. B. early
6. B. soyel (should be "soil")
7. B. story