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Unit 4 Week 1 In contractions, an apostrophe replaces omitted letters: do not becomes don’t; there is becomes there’s. |
1. don’t
2. won’t 3. wouldn’t 4. there’s 5. we’re 6. you’re 7. doesn’t 8. I’ve 9. here’s 10. wasn’t 11. shouldn’t 12. couldn’t 13. where’s 14. hadn’t 15. aren’t 16. they’re 17. it’s 18. we’ve 19. when’s 20. haven’t |
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Unit 4 Week 2 The schwa in final syllables is often spelled differently: jungle, animal, eleven, summer, calendar. |
1. chicken
2. eleven 3. brother 4. jungle 5. natural 6. together 7. calendar 8. needle 9. several 10. summer 11. threaten 12. caterpillar 13. paddle 14. animal 15. pitcher 16. shelter 17. oval 18. frighten 19. mumble 20. deliver |
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Unit 4 Week 3 The digraph /sh/ can be spelled si, ti, and ci: mansion, lotion, special. |
1. nation
2. special 3. lotion 4. mansion 5. precious 6. creation 7. vacation 8. tension 9. especially 10. motion 11. tradition 12. gracious 13. extension 14. addition 15. caution 16. official 17. solution 18. suspension 19. politician 20. portion |
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Unit 4 Week 4 The sound /j/ can be spelled ge and dge: charge, bridge. The sounds /ks/ and /kw/ can be spelled xc, x, and qu: except, expect, equal. |
1. village
2. except 3. explain 4. quick 5. charge 6. bridge 7. knowledge 8. question 9. equal 10. queen 11. excited 12. expect 13. Texas 14. fudge 15. excellent 16. exercise 17. quart 18. liquid 19. quilt 20. expert |
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Unit 4 Week 5 When adding prefixes un-, dis-, and in-, make no change in the base word: uncertain, discount, incomplete. |
1. distrust
2. uncertain 3. incomplete 4. unlikely 5. unfair 6. discontinue 7. unaware 8. disorder 9. discount 10. indirect 11. unopened 12. disrespect 13. unimportant 14. unlisted 15. disrepair 16. inability 17. disapprove 18. unsolved 19. disobey 20. unsuspecting |