Word Search With Words That Drop Letters

Use the proofreading passages after students have practiced the patterns in the shorter sheets. Have them say the word slowly and check each letter before writing.

Add suffixes to words that drop letters, like argue to argument, then find them in a grid. Some base words drop one or more letters when a suffix is added: argue becomes argument, true becomes truly, nine becomes ninth, and judge becomes judgment. The directions on the page read: Add the suffix and write the new word on the line. Then find the word in the grid and circle it. Words run across, down, or diagonally, never backward. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 8th grade spelling, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

Homophones sound alike but have different spellings and meanings, such as cue and queue or flare and flair. Homophones in a Community Theater Review has students choose 12 correctly.

Some base words drop a letter, often a final e, to make the new word easier to say. Argue becomes argument and true becomes truly.

Many words from Italian and Spanish keep patterns from those languages, such as double consonants in spaghetti or a final o in mosquito.