Name ______________________________________ #_______ Date ___________________

1.5 Letters from Yosemite

Directions: First, read each sentence. Then fill in the bubble next to the word that is
spelled correctly. If none of the choices are correct, fill in the bubble next to the choice
“none.”

1. I gave the waiter my ____ order. 2. The hot air balloon was ____.
 usuial  hooge
 usual  huige
 usuale  huge
 none  none
3. Liz plays the ____ in the band. 4. Drew is in a happy ____ today.
 flute  mewd
 flutte  muid
 fluit  mood
 none  none
5. That is a ____ stone. 6. I ____ the ball.
 smuith  threw
 smooth  throo
 smouth  thrue
 none  none
7. The sun came out by ____. 8. I wear a helmet when I ride a ____.
 afernoon  scooter
 afternewn  scewter
 afternoon  scuiter
 none  none
9. This ____ is sweet. 10. The ____ ship sailed away from the port.
 jewce  crewse
 juice  cruise
 jooce  croose
 none  none
11. Jim always told the ____. 12. The ball hit me and caused a _____.
 truth  broose
 trooth  bruise
 threwth  brewse
 none  none
13. Don’t be ____ to your pets. 14. Please ____ me for bumping you.
 cruel  excuise
 crewl  excoose
 crool  excuse
 none  none
15. Each ____ brought a book. 16. My bike’s tire made a ____ in the mud.
 pewpil  groove
 poopil  grewve
 puipil  gruive
 none  none
17. The map may ____ her. 18. Judy has a fine sense of ____.
 confoose  humor
 confuse  hewmor
 confuise  hoomor
 none  none
19. It is your ____ to walk the dog. 20. Come home before ____.
 duty  curfoo
 dewty  curfew
 duity  curfuw
 none  none
21. What factors will ____ your choice? 22. We recycle our ____ cans.
 inflewence  alunimum
 influence  alewinum
 infloence  aluminum
 none  none
23. Good ____keeps us healthy. 24. When we ___ lots of toys, we give some
 newtrition away.
 nootrition  acumulate
 nutrition  accumulate
 none  accewmlate
 none
25. The girls built an ____ from snow.
 iggloo
 iglew
 igloo
 none

Dictation Sentences: Listen as your teacher gives you a sentence. Write the sentence
down on the lines below. Make sure you check your capitalization, punctuation, and the
spelling.

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