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Grammar On The Go!
Grammar On The Go!
Acknowledgements:
Illustration, page 108, Fish and Worm,
used with the permission of Brian Glover and Faith Glover
Print History
Spelling Basics 3
Affixes 5
Forming Plurals 21
Answer Key
a e i o u
Prefixes
sure—unsure
increase—decrease Prefixes can completely or
bicycle—tricycle partially alter the meaning of
the root word.
Review the meanings of in-, im-, il- and ir-. Then, write the
negative version of the word into the chart below. Check the
dictionary if you are unsure.
Visible
Efficient
Logical
Replaceable
Polite
Mortal
Reversible
Competent
Patient
Timed
Practical
Active
Legal
Direct
Regular
Eligible
Responsible
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-ary imaginary
-ous courageous
without
-ly lovely
full of
-less friendless
like
-ful hopeful
towards
-like childlike
-ward westward
Creating Words
1. act + or =
Definition
2. king + dom =
Definition
4. love + ly =
Definition
5. construct + ion =
Definition
Words that end in e may give you some difficulty. Here are a
few simple rules that will tell you when to drop the final e and
when to retain it.
Retain e if the
word ends with service—serviceable—servicing
ce or ge, except change—changeable—changing
when adding ed notice—noticeable—noticing
or ing.
Words Ending in E
1. exciteable excitable
2. reversible reverseable
3. replaceable replacable
4. advantageous advantagous
5. safely safly
6. noticable noticeable
7. rangeing ranging
8. excitable exciteable
1. controllable controlable
2. happened happenned
3. mailled mailed
4. appealling appealing
5. formatted formated
6. dropped droped
7. preferable preferrable
8. programed programmed
Ca/na/di/an
Prefixes Suffixes
decide—de/cide hunting—hunt/ing
resort—re/sort coldness—cold/ness
unfit—un/fit pitiful—piti/ful
overrate—over/rate hideous—hide/ous
classroom—class/room
understand—under/stand
whatsoever—what/so/ever
annual—an/nual speller—spell/er
running—run/ning telling—tell/ing
village—vil/lage crossing—cross/ing
appear—ap/pear passable—pass/able
create—cre/ate sulphur—sul/phur
fluent—flu/ent suspect—sus/pect
riot—ri/ot burglar—bur/glar
Rules
mixing = mix/ing
1. friendliest =
2. stopping =
3. employment =
4. peaceful =
5. famously =
6. believable =
7. responsible =
8. ticklish =
Silent Letters
Fill in the missing silent letter for each of the words listed
below.
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Grammar on the Go! Spelling 19
20 Spelling Grammar on the Go!
Forming Plurals
Here are a few simple rules to remember when forming the
plurals of English nouns.
Forming Plurals
Provide the plural form for each of the following words in the
space provided.
1. chief
2. giraffe
3. hero
4. cliff
5. video
6. thief
7. photo
8. half
9. tooth
10. church
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“i” before “e” except after “c,” except when said “ay” as
in “neighbour” and “weigh.”
This rule applies in most cases, but like so many other rules,
it is sometimes broken. Here is a list of exceptions you must
learn:
among used with three or more objects The money was divided
or persons among the three of us.
waist the part of the body between the The belt was tied
chest and the hips around her waist.
1. The poor weather is bound to ( effect affect )
our race.
14. Make sure you don’t ( lose loose ) your wallet when
you go to the fair.
16. Eat your sandwich and ( than then ) you can have
a cookie.
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Answer Key
Prefixes p. 7
Creating Words p. 9
1. act + or = actor
Definition: a person who acts
3. rival + ry = rivalry
Definition: competition
1. exciteable 5. safely
excitable safly
2. reversible 6. noticable
reverseable noticeable
3. replaceable 7. rangeing
replacable ranging
4. advantageous 8. excitable
advantagous exciteable
More Suffixes p. 14
1. controllable 5. formatted
controlable formated
2. happened 6. dropped
happenned droped
3. mailled 7. preferable
mailed preferrable
4. appealling 8. programed
appealing programmed
Syllables p. 18
1. friendliest = friend/li/est
2. stopping = stop/ping
3. employment = em/ploy/ment
4. peaceful = peace/ful
5. famously = fam/ous/ly
6. believable = be/liev/able
7. responsible = re/spon/sible
8. ticklish = tick/lish
Forming Plurals p. 23
1. chief chiefs
2. giraffe giraffes
3. hero heroes
4. cliff cliffs
5. video videos
6. thief thieves
7. photo photos
8. half halves
9. tooth teeth
10. church churches
10. We are not ( aloud allowed ) to talk in the library during
study period.
14. Make sure you don’t ( lose loose ) your wallet when you
go to the fair.
16. Eat your sandwich and ( than then ) you can have a
cookie.