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Lesson 11: Keeping the Final Silent e

Word Bank

Key Concepts
1. To add a suffix starting with a consonant, keep a 4. To add most suffixes to words ending in ee or
word’s final silent e. oe, keep the final e.
spite + ful = spiteful free + dom = freedom
place + ment = placement free + ing = freeing
2. Memorize two exceptions: hoe + ing = hoeing
judge + ment = judgment
awe + ful = awful
3. To add a suffix starting with a or o, keep the e in
words with the soft c or g sound..
trace + able = traceable
outrage + ous = outrageous
Spelling Practice

Choose the word from the Word Bank that combines each word root and suffix. Write your choice
on the line. Then write the number of the Key Concept that applies to your choice.
free + dom = freedom, 4
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Example:

1. advantage + ous = 6. judge + ment =

2. canoe + ist = 7. incite + ment =
3. decree + ing = 8. replace + able =
4. endorse + ment = 9. remorse + ful =
5. foresee + able = 10. remorse + less =

Spelling in Context

Write the word that best fits in each sentence. Use the Key Concepts to spell the words correctly.
1. By taxes on basics such as tea, England’s Parliament created hardships for
American colonists.
2. King George’s of the taxes fueled colonists’ anger.
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LESSON 11 continued

3. The colonists’ reaction to Parliament might have been , but apparently it was not.
4. Neither the king nor the members of Parliament seemed when colonists
protested.
5. This lack of concern was one more to revolution.

Proofreading Practice

Read the paragraph. Find the five misspelled words and circle them. Then, on the numbered lines
below, write the correct spelling for each circled word.

Could the old islander’s claim be true? Could he really guide a canoist five hundred miles
between two tiny atolls—using no navigation equipment at all? In the vast and remorsless
Pacific, a small error could be fatal. Yet the judgement of Hipour, a traditional Micronesian navi-
gator, proved accurate. His advantagous knowledge of currents, stars, and natural signs brought
the canoe safely to its goal. His 1970 feat showed that traditional ways are not always easily
replacable.
1. 3. 5.
2. 4.

Spelling Application

Here are six additional words that reflect the Key Concepts you have learned. Fill in the word that
best completes each tongue twister.
courageous entirely guaranteeing manageable purposeful tiptoeing

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1. Tricia’s entrapped in truck tire trouble.
2. May my mammoth be , Ma’am.
3. The aged sage is .
4. Perfectly persons pivot.
5. It’s trim Tim Tripp .
6. Grand trees teeming greenery grow.