Words Ending in ous: Spelling Practice
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Words Ending in ous: Spelling Practice
Grade 4 spelling worksheet: fill in the missing letters of every word, then unscramble six words. The suffix -ous, meaning full of, as in famous and dangerous.
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The Suffix ousA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.- Pages
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Spell longer words by syllables, choose the right homophone, and add prefixes and suffixes with the rules for changing the base word.
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How to use this sheet
- Talk about the rule or the word part first, and have the child find it in each word on the list.
- In look, say, cover, write, check, have the child really cover the word, and check each letter after writing.
- For words with endings, have the child say the rule aloud before adding each ending.
Common mistakes
- Doubling the consonant when the vowel is long, as in "hopping" for hoping. Double only after a short vowel.
- Keeping the silent e before -ing, as in "makeing". Drop the e before an ending that starts with a vowel.
- Mixing up -tion and -sion, or -ance and -ence. Learn the words in groups by their ending.
