Derived Compound Words

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Lesson 1: Derived Compound Words
Compound words consist of two or more words used as a single Spelling Words
word. They can be closed, hyphenated, or open. 1. homesick
Sort the Spelling Words into the three groups. 2. evergreen
3. well-wisher
CLOSED
elsewhere 4. picnic basket
5. homemade
6. long-term
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7. underground
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8. handkerchief
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10. gingerbread
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11. furthermore
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12. heart attack
13. stagecoach
HYPHENATED 14. good-natured
make - believe
15. headquarters

16. loudspeaker
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Your Own Words
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Look for other words to add
to the lists. You might find

earthquake or flash flood in a
book about natural disasters.
OPEN
Where might you see
ground floor scrapbook or well-worn?
17. _______________
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19. _______________

Some compound words, such as eyewitness, are written closed; 20. _______________
others, such as well-behaved, are hyphenated; some, such as
common sense, are written open.
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Holt Spelling Lessons and Activities
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Lesson 1: Derived Compound Words ( continued)
Spelling Clues: Compound Words When spelling a compound

word, think of the two shorter words in it. Spell each word correctly.
Then put the two words together.

Find and circle the part of each word that is misspelled. Then write
1. _______________
the whole word correctly.
1. wel-wisher 4. futhermore 2. _______________
2. lage-scale 5. hankerchief
3. _______________
3. heart attach 6. headquaters
4. _______________
Proofreading 7–12. Circle the misspelled words, and write each
5. _______________
word correctly on the lines.
6. _______________
Dear Paul,
How I enjoy being among evergrene trees! Something in

New Hampshire seems to make everyone good-naturd. A
long-turm stay in the country is certainly looking good right
7. _______________
now. I’m not homesick yet, anyway. Tomorrow, my aunt and
I are going into the woods with a picnick basket full of 8. _______________
fortune cookies, spinach, and homeade pretzels. But here I
9. _______________
am rattling on. How’s London? Have you gone for a ride in
the undergrond tunnels yet?
10. _______________
Your friend,
11. _______________
Adam
12. _______________

Fun with Words Compound words do not always combine the

meanings of the two words. Write a Spelling Word that goes with
each silly definition below. (Note: These aren’t the real definitions of 13. _______________
the words!)
14. _______________
13. someone who doesn’t need a microphone
14. a cart for getting opera stars from one side of the platform to the 15. _______________
other
16. _______________
15. a loaf that adds spice to your life
16. a house with a high fever

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Holt Spelling 1 Lessons and Activities
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Lesson 2: Easily Confused Words
English has many words that can be easily confused with one Spelling Words
another. They’re not homographs or homophones, but they’re so 1. breath
similar that they are used incorrectly many times. Study the Spelling
2. finally
Words to find each pair of words that might be confused with each
3. bazaar
other. Then pronounce each word carefully.
4. antidote
Sort the easily confused words by pairs.
5. conscious
affect effect
6. excess
7. bizarre
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8. finely
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10. persecuted
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11. conscience
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12. prosecuted
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14. access
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15. anecdote
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16. feudal
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Your Own Words
Look for other pairs of similar

words to add to the diagram.
You might find picture and
It helps to be aware of words that sound similar. If you are not
pitcher in a baseball book.
sure which word to use, look up the meanings of the words in a
You might find emigrate and
dictionary. immigrate in a book about
becoming a United States
citizen.
17. _______________
18. _______________
19. _______________
20. _______________

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Holt Spelling 2 Lessons and Activities
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Lesson 2: Easily Confused Words ( continued)
Spelling Clues: Correct Pronunciation Pronouncing words

correctly in speech, avoiding slurred syllables and omitted letters,
can help you spell words correctly in writing.
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Look at each respelling and definition below. Then carefully
2. _______________
pronounce each word in the pair beside it. Circle the word that
matches the respelling and definition. Write the word.
3. _______________
1. [fyōō´·təl] feudal futile
4. _______________
useless
2. [pûr´sə·kyōōt´əd] persecuted prosecuted 5. _______________
harassed, mistreated
6. _______________
3. [an´ik·dōt] a short antidote anecdote
story
4. [breth] respiration breath breadth

5. [pros´ ə·kyōōt´əd] prosecuted persecuted
put on trial
6. [fyōōd´(ə)l] of lords futile feudal

and peasants
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Proofreading 7–12. Circle the incorrectly used words, and write the
8. _______________
correct ones on the lines.
9. _______________
• Thanksgiving dinner was fabulous, and we ate to access.
• After three years of practice, I was finely able to do a magic show. 10. _______________
• Bazaar coincidences have been happening lately.
11. _______________
• Will you hand me the finally chopped onions, please?
12. _______________
• The breath of the river surprised us.
• Standing beneath the redwoods, we were conscience of the
awesomeness of nature.

Working with Meaning Write the correct Spelling Words.

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14. _______________

15. _______________
16. _______________

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Holt Spelling 3 Lessons and Activities
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Lesson 3: Adding Endings to Words
Each Spelling Word ends in -s, -es, -ed, or -ing. Look at each word Spelling Words
to see if changes were made to the base word before the ending was 1. potatoes
added.
2. separating
Sort the words into four groups that match the example words.
3. harvesting
shoes / huts jammed 4. contained
5. programming
6. refused
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7. omitted
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8. produced
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9. acquired
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11. submitted

12. justified
tries / tried raced / racing
13. forbidding
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15. nutrients
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16. resources
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Your Own Words
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Look for other words with the
word ending -ing, -ed, -s, or
-es to add to the lists. You

might find puzzling or
• Sometimes endings can be added without spelling changes shocking in a mystery story.
Where might you read about
being made to the base word.
experimenting with new
• When a base word ends in y preceded by a consonant, you cures?
must change the y to i before adding -ed or -es.
17. _______________
• When a base word ends in a consonant, you often have to
double the final consonant before adding -ed or -ing. 18. _______________
• When a base word ends in e, you must drop the final e before 19. _______________
adding -ed or -ing.
20. _______________
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Holt Spelling 4 Lessons and Activities
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Lesson 3: Adding Endings to Words ( continued)
Spelling Clues: Word Endings When you write, notice words that

end with -s, -es, -ed, or -ing. Look at the base word, and decide if the
spelling stays the same or changes. Changes might include dropping

the final e, doubling the final consonant, or changing a y to i before
adding the ending. 1. _______________
Read each base word below. Decide if any spelling changes need to
2. _______________
be made before the ending is added. Then add the ending and write
each Spelling Word. 3. _______________
1. contain + ed 5. petrify + ed
4. _______________
2. harvest + ing 6. separate + ing
5. _______________
3. produce + ed 7. omit + ed
4. nutrient + s 8. ability + es 6. _______________

7. _______________
Proofreading 9–14. Read the following story. Add -s, -es, -ed, or
-ing to the words that need it, so that the story makes sense. Write 8. _______________
the correct spellings on the lines.

Cameron acquire a lot of knowledge at Iowa State. In his third
year, he switched his major from computer program to agriculture.
Because of his previous grades, the school refuse his application to
9. _______________
take a double major in agriculture and microbiology. However, by
January his grades had improved so much that when he submit his
10. _______________
application again, it was accepted. When he graduated with honors,
he was told his work had justify the confidence placed in him. The 11. _______________
school’s resource were well spent on this young man.
12. _______________

Fun with Words Write the Spelling Word that answers each riddle. 13. _______________
15. What have eyes but no faces?
14. _______________
16. Why did the farmer raise his hand at the auction?

15. _______________
16. _______________

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Holt Spelling 5 Lessons and Activities
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Lesson 4: Prefixes ad-, in-
Each of the Spelling Words begins with a form of the prefix ad- or Spelling Words
in-. The prefix ad- may also be spelled ac-, af-, ag-, an-, ap-, and 1. arrested
ar-. The prefix in- may also be spelled ir-, im-, and il-. Some
2. improved
prefixes are noticeable; others change form or spelling to join the
3. included
base word. Spelling changes, especially double consonants, result
when prefixes are assimilated with, or absorbed into, the base word. 4. irrigated
If prefixes are added directly to a base word, some consonant 5. inspection
combinations would be difficult to pronounce:
6. insisted
adford disficult subfocate comrespond comlapse
7. illustrated
Double consonants result when the last letter of the prefix changes to
8. advice
match the first letter of the root:
afford difficult suffocate correspond collapse 9. approved
For example, the word accumulate comes from the Latin prefix ad-, 10. agreeable
meaning “to,” and the Latin noun cumulus, meaning “heap.” Since 11. investigated
adc- is hard to pronounce, the d is changed to c to make
12. announcement
pronunciation easier.
13. impressed
Sort the Spelling Words by the form of the absorbed, or assimilated,
14. accomplished
prefix.
15. affectionate
ad-, ac-, af-, ag-, an-, ap-, ar-
16. irresponsible
Your Own Words
_______________________ _______________________ Look for other words with
absorbed prefixes to add to
_______________________ _______________________ the lists. You might find
approach or infer in a
_______________________ _______________________ detective novel. Where might
you find the word impeach or
illuminate?
_______________________
17. _______________

18. _______________
in-, il-, im-, ir-
19. _______________
20. _______________
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Holt Spelling 6 Lessons and Activities
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Lesson 4: Prefixes ad-, in- ( continued)
Spelling Clues: If you have trouble remembering whether or not a

word requires a double letter, notice where a prefix ends and a root
or base word begins. Usually if the prefix ends with the same letter 1. _______________
that begins the root, you keep both, forming a double consonant.
2. _______________
Circle the correct spelling of each word. Write the correctly spelled
word. 3. _______________
1. irrigated irigated
4. _______________
2. aproved approved
5. _______________
3. inproved improved
4. advice avvise 6. _______________
5. acomplished accomplished

6. iresponsible irresponsible

Proofreading 7–12. Circle the misspelled words in the paragraph. 7. _______________
Write the correct spellings on the lines.
8. _______________
Officer Ramos was impressed with the ilustrated 9. _______________
anouncement of Miss Adams’s wedding. She and her
10. _______________
husband were pictured in an afectionate embrace. Ramos
investagated the police files. On close inspectshun, he
11. _______________
identified the groom. Sure enough, the agreable husband was
Carl Fisk, the infamous bank robber! 12. _______________

Fun with Words Find the misspelled words in the cartoon. Write
the correct spellings on the lines. 13. _______________
14. _______________
15. _______________
16. _______________

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Holt Spelling 7 Lessons and Activities
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Lesson 6: Latin Roots
Each Spelling Word is formed from the Latin root -serve-, -port-, Spelling Words
-dict-, or -migr-. Study the words, and look for the Latin root in each 1. exported
word.
2. imported
Sort the Spelling Words into four groups, according to their root.
3. migrate
-serv- -dict- 4. portable
5. predicting
6. dictator
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7. supported
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8. verdict
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9. dictionaries
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11. preservation
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12. conservation
13. observatory
-port- -migr- 14. indictment
15. emigrate
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_______________________ _______________________ Your Own Words
Look for other words with
_______________________ _______________________ these Latin roots to add to
the lists. You might find
_______________________ servitude or migrant in a
social studies textbook. You
might use the word reporters
in an article about
newspapers.
Some English words have Latin roots. The meanings of the roots
are as follows: 17. _______________
• -serv- means “save” or “keep”
18. _______________
• -dict- means “speak”
19. _______________
• -port- means “carry”
• -migr- means “move” 20. _______________

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Holt Spelling 12 Lessons and Activities
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Lesson 6: Latin Roots ( continued)
Spelling Clues: Checking Roots When you proofread, check to be

sure the root is spelled correctly. Then make any spelling changes
necessary in order to add the other word parts.

Compare the two spellings in each pair. Write the correct spelling of
1. _______________
each word.
1. emmigarate emigrate 4. dictator dickator 2. _______________
2. indictment inditement 5. imigration immigration
3. _______________
3. verdick verdict 6. dictioneries dictionaries
4. _______________
Proofreading 7–12. Proofread this letter. Circle the misspelled
5. _______________
words, and write them correctly.
6. _______________
Dear Paula,

So far, New Mexico is fascinating! People here seem very
interested in the presevation of old buildings and ways of life.
They’re also intersted in the conservetion of natural resources.
7. _______________
We drove into the state through a reseravation. We’ve seen
several huge flocks of birds overhead—apparently it’s time to 8. _______________
migerate. Tomorrow we plan to visit the observetory, and there’s
no pridicting which way we’ll head after that. 9. _______________
Your friend,
10. _______________
Elise
11. _______________
12. _______________
Working with Meaning Write the missing Spelling Words.

13. _______________
14. _______________
15. _______________
16. _______________

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