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Spelling Skills Practice Worksheet

Read each task carefully. Say the sounds aloud when it helps, and write clearly.

Word chains

Change one letter at a time. Each step must make a real word.

1.Complete the chain from cat to dog by changing one letter at each step: cat → cot → → dot → dog.

2.Change one phoneme in ship to make a word for a place where you can buy things: ship → ___.

3.Make a three-step word chain starting with bell. Change one letter each time. One possible chain is bell → ___ → ___ → ___.

Blending and segmenting sounds

A phoneme is a speech sound. Blend sounds to make a word, or break a word into its separate sounds.

4.Blend /sh/ /o/ /p/ to make a word. Write the word.

5.Blend /n/ /igh/ /t/ to make a word. Write the word.

6.Blend /th/ /r/ /oa/ /t/ to make a word. Write the word.

7.Write the phonemes in rain in order, one sound in each space: rain → | ___ | ___ | ___ |.

8.Write the phonemes in light in order, one sound in each space: light → | ___ | ___ | ___ |.

9.Write the phonemes in brush in order, one sound in each space: brush → | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ |.

10.Which spellings can represent the long /oa/ sound? Choose every correct option.

oa, as in boat
ow, as in snow
oo, as in moon
o_e, as in home

High-frequency and tricky words

Check the order of the letters carefully. Some common words are tricky to spell.

11.Choose the correct spelling of the word that means 'for the reason that'.

becaus
because
becuase

12.Choose the correct spelling of the word for a person you like and trust.

frend
freind
friend

13.Choose the correct spelling of the word for more than one person.

people
pepole
peopel

14.Match each word to its correct spelling.

The words she spoke
In what place
Belonging to them
One more time
Was able to

could
again
their
said
where

15.Write one sentence using the word would correctly.

16.Practise spelling because: look at the word, cover it, write it from memory, then check it. Write it twice and mark each attempt correct or incorrect.