SPELLING WORDS

These words are often misspelled.

1) eighth
2) enough
3) excite
4) exited
5) let's
6) loose
7) lose
8) lying
9) brought
10) choose
11) chose
12) clothes
13) different
14) February
15) finally
16) happened
17) minute
18) people
19) probably
20) ninety

VOCABULARY
You have to know the word and the definition.
1) consecutive:
Following one right after the other.
Chad hit a home run in three consecutive games.

2) corral:
A fenced in area for cattle or horses.
Get all of the horses into the corral!

3) debut:
A first performance in public.
Rosa made her musical debut at the school concert.

4) drought:
A period of little or no rain.
A drought dried up the farmer's crops.

5) flammable:
Easy to set fire and able to burn rapidly.
Old buildings are very flammable.

6) peculiar:
Unusual, strange, or odd.
The warm weather was peculiar for January.

7) singe:
To burn slightly; scorch.
Celia saw that the fire was about to singe her sweater.

8) stupendous:
Amazing, marvelous.
The shooting star in the night sky was a stupendous sight!

9) timid:
Easily frightened; shy.
The timid squirrel sat still until everyone had left.

10) voyage:
A long journey to a distant place, usually made by ship or airplane.
Mrs. Bair went on a voyage to Alaska in 2006.