Week 3 Word Work – focus on homophones, prefixes, suffixes, complex sentences

1.  weather

2.  whether

3.  hole

4.  whole

5.  witch

6.  which

7.  shore

8.  sure

9.  our

10.  hour

11.  their

12.  there

13.  they’re

14.  sight

15.  site

Homophones: two or more words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things, e.g., weight, wait

Prefix / Meaning / Example
re / again / rebuild, review
ex / out, beyond / extend, exclude
Suffix / Meaning / Example
ness / state of being / darkness, illness
ful / Full of, having / Graceful, joyful


What are complete and complex sentences?

A complete sentence has three characteristics:

§  First, it begins with a capital letter.

§  In addition, it includes an end mark—either a period [ . ], question mark [ ? ], or exclamation point [ ! ].

§  Most importantly, the complete sentence must contain at least one main clause. A main clause contains an independent subject and verb and expresses a complete thought.

The boy ran toward the house.

He jumped out of the way of the moving car.

If a main clause exists in the sentence, you can attach whatever other sentence elements you need to make a complex sentence. Look at the additions to the main clause below. All of the additions keep the original main clause complete.

A bumblebee flew into Peter's open mouth.

Buzzing around the picnic table, a bumblebee flew into Peter's open mouth.

A bumblebee flew into Peter's open mouth, stinging the poor boy's tongue, which swelled up as big and as blue as an eggplant.

Because it smelled the peach-flavored bubble gum, a bumblebee flew into Peter's open mouth.

A bumblebee flew into Peter's open mouth and tickled the poor boy's tonsils.

Taking a wrong turn, a bumblebee flew into Peter's open mouth, but it buzzed back out before Peter swallowed.


Word Work Week #3 Homework (total 23 points)

Name: ______Period______Date ______

List 4 more pairs of homophones- SPELL CORRECTLY!! (8pts)

1.  ______

2.  ______

3.  ______

4.  ______

Use the following words in complex sentences. (total 10 pts: 2 pts. per complex sentence)

Weather whether they’re their there

1. ______

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2. ______

______
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3. ______

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______

4. ______

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5. ______

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Fill in the homophone (5 pts):

1.  There was a ______in the bag of flour, so the entire batch of cookies was contaminated. (whole, hole)

2.  I’m not sure ______costume I should select for Halloween this year. (witch, which)

3.  Vacationing in the summertime ______is the best way to spend quality time as a family. (shore, sure)

4.  It was so late at night when ______dog ran away into the woods behind our house. (our, hour)

5.  The ______of the large crowd at the Korean War Memorial made my father, a Veteran, beam with pride. (sight, site)