Spelling List This Week's Focus: • Spell words with the suffixes -ful, -ment, and -less • Spell multisyllabic words D·•: ' ,, , -' - , _ ..., � - - - - � -' - 1. thoughtful 2. successful 3. wasteful 4. wonderful 5. skillful 6. plentiful 1. government 8. amusement q_ predicament 10. excitement H. punishment 12. arrangement 13. fearless 14. careless 15. worthless 16. thoughtless 17. useless 18. reckless 19. 20. bonus word bonus word . . -- - � - '� '. ' "" ]v!atch each spelling word to its meaning. 1. careless a. entertainment 2. arrangement b. not paying enough attention 3. excitement c. to be afraid of nothing 4. amusement d. marvelous 5. fearless e. an excited condition 6. predicament f. an unpleasant or difficult situation 7. reckless g. a penalty for doing something wrong 8. punishment h. good-for-nothing 9. successful i. to be rash or careless 10. worthless j. using or spending too much 11. thoughtful k. considerate 12. wonderful I. the way in which things are organized 13. government 14. wasteful m. the ruling of a country, state, or city n. having success My Spelling Dictation��""-·- .. ........ ..... .... \,\!rite the sentences. Circle the spelling words. �=�- �- -. ... . .• . .... ful means "full of" ment means "quality or state of" less means "without" 1. The builder's ________ work caused the building to collapse. (care) 2. There will be great ________ when the ship lands on Mars. (excite) 3. Her--------- behavior made her a popular nurse. (thought) 4. That flat ball will be ________ in the basketball game. (use) 5. What kind of ________ does !Egypt have? (govern) 6. Food was _________ at the company picnic. (plenty) Divide these words into syllables. Then circle the suffix. 1. careless 2. wasteful 3. thoughtless 4. plentiful 5. amusement 6. wonderful 7. excitement 8. successful , ,We- Circle the words that have the correct suffix. thoughtment arrangeful careless punishful thoughtless worthment reckless arrangement carely reckful fearment excitement worthless useful governless Circle the misspelled words in the sentences. Write them correctly on the lines. l. It is usless to worry about that one carless mistake. 2. Our arranjment was to meet at the amusment park at 9 o'clock. 3. Do you think his wreckless behavior deserved such a harsh punichment? 4. The goverment was finally sucessful in reaching a peaceful solution to the pridikament.