Grammar and Language Workbook

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286 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6

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Vocabulary and


Spelling


  1. According to the weather forecaster, it will (probably, probablely) rain tomorrow.

  2. The entire family is going to Little Rock to see Uncle Luigi, who will be (fourty, forty)
    years old this Saturday.

  3. Jake saw a (humerous, humorous) program on television.

  4. Rachel and Joan have (similar, simaler) taste in clothing.


Exercise 2 Complete each word by filling in the missing letters.
accident[ a [ l ly (happening by accident)


  1. traff[ i [ c (movement of cars along a road)

  2. de[ s [ c end (to go from a higher place to a lower one)

  3. rest[ a [ u rant (a place where people eat)

  4. us [ u [ a lly (most of the time)

  5. for [ e [ i gn (outside one’s own country)

  6. ne [ c e [ s sary (needed; required)

  7. perm [ a n [ e nt (lasting; without change)

  8. gramm [ a r (the study of words and sentences)

  9. advi [ s [ e r (a person who gives information or recommendations)

  10. n [ e [ i ghborhood (the area in which one lives)

  11. jew [ e [ l ry (rings, bracelets, necklaces)

  12. li [ c en [ s e (a permit to do something)

  13. bus [ i n [ e ss (a company or type of work)

  14. immed [ i [ a te (right away; now)

  15. h [ e [ i ght (the distance from the bottom to the top of something)

  16. te [ c [ h nology (new knowledge or a new way of doing something)

  17. rec [ o [ g nize (to know or be familiar with)

  18. sep [ a r [ a te (distinct; apart)

  19. ball [ e [ t (a classical dance)

  20. gove [ r [ n ment (an organization formed to run a country)

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