-able/-ible for spelling test

Remember that there are no retakes on these tests.

                               Vocabulary/Spelling #2              Test on  November 18

 Suffixes to study:   -able  and -ible which both mean capable of

                                                                          and are used to create adjectives.

Words to learn for the spelling test:

1. agreeable                                    3. edible

2. expandable                                 4. visible

                                                         5. audible                       

                                   

You are responsible for learning the suffix and the spelling words.

Here is an effective method for studying your spelling words:           

1. Read the first word: look at it and say it.

2. Spell the word to yourself: touch each letter with your pencil and say the letter softly aloud to yourself.

3.  Close your eyes.  See the word in your mind.  Say each of the individual letters softly aloud to yourself.

4. Now, put your memory muscle to work.  Carefully print the word in the next three columns, and say each of the individual letters to yourself as you write it.

5.  Take a break of four or five minutes to give your long-term memory time to process the look of the word, its letters, and their order.  Leave behind your spelling and do something else for those minutes: read, do other homework, watch TV, listen to the radio.

6.  Then cover the correct spelling with your hand and print the word in the "Spell" column.

7.  Proofread: check the word you just wrote letter for letter against the original, using the tip of your pencil.

8.  If you spelled the word correctly, put a star in the final column and go on to the next word on the word study sheet.  If you misspelled it, repeat the process above, steps 1-6, this time printing the word in the "Spell Again" column.

9.  Repeat the procedure with each remaining word.  Again, the study process for five words should take about twenty minutes. 

                                              *Do not capitalize these words.

Word	Write the Word	Write the Word	Write the Word	Spell	Spell Again
agreeable
expandable
edible
visible
audible

Extra Credit:  Be able to tell what part of speech each of these is.  Hints:  They are all the same part of speech.  What part of speech do  -able and –ible make?

edible means “capable of being eaten”  

visible means “capable of being seen”   (extra credit --  Related words include vision and video.)

audible means “capable of being heard”  (extra credit -- Related words include audience and audio.)