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The Patterns of English Spelling, Vol. 5

by Don McCabe

Volume 5 of a 10 Volume Set
As a Complete Teacher Reference Tool (just like dictionaries and encyclopedias)
This volume contains
ALL the single syllable English words containing the -R and W- Controlled patterns

Plus a Section on the Insane and Really Weird Words


Catalog # W105 - $23.95          ISBN:  1-56400-225-X      

Completely Cross Referenced to
Volume 5 of Word Families in Sentence Context
8½ x 11 92 pages
 

 


Sample Page 523--Compare this page to Sample page in
Word Families in Sentence Context

-ARE Care ("KAY'r") Family
See rhyming families -air fair, -ear wear, & -eir their on p. 530.

AY'r
AY'r-z AY'r-d AY'r ing
care (3.10) cares (4.30) cared (5.00) caring

careless(6.90)

carelessness

careful (5.80)

carefully(7.70)

scare (6.35) scares scared (7.10) scaring

scary

dare (5.60) dares dared daring
bare (7.25) bares bared baring

barely (11.80)

bareback

stare (7.50) stares stared staring
share (5.25) shares shared sharing
spare (6.85) spares spared sparing
square (6.45) squares squared squaring
fare (9.35) fares fared faring

farewell (11.80)


Power Vocabulary
blare blares blared blaring
flare flares flared flaring
glare glares glared glaring
snare snares snared snaring
ensnare ensnares ensnared ensnaring
declare declares declared declaring
pare pares pared paring
prepare (8.90) prepares prepared (9.05) preparing

preparation(14.85)

preparedness

unprepared seafaring
rare (8.05) ill-prepared wayfaring

rarely

rarity

compare (7.90) compares compared (8.50) comparing

comparison(15.40)

comparative

More Power Vocabulary

threadbare childcare healthcare Medicare daycare thoroughfare
workfare welfare carfare warfare airfare busfare
hare plowshare ploughshare mare tare foursquare
ware aware (7.60) unaware Delaware hardware software
beware cookware enamelware tinware kitchenware earthenware
silverware

harebrained

harelip

warehouse

farewell

bareback

barefoot

ARE ARE ("AH'r) Essential Vocabulary Family

are (1.50)

are + not =

aren't who're = who are
 

they + are =

they're why're = why are
 

we + are =

we're what're = what are
 

you + are =

you're where're = where are

-arce Scarce ("SKAY'r-ss) Orphan

scarce

(10.35)

scarcely

(14.85) scarcity  
           

Difficulty Levels on Scale of 1.00 to 21.00 are placed inside parentheses ( ).

Note:  Only those words with difficulty levels established are likely to be in your school's spelling curriculum.  The rest are left up to the students to learn on their own.

Homophones:  bare/bear/Bayer, stare/stair, fare/fair, hare/hair, blare/Blair, flare/flair, pare/pair/pear, mare/mayor, where/ware/wear they're/there/their, we're/were, you're/your, plowshare/ploughshare

Spelling Demons:  caring, bare, fare, welfare, prepared

Related Families: See -ere here, -iere premiere, ere/there, -ere/were families on p. 524; -ire fire family on p. 525, -ore more family on p. 526, -ure cure and -ure injure families on p. 527-529

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