This easy worksheet gives third graders practice with the doubling rule and silent letters that hide inside everyday words. Students rewrite sentences with errors like "littel" (little), "siting" (sitting), and "climed" (climbed), fill in blanks with hopped, flock, and steaming, and decide whether the b in thumb makes a sound. The true-or-false questions also check the str- blend in strong and the doubling rule for swimming.
Once kids notice when consonants double and when letters go silent, tricky spellings start to feel a lot more predictable.
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Spelling Patterns
Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1. Fix the sentence:
The littel kitten was siting on the softest pilow.
Rewrite: The little kitten was sitting on the softest pillow.
2. Fix the sentence:
We swam in the streme and climed the steep hill.
Rewrite: We swam in the stream and climbed the steep hill.
3. Fix the sentence:
My cuzin brot a beutiful painting to the art show.
Rewrite: My cousin brought a beautiful painting to the art show.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The rabbit hopped across the garden very fast. (hop → double p + -ed)
2. We saw a flock of birds flying south for winter. (consonant blend fl-)
3. The bread was still warm and steaming from the oven. (vowel team ea word)
4. She threw the ball to her partner during the game. (throw → past tense with silent letters)
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. When you add -ing to "swim," you double the m and write "swimming."
True False
2. The consonant blend "str" appears at the start of the word "strong."
True False
3. In the word "thumb," the letter b makes a sound.
True False
Spelling Patterns
★ Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1) Fix the sentence:
The littel kitten was siting on the softest pilow.
Rewrite: The little kitten was sitting on the softest pillow.
2) Fix the sentence:
We swam in the streme and climed the steep hill.
Rewrite: We swam in the stream and climbed the steep hill.
3) Fix the sentence:
My cuzin brot a beutiful painting to the art show.
Rewrite: My cousin brought a beautiful painting to the art show.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The rabbit hopped across the garden very fast. (hop → double p + -ed)
2) We saw a flock of birds flying south for winter. (consonant blend fl-)
3) The bread was still warm and steaming from the oven. (vowel team ea word)
4) She threw the ball to her partner during the game. (throw → past tense with silent letters)
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) When you add -ing to "swim," you double the m and write "swimming."
True
False
2) The consonant blend "str" appears at the start of the word "strong."
True
False
3) In the word "thumb," the letter b makes a sound.
True
False
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