This hard worksheet challenges third graders to think carefully about every letter. Multiple-choice questions ask students to spot the silent letter in wrist, pick the right spelling of train, double the consonant in get + -ing to make getting, and recognize that comb, lamb, and crumb all share a silent b. Fill-in-the-blank items add words like listen, grabbed, school, and knuckle, each with a different pattern clue.
Wrestling with these tougher choices builds the kind of careful eye third graders need for harder spelling work ahead.
Style:
Spelling Patterns
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which word has a silent letter?
A) lamp
B) wrist
C) step
D) plan
2. Which vowel team word is spelled correctly?
A) trane
B) trian
C) train
D) trayn
3. What is the correct spelling when you double the consonant in "get" and add -ing?
A) geting
B) getting
C) gettting
D) gitting
4. Which group of words all contain a silent letter?
A) comb, lamb, crumb
B) jump, camp, lamp
C) hand, band, sand
D) belt, melt, felt
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. Please listen carefully when the teacher is speaking. (silent t word)
2. She could smell the cookies baking from down the hall. (consonant blend sm-)
3. The baby grabbed the rattle and shook it loudly. (grab → double b + -ed)
4. A large group of fish swimming together is called a school. (vowel team oo word: sch-)
5. He used his knuckle to scratch an itch on his arm. (silent k word: kn-)
Spelling Patterns
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which word has a silent letter?
A) lamp
B) wrist
C) step
D) plan
2. Which vowel team word is spelled correctly?
A) trane
B) trian
C) train
D) trayn
3. What is the correct spelling when you double the consonant in "get" and add -ing?
A) geting
B) getting
C) gettting
D) gitting
4. Which group of words all contain a silent letter?
A) comb, lamb, crumb
B) jump, camp, lamp
C) hand, band, sand
D) belt, melt, felt
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) Please listen carefully when the teacher is speaking. (silent t word)
2) She could smell the cookies baking from down the hall. (consonant blend sm-)
3) The baby grabbed the rattle and shook it loudly. (grab → double b + -ed)
4) A large group of fish swimming together is called a school. (vowel team oo word: sch-)
5) He used his knuckle to scratch an itch on his arm. (silent k word: kn-)
Ready to Practice?
Complete each section carefully.
9 Questions
12-18 minutes
Auto-graded
Retry anytime
🏆
Questions Correct
0
Correct
0
Incorrect
0
Skipped
0:00
Time
0%
Score
Review Your Answers
See what you got right, missed, or skipped.