This medium sheet stretches third graders with nine fill-in-the-blank sentences covering -ight words, -tion words, and -ous words used in real contexts like flashlights, classroom reports, and snowy mountains. Students then complete a matching activity that pairs base words with their correct suffix forms, joining run, make, hope, and sit with running, making, hopeful, and sitting. The matching task forces students to apply the doubling rule and silent-e drop rule side by side.
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Spelling Patterns
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The flashlight helped us see on a dark night.
2. Our teacher gave us a short presentation about volcanoes. (-tion word)
3. The enormous mountain was covered in snow and ice. (-ous word)
4. She was tying her shoes before the race started. (double consonant + -ing)
5. The opposite of kind is unkind. (prefix un-)
6. He hoped the ball as far as he could. (hope → silent e rule + -ed)
7. A person who fights battles is sometimes called a knight. (-ight pattern)
8. The construction of the new library was exciting for the whole town. (-tion word)
9. Be careful! That old bridge looks dangerous. (-ous word)
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
run + -ing
→ running
making
make + -ing
→ making
sitting
hope + -ful
→ hopeful
hopeful
sit + -ing
→ sitting
running
Spelling Patterns
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The flashlight helped us see on a dark night.
2) Our teacher gave us a short presentation about volcanoes. (-tion word)
3) The enormous mountain was covered in snow and ice. (-ous word)
4) She was tying her shoes before the race started. (double consonant + -ing)
5) The opposite of kind is unkind. (prefix un-)
6) He hoped the ball as far as he could. (hope → silent e rule + -ed)
7) A person who fights battles is sometimes called a knight. (-ight pattern)
8) The construction of the new library was exciting for the whole town. (-tion word)
9) Be careful! That old bridge looks dangerous. (-ous word)
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
run + -ing
→ running
making
make + -ing
→ making
sitting
hope + -ful
→ hopeful
hopeful
sit + -ing
→ sitting
running
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