List 2

High Frequency Words

Content Words

Prefixes

Roots

Rules

 

  • are
  • hour
  • our
  • their
  • there
  • they're
  • beginning
  • beautiful
  • hear
  • here
  • science
  • math
  • composition
  • literature
  • social studies
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
  • unfair
  • unclear
  • unfriendly
  • dismiss
  • disable
  • nonmetal
  • nonstop

NONE

 SILENT e

Rule:  If the suffix starts with a vowel, drop the silent e at the end of the root word.  If the suffix starts with a consonant, just add it.

 

COMMON EXCEPTIONS: 

  • truly/truth
  • ninth
  • argument
  • awful