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2.2 Coyote School News

Directions: First, read each sentence. Then fill in the bubble next to the word that is spelled correctly. If none of the choices are correct, fill in the bubble next to the choice “none.”

1. We rent ____ every weekend. 2. Brush your ____ at bedtime.  videoes  teeth  videos  teth  vidios  teethe  none  none 3. Dad ate all the baked ____. 4. They hurt _____ when they fell.  potatos  themselfs  potitoes  themselves  potatoes  themselfes  none  none 5. They say a cat has nine ____. 6. In fall, ____ change color.  lives  leaffs  lifes  leafes  livves  leaves  none  none 7. Steep ____ are hard to climb. 8. Snow covered the ____ of the houses.  clifs  roofes  cliffs  roofs  cliffes  rooves  none  none 9. Let’s break the cookie into ___ and share it. 10. Two ____walked out of the woods.  halvs  mose  halves  moose  halfs  mooses  none  none 11. Please turn your ____ down. 12. The farmer fed all the ____.  radioes  shep  radios  shepe  radeos  sheep  none  none 13. The ____ of my shirt are white. 14. Many old ____ were wrong.  cuffes  beliefes  cuffs  beleifs  cufves  beliefs  none  none 15. Many people like to eat on their ____. 16. Al and Ann played their____.  pattois  bangos  patios  banjjos  patioes  banjoes  none  none 17. Most _____ cause damage. 18. The ____ are ripe.  tornadoes  tomatoes  torndoes  tomatos  tornnados  tommatos  none  none 19. The horse’s ____were muddy. 20. We bought two ____ of bread.  hoofes  loavs  hoofs  loaves  hofvs  laoves  none  none 21. Artists put their work in ____. 22. The government set ____ on goods from  portfolios other countries.  portfilios  enbargoes  portfolioes  embarrgoes  none  embargoes  none 23. I bought lace _____ as a gift for Grandma. 24. The ____ grazed in the field.  hankerchiefs  calves  handkerchiefs  calfs  handkerchieves  calfes  none  none 25. The cowboy can twirl two ____ at once.  lassoes  lasoes  lassoses  none Dictation Sentences: Listen as your teacher gives you a sentence. Write the sentence down on the lines below. Make sure you check your capitalization, punctuation, and the spelling.

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