GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #1: Short Vowels a e i o u 1. arithmetic 11. original 2. sandwich 12. tactic 3. practice 13. prosper 4. advertise 14. occur 5. alphabet 15. college 6. splendid 16. convince 7. mentally 17. supported 8. gentlemen 18. muscle 9. vinegar 19. insulting 10. disgust 20. luxury GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #2: Long A Spellings a_e ay ai a eigh ei 1. operate 11. container 2. escape 12. vacant 3. toothache 13. acre 4. replacement 14. potato 5. x-ray 15. native 6. decay 16. eighty-eight 7. essay 17. neighbor 8. despair 18. weight 9. raisin 19. reindeer 10. waistline 20. veil GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #3: Long E Spellings e ee ea e_e ie ei 1. sesame 11. shield 2. recipe 12. thief 3. career 13. cashier 4. proceed 14. achieve 5. feature 15. ceiling 6. increase 16. either 7. complete 17. conceit 8. delete 18. deceit 9. grief 19. neither 10. relief 20. weird GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #4: Long I Spellings i_e y igh i gn i ye ei 1. describe 11. nylon 2. realize 12. highlight 3. excitement 13. design 4. dynamite 14. icicle 5. tyrant 15. silence 6. deny 16. horizon 7. cyclone 17. diary 8. style 18. island 9. hydrant 19. rye 10. bicycle 20. height GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #5: Long O Spellings o o_e ow oa ou 1. cocoa 11. approach 2. tornado 12. cockroach 3. piano 13. gloat 4. grocery 14. unknown 5. ocean 15. sorrowful 6. motto 16. ownership 7. total 17. although 8. tomato 18. poultry 9. omit 19. thorough 10. trombone 20. borough GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #6: Long U and /oo/ Spellings u u_e ew ue ui ou 1. annual 11. jewel 2. utensil 12. curfew 3. computer 13. continue 4. community 14. avenue 5. perfume 15. recruit 6. confused 16. bruise 7. costumes 17. coupon 8. useless 18. cougar 9. usable/useable 19. wound 10. interview 20. through GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #7: R Controlled Vowel Spellings ar er ir or ur 1. regular 11. confirm 2. popular 12. miracle 3. argument 13. corridor 4. article 14. refrigerator 5. remarked 15. enormous 6. error 16. urgency 7. governor 17. furniture 8. conserve 18. curtain 9. external 19. disturbing 10. consider 20. rumor GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #8: R Controlled Vowel Combinations air are ear eer ire ore oar ure 1. flair 11. desire 2. affair 12. entire 3. flare 13. inquire 4. declare 14. inspire 5. appear 15. require 6. weary 16. galore 7. rehearse 17. cardboard 8. pearl 18. culture 9. jeer 19. mixture 10. pioneer 20. insure GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #9: /ow/ and /oi/ Spellings ow ou oi oy 1. however 11. country 2. browse 12. appointment 3. allowance 13. moisture 4. rowdy 14. poise 5. scowl 15. poisonous 6. doubt 16. oyster 7. fountain 17. voyage 8. surrounding 18. decoy 9. mountain 19. annoying 10. pronounce 20. soybean GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #10: Homophones 1. allowed 11. least 2. aloud 12. leased 3. due 13. root 4. dew 14. route 5. doe 15. suede 6. dough 16. swayed 7. paws 17. whether 8. pause 18. weather 9. seller 19. guessed 10. cellar 20. guest GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #11: Silent Letters l k w b h g u n 1. salmon 11. exhibit 2. palm 12. resign 3. knowledge 13. assigned 4. sword 14. guardian 5. shipwreck 15. column 6. debt 16. autumn 7. doubt 17. hymn 8. graham 18. schedule 9. vehicle 19. stomachache 10. exhaust 20. mechanic GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #12: /aw/ Spellings aw all al au ough oa 1. awkward 11. autograph 2. withdrawn 12. sausage 3. awning 13. daughter 4. all ready 14. haul 5. already 15. vault 6. altered 16. automobile 7. altogether 17. ought 8. talkative 18. sought 9. alternative 19. broadcast 10. audio 20. abroad GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #13: /s/ and /j/ Spellings s c[e] c[i] c[y] sc j g[i] g[y] dge 1. signature 11. justice 2. several 12. jealous 3. similar 13. gesture 4. certain 14. generous 5. recently 15. genius 6. decision 16. register 7. circulate 17. imagine 8. cylinder 18. energy 9. scissors 19. fidget 10. fascinate 20. cartridge GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #14: Double Consonants cc ff ll mm rr ss zz 1. success 11. commute 2. piccolo 12. summon 3. buffalo 13. mammal 4. millipede 14. hurricane 5. trillion 15. cassette 6. syllable 16. passenger 7. pollute 17. messenger 8. llama 18. blizzard 9. controller 19. buzzard 10. comment 20. grizzly GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #15: Compound Words 1. elsewhere 11. lifeguard 2. scoreboard 12. halfback 3. background 13. homemade 4. roommate 14. woodland 5. otherwise 15. wheelbarrow 6. videotape 16. outstanding 7. headache 17. household 8. windshield 18. headquarters 9. overheard 19. fire escape 10. network 20. test tube GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #16: Plural Spellings s es ves ies 1. anchor/anchors 11. memory/memories 2. character/characters 12. battery/batteries 3. suffix/suffixes 13. country/countries 4. crutch/crutches 14. essay/essays 5. thief/thieves 15. x-ray/x-rays 6. belief/beliefs 16. hero/heroes 7. chief/chiefs 17. echo/echoes 8. safe/safes 18. rodeo/rodeos 9. victory/victories 19. trio/trios 10. treaty/treaties 20. piano/pianos GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #17: Adding Suffixes to –y Endings s ies ize ed ied ing irregular 1. decoy/decoys 11. decay/decaying 2. beauty/beauties 12. rely/relies 3. injury/injuries 13. rely/relied 4. memory/memories 14. rely/relying 5. energy/energize 15. scurry/scurries 6. prepay/prepays 16. scurry/scurried 7. prepay/prepaid 17. scurry/scurrying 8. prepay/prepaying 18. apply/applies 9. decay/decays 19. apply/applied 10. decay/decayed 20. apply/applying GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #18: Abbreviations 1. P.O./Post Office 11. ME/Maine 2. R.F.D./ 12. AK/Alaska Rural Free Delivery 3. co./company 13. CA/California 4. dept./department 14. CO/Colorado 5. bldg./building 15. NV/Nevada 6. Jr./Junior 16. MD/Maryland 7. Sr./Senior 17. MA/Massachusetts 8. govt./government 18. TX/Texas 9. M.D./Medical Doctor 19. MT/Montana 10. D.D.S./Doctor of 20. D.C./District of Dental Surgery Columbia GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #19: Adding Endings to Magic E Words s ing ed ment 1. balance/balances 11. require/requiring 2. balance/balancing 12. require/requirement 3. suppose/supposed 13. improve/improves 4. suppose/supposing 14. improve/improving 5. believe/believes 15. improve/ improvement 6. believe/believing 16. amuse/amused 7. amaze/amazes 17. amuse/amusing 8. amaze/amazing 18. amuse/amusement 9. amaze/amazement 19. settle/settling 10. require/required 20. settle/settlement GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #20: Homophones 1. pearl 11. bail 2. purl 12. bale 3. creek 13. chord 4. creak 14. cored 5. boarder 15. cord 6. border 16. links 7. quarts 17. lynx 8. quartz 18. there 9. wade 19. their 10. weighed 20. they’re GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #21: Prefixes pre- [before] un- [not] re- [again] dis- [not, lack of] mis- [not, wrong] in- [not] 1. prehistoric 11. dissatisfied 2. prearranged 12. misfortune 3. precise 13. miscounted 4. unexpected 14. misleading 5. unnumbered 15. misbehaved 6. uncommon 16. misjudge 7. recaptured 17. independent 8. returnable 18. informal 9. disrespectful 19. incorrectly 10. discontinue 20. incomplete GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #22: Suffixes er [ more] est [most] er, or [a person who does] 1. far farther farthest 2. costly costlier costliest 3. dreary drearier dreariest 4. juicy juicier juiciest 5. lively livelier liveliest 6. lovely lovelier loveliest 7. tasty tastier tastiest 8. spicy spicier spiciest 9. healthy healthier healthiest 10. wealthy wealthier wealthiest 11. advertise advertiser 12. promote promoter 13. treasure treasurer 14. produce producer 15. arrange arranger 16. navigate navigator 17. operate operator 18. invent inventor 19. instruct instructor 20. project projector GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #23: Doubling Final Consonants 1. occur occurred 2. occur occurs 3. control controlling 4. control controls 5. permit permitted 6. permit permits 7. prefer preferring 8. prefer prefers 9. forgot forgotten 10. forgot forgetting 11. forgot forgetful 12. admit admitted 13. admit admits 14. begin beginner 15. begin begins 16. travel traveling 17. focus focused 18. panel paneling 19. pedal pedaling 20. shovel shoveling GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #24: Contractions 1. will not won’t 2. does not doesn’t 3. had not hadn’t 4. should not shouldn’t 5. could not couldn’t 6. it will it’ll 7. who will who’ll 8. they will they’ll 9. when is when’s 10. there is there’s 11. who is who’s 12. they have they’ve 13. we have we’ve 14. who would who’d 15. he would he’d 16. they would they’d 17. we would we’d 18. they are they’re 19. you are you’re 20. we are we’re GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #25: More Prefixes and Suffixes ex- [out or beyond] com- [with] -ly [like, how] -ous [full of] -able [able to; likely to] 1. extracted 11. personally 2. exchanging 12. actually 3. expensive 13. various [vary + ous] 4. excavate 14. furious [fury + ous] 5. ex-president 15. adventurous 6. combined 16. hazardous 7. compartment 17. admirable 8. comfortable 18. adorable 9. competing 19. excitable 10. comparison 20. available GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #26: Final Review Test 1. vinegar 11. autumn 21. independent 2. neighbor 12. daughter 22. instructor 3. complete 13. energy 23. permitted 4. dynamite 14. success 24. they’ll 5. cocoa 15. outstanding 25. furious 6. annual 16.