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Spelling Lesson 26 Answers

EXERCISES

1. laundry - laun dry
   machinery - ma chin er y
   acceptance - ac cept ance
   opposition - op po si tion
   
   
2. domestic - regarding home or country; a servant
   The domestic cleaned the house.
   
   
3. household - house - hold
   
   
4. additional - addition
   invention - invent
   amusement - amuse,
   acceptance - accept
   
   
5. equal - equally
   annual - annually
   furious - furiously
   ideal - ideally
   confident - confidently
   
   
6. volume
   1) a book, a tome - I bought a volume of poems.
   
   2) amount, bulk - What is the volume of cereal in this box?
   
   3) cubic measure - What is the volume of this jar?
   
   4) depth & fullness of sound - Turn down the volume on the radio.
   
   
7. provided - drop the final e before adding ed
   guarantee - guaranteed, reduce - reduced, engage - engaged
   
   
8. benefit - ben e fit, benefits
   
   
9. engage - engagement
   
   
10. development, opposition, additional, machinery

Spelling Lesson 27 Answers

EXERCISES

1. youth, urgent - ur gent, advance - ad vance,
   
   
2. succeeded - ed - succeed
   
   naturally - ly - natural
   
   appointment - ment - appoint
   
   arrangement - ment - arrange
   
   inventor - or - invent
   
   delivered - ed - deliver
   
   
3. conclusion, satisfaction
   
   
4. unusual
   
   
5. capable - ca pa ble
   
   original - o rig i nal
   
   definite - def i nite
   
   industrious - in dus tri ous
   
   
6. energy - en er gy
   
   
7. examine, experiment
   
   
8. inventor - inventor's
   
   youth - youth's
   
   
9. thorough - thoroughly, unusual - unusually, definite - definitely,
   
   urgent - urgently
   
   
10. naturally, succeeded, appointment, arrangement

Spelling Lesson 28 Answers

EXERCISES

1. spoken
   
   
2. 1) earnest 2) similar 3) delicate
   
   
3. communicate - communication
   
   
4. excitement - one who, or that which, excites
   
   instrument - a tool, a mechanical implement
                      - a mechanical contrivance for producing musical sound
   
   comment - a remark, a criticism
   
   
5. connection, assistance, renew
   
   
6. magic
   
   
7. necessity - ne ces si ty
   
   commercial - com mer cial
   
   realize - re a lize
   
   ambition - am bi tion
   
   
8. patent - exclusive right to sell or make a new invention
   
   He holds a patent for a new motor.
   
   
9. human - humans
   
   
10. operation 1) The way something works.
    
                      2) A medical procedure.

Spelling Lesson 29 Answers

EXERCISES

1. telegraph, telegram, television, telephone
   
   
2. discourage, skillful
   
   
3. electricity - electrical
   
   
4. dispatch: 1) important message
   
                    2) to send off quickly
   
   basis - foundation
   
   promptly - quickly
   
   
5. laboratory - lab or a tor y
   
   difficulties - dif fi cul ties
   
   reliable - re li a ble
   
   disappointment - dis ap point ment
   
   experience - ex pe ri ence
   
   reputation - rep u ta tion
   
   
6. struggle
   
   
7. genius - very great natural powers of the mind
   
   She is a musical genius.
   
   nonsense - foolishness - Don't speak such nonsense.
   
   wisdom - knowledge and good judgment
   
   King Solomon is remembered for his wisdom.
   
   
8. equip - equipment
   disappoint - disappointment
   
   
9. struggle (hard g), telegram (hard g) telegraph (hard g)
   
   discourage (soft g) , genius (soft g)
   

Spelling Lesson 30 Answers

EXERCISES

1. threat - threatened, improve - improvement, remark - remarkable,
   
   acquaint - acquaintance, construct - construction, scarce - scarcely
   
   
2. submarine - submarines, venture - ventures, carpenter - carpenters
   
   
3. sacrifice - sac ri fice
   
   
4. vision - sight; that which is seen; a mental representation of a visual object
   
   actual - real; existing; present; current
   
   credit: 1) promise of payment at a future time
   
               2) a reputation inspiring trust or confidence
   
   instance - an example, illustrative case or precedent
   
   
5. ability - a bil i ty - abilities
   
   
6. proceed - to go on; advance - We will proceed to the next town.
   
   precede - to go before in time
   
   
7. deserve - deserved - deserving, represent - represented - representing
   
   
8. practical - prac tic al - 3 syllables
   
   
9. commerce: - buying and selling on a large scale.
   
   The commerce in Europe is thriving.