1. Spelling & Vocabulary
Monday, September 14, 2009

2. Double Consonants (Take Cornell Notes)
Key Concepts
A single consonant sound is sometimes spelled
with double consonants, as in assist and recess.
Try to visualize these words spelled correctly as
you commit them to memory. Note that some of
the words in the Word Bank contain one double
consonant, whereas others contain two pairs of
double consonants.

3. Notes Double Consonants Examples How to study
One sound spelled with double letters
Assist and recess
Visualize (see them in your mind) the words spelled correctly as you study

4. Double Consonants
Accommodate--To provide with something desired or needed
Commission--A group of persons directed to perform some duty
Exaggerate--Enlarge beyond truth
Inopportune--Inconvenient; untimely
Irregular--Different from the normal, regular, or usual
Mayonnaise (Spelling only)

5. Double Consonants
Occupation--a person's usual or main work or business
Parallel--having the same direction
Tariff--tax imposed by the government

6. Spelling and Vocabulary
Week 1

7. Choose the correct spelling.
accommodate
accomodate
acommodate
ireggular
irreggular
irregular
horrendous
horenndous
horrenndous
comision
commision
commission

8. Choose the correct spelling.
mayonaise
mayonnaise
mayonnaisse
exaggerrate
exagerrate
exaggerate
innoportune
inopportune
inoportune
parallel
parrallel
parralel

9. Fill in the blank.
1. _____________________ is a condiment made of oil, egg yolks, vinegar, and lemon juice.
2. A tax placed by a government on products imported into the country is a(n) _____________________.
3. Two lines that never meet and are always the same distance apart are _____________________.
4. A(n) _____________________ is a job or career.
5. Something that does not conform to accepted rules is _____________________.

10. Write down the misspelled words & correct them.
What an inoportune moment for the air-conditioning
system to break down! We are going to have and even
more horendous problem tonight if we don’t figure out
some way to accommodate the crowd of people
Expected to attend the presentation by the student
council’s Comission of School Vandalism. I didn’t
realize there would be such widespread interest in this
report. Unless the student council has exaggerrated
the numbers, more people have signed up to attend
than there are seats in the auditorium.