Week 4 | Home Spelling Words
Week 4 | Home Spelling Words
Word
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Practice Sentence
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Type
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herd
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I have a herd of horses.
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Basic
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heard
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Have you heard of the new game?
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Basic
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capital
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Always start the sentence with a capital letter.
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Basic
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capitol
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Olympia is the capitol of Washington.
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Basic
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principle
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Hard work is the principle theme of school.
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Basic
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principal
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The principal was the one who called my parents.
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Basic
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there
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I left my purse right there yesterday.
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Basic
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their
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This was their car before it was sold.
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Basic
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straight
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Can you drive in a straight line?
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Basic
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strait
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I found the most fish in the narrow strait at the bridge.
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Basic
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compliment
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He paid her a very high compliment on her new dress.
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Basic
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complement
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The bitter sauce did not complement the delicious cake.
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Basic
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stationery
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She received beautiful stationery for her birthday.
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Basic
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stationary
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The boat remained stationary through the storm.
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Basic
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idle
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The worker was never idle, even on his lunch break.
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Basic
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idol
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The native man wore a mud idol around his neck.
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Basic
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hostel
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We stayed in a youth hostel while touring Europe.
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Basic
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hostile
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The dog was hostile to the neighborhood cat.
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Basic
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sheer
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Mother put a sheer curtain in the new window.
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Basic
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shear
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While working on the farm, we had to shear many sheep.
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Basic
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guerrilla
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The man was a member of the underground guerrilla group.
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Challenge
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gorilla
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The zoo had a large male gorilla that weighed 250 pounds.
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Challenge
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unyielding
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The crowd was unyielding while the Olympics were going on.
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Challenge
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preferably
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We chose the preferably larger house instead of the log cabin.
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Challenge
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