Week 29 of 36 · 10 words · ages 17–18

12th Grade spelling words, week 29: -ible and -able

Both endings sound alike. Learn each: -ible in irascible, infallible and indefensible; -able in the rest.
irascible
Quick to anger.
impeccable
Without fault or flaw.
ineffable
Too great to be put into words.
inexorable
Impossible to stop or persuade.
irreproachable
Beyond criticism.
indefatigable
Never getting tired.
unconscionable
So unfair or wrong that it cannot be accepted.
infallible
Incapable of making a mistake.
ineluctable
Impossible to avoid or escape.
indefensible
Impossible to justify or excuse.

Ten minutes a day this week

Short and daily beats long and once. A word met on five separate days is remembered; a word met five times on Thursday night mostly is not.

  1. Monday

    Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.

  2. Tuesday

    Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.

  3. Wednesday

    Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.

  4. Thursday

    Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.

  5. Friday

    The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.

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