Grade 5 · English Language Arts · Unit 14 of 18
Revise and Spell It Right
Make writing clearer and spell tricky words
What your child practises
Using checklists and feedback to revise for order and focus, and using spelling patterns, strategies and dictionaries (with Canadian spelling) to check words.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.5.C2.5, ELA.5.C3.2 · revising with criteria and feedback, and spelling strategies and patterns
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which is spelled correctly (Canadian)?
- color
- colur
- colour
Show answer
colour
Hint: Canadians write -our.
Question 2
Revising means…
- copying the draft
- only fixing spelling
- improving ideas, order and clarity
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improving ideas, order and clarity
Hint: Revise first, then edit.
Question 3
Which is correct?
- I will practis piano.
- I will practise piano.
- I will practice piano.
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I will practise piano.
Hint: Practise is the verb in Canadian spelling.
Question 4
Which sentence should come first in a recipe's steps?
- Wash your hands.
- Eat and enjoy.
- Serve on a plate.
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Wash your hands.
Hint: Steps follow the order they happen.
Question 5
Which tool can confirm how to spell "necessary"?
- a digital dictionary
- a thesaurus only
- a guess
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a digital dictionary
Hint: Dictionaries confirm spelling.
Question 6
Which word is spelled correctly?
- accommodate
- acommodate
- accomodate
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accommodate
Hint: Two c's and two m's.