Fifteen adjectives ending in -ous, -ious or -eous, such as dangerous, curious and delicious. Your child learns that -ous means "full of" and how the ending joins to the base word, then practices with writing, gap-fill sentences, their own sentences and a parent-read test.
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Completed: Spelling List 3: Words Ending in -ous and -ious
6th Grade students (typically ages 11–12) working on spelling lists. It is pitched at level 3 · challenge.
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Work through the four parts in order. Say each word out loud as you write it.
The suffix -ous means "full of" and makes an adjective: danger → dangerous (full of danger). If the base word ends in y, change y to i: fury → furious, mystery → mysterious. In some words, -ious is said as "shus" (delicious, precious, cautious) or "kshus" (anxious). Write each word three times and underline the suffix.
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