Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Fourteen, Lesson Five: Unit Review

  1. common
  2. computer
  3. compass
  4. commute
  5. company
  6. display
  7. exhibit
  8. unearth
  9. diggings
  10. ancient
  1. sentence
  2. against
  3. usually
  4. remember
  5. shall
  6. dinosaur
  7. chlorophyll
  8. sunlight
  9. energy
  10. process
Unit Review

This list contains several words with the com- letter pattern: 


	common			computer		compass

	commute			company
The com- letter pattern is almost always at the beginning of a word unless a prefix is added to a word beginning with the com- letter pattern, as is the case with discomfort.

Another letter pattern which occurs several times in this list is the -en letter pattern: 


	sentence		energy			ancient
The -en letter pattern can occur anywhere in a word.

Blended Words

Blended words combine the meanings of two words into one new word. Some blended words are so commonly used that we don't even realize that they are actually made up of two words which have been blended. Here are some examples of blended words: 


	breakfast + lunch = brunch

	fourteen + nights = fortnight

	gleam + shimmer = glimmer

	motor + hotel = motel

	of + the + clock = o'clock

	smoke + fog = smog

	slop + slush = slosh

	smack + mash = smash

	squirm + wiggle = squiggle

	chunk + lump = clump

	chuckle + snort = chortle

	binary + digit = bit

	flame + glare = flare

	twist + whirl = twirl

	television + marathon = telethon

	splash + spatter = splatter

	fare + thee + well = farewell

	motor + pedal = moped
You might not even realize that some of these blended words were originally two separate words.

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