Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Sixteen, Lesson One: Letter Patterns


  1. bribe
  2. tribe
  3. give
  4. strive
  5. alive
  6. electric
  7. charge
  8. volts
  9. generate
  10. alternative
  1. poles
  2. rural
  3. dwell
  4. village
  5. town
  6. council
  7. local
  8. municipal
  9. distance
  10. services
Letter Patterns

This list contains several words with the -ive and -ibe letter patterns. Here are some more words with the -ive and -ibe letter pattern:


	describe		hive			dive

	speculative		cummulative		diatribe

	vibe			wive			knive

The -ive and -ibe letter patterns are most often found at the end of a word.

Another letter pattern which occurs several times in this list is the -al letter pattern. Here are some more words containing this letter pattern:


	alter			allow			also

	rival			bridal			tribal

	digital			small			trial

The -al letter pattern can occur anywhere in a word.


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