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Grade 5 Spelling: Words ending in -ous and -ious

Ten words to practise: famous, nervous, dangerous, curious, serious and more.

Grade 5

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Words ending in -ous and -ious

Name:Date:Score:

Fill in the missing letters to spell each word.

  1. 1fam__s
  2. 2ne_vou_
  3. 3d_nge_ous
  4. 4curi_u_
  5. 5se_i_us
  6. 6del_ci_us
  7. 7myst_ri_us
  8. 8pr_vio_s
  9. 9va_io_s
  10. 10o_vio_s

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Answer key — Sheet A (10 answers)
  1. 1. famous
  2. 2. nervous
  3. 3. dangerous
  4. 4. curious
  5. 5. serious
  6. 6. delicious
  7. 7. mysterious
  8. 8. previous
  9. 9. various
  10. 10. obvious

About this skill

This list focuses on words ending in -ous and -ious. Sheet A fills in missing letters, Sheet B unscrambles the words and Sheet C is a look-say-cover-write practice page.

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