Spelling Unit 5, Lesson 2

suffixes -ant and -ent

(when added to verbs to make nouns, they mean "one who"; when added to verbs to make adjectives, they mean "having the quality of")

1. independent
2. excellent
3. resident
4. superintendent
5. correspondent
6. patient
7. permanent
8. convenient
9. student
10. insistent
11. important
12. observant
13. disinfectant
14. distant
15. dominant
16. relevant
17. fragrant
18. pollutant
19. abundant
20. tolerant

Sentences:

1. The patient superintendent was the important guest at the dinner.
2. The student is a permanent resident of this excellent town.

Extra credit challenge words:

1. contaminant
2. benevolent

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