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Level 6 Unit 21

October11

government
judgment
experiment
development
amazement
enjoyment
painless
tireless
humorless
effortless
powerless
colorless
successful
doubtful
cheerful
careful
grateful
thoughtful

Dictation Sentences:

The government began a very successful road development project.
The scientist conducted each experiment in a tireless and humorless way.

Level 6 Unit 22

October11

immature
immobile
imperfect
immortal
immediate
unsure
unlikely
unreliable
uncertain
inability
inanimate
incautious
independent
inconvenient
underneath
undercover
underage
underestimate

Dictation Sentences:
Would it be inconvenient to store the imperfect items underneath your bed?
Why was there no immediate response to the uncertain and unreliable report?

Level 6 Unit 23

October11

geology
geography
geologist
graphite
autograph
photograph
biopsy
biology
biography
biosphere
transact
enact
actor
react
import
transport
portable
export

Dictation Sentences:
The Benson brothers import and export graphite.
The geologist took the photograph with a portable camera.

Level 6 Unit 24

October11

admitted
answered
concluded
exclaimed
insisted
remarked
whispered
advised
blurted
commented
demanded
explained
mentioned
observed
replied
whined
screamed
inquired
Dictation Sentences:
My little brother screamed and whined and demanded ice cream.
Meg whispered when she answered, and we insisted that she speak louder.

Level 6 Unit 25

October11

especially
immediately
permanently
temporarily
perfectly
sincerely
buoyancy
truancy
vacancy
citizenship
partnership
ownership
championship
membership
strengthen
lengthen
frighten
fasten

Dictation Sentences
I sincerely hope there will be a vacancy so I can lengthen my stay.
Was Tim especially pleased at his membership on the championship team?

Level 6 Unit 26

October11

misspell
misbehave
misfortune
misdirect
dishonest
discourage

disagree

disgrace
antisocial
antifreeze
antiseptic
reappear
rewrite
recede
nonsense
nonconformist
nonexistent
nonfiction

Dictation Sentences
When writing nonfiction, you must rewrite each word that you misspell.
The antisocial nonconformist seems to disagree with everyone.

Level 6 Unit 27

October11

punctual
ancient
miniature
stupendous
inquisitive
wasteful
zealous
obnoxious
pathetic
obsolete
ridiculous
genuine
congenial
optimistic
reliable
abundant
meager
sparse

Dictation Sentences
That ancient computer is no longer reliable, and so it is obsolete.
We are optimistic that no one will be wasteful of our meager food supply.

Level 6 Unit 28

October11

binocular
bicentennial
bilingual
bipedal
triceps
triathlon
triad
triplicate
unicorn
unify
union
unique
semicircle
semicolon
semiannual
centipede
century
centennial

Dictation Sentences

Did you see the triathlon winner flex her triceps as she filled out the forms tin triplicate?
Our class sat in a semicircle while our bilingual teacher taught us about semicolons.

Level 6 Unit 29

October11

eruption
interrupt
bankrupt
rupture
spectator
suspect
respect
spectacle
signature
insignia
signal
microscope
telescope
stethoscope
uniform
reformat
formal
transform

Dictation Sentences

Each spectator watched the volcanic eruption though a telescope.

If you want to show respect, don’t interrupt the woman in the uniform.

Level 6 Unit 30

October11

admitted
answered
concluded
exclaimed
insisted
remarked
whispered
advised
blurted
commented
demanded
explained
mentioned
observed
replied
whined
screamed
inquired
Dictation Sentences

The cartographer made a map of a peninsula in the Southern Hemisphere.

Is an international team studying the environment of Antarctica?

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