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Keep the opening vowel team ou and the final spelling nce together. In nce, the final e follows c and the c has its soft sound.
4th Grade · Themed Spelling Practice
4th Grade Measurement Spelling Words
Measurement words appear in math problems, directions, and other practical writing. This eleven-word set builds spelling practice with shared vowel spellings, the opening qu sequence, and doubled consonants.
Word list
All 11 words in this list
4th Grade · Themed Spelling Practice
- inch
- foot
- yard
- mile
- ounce
- pound
- ton
- cup
- pint
- quart
- gallon
11 words
What to notice when spelling these words
Ounce and pound share the same ou spelling despite sounding nothing alike, and that kind of mismatch — along with a few doubled consonants — is what this eleven-word measurement set is really practicing.
Compare vowel spellings
Ounce and pound begin with the same vowel team, ou, but the rest of each spelling must be held separately: ounce ends in nce, while pound ends in nd. Foot uses oo, and mile has a vowel-consonant-silent-e spelling. These contrasts make the written vowel in each short word easier to check.
Group words by their endings
Pint and quart both end in t, while inch ends in the three-letter consonant spelling nch. Yard finishes with ard, and pound with ound. Sorting the words by their visible endings helps preserve letters that may be less distinct in speech.
Hold the remaining spellings
The opening qu stays together in quart. Gallon can be organized as gal-lon, with doubled l at the syllable boundary. The compact spellings ton and cup each use one vowel between the opening and final consonants.