piece
Piece spells its long e sound with ie and ends with ce: p-i-e-c-e. Its meaning distinguishes it from the sound-alike word peace, which uses ea.
In a sentence: She chose one piece of the puzzle.
5th Grade · High-Frequency Words
5th Grade High-Frequency Words — Set 2
5th Grade High-Frequency Words — Set 2 connects action, suddenly, and natural to their bases, distinguishes effect from affect, and preserves the vowel sequences in piece and experience.
Word list
All 12 words in this list
5th Grade · High-Frequency Words
- process
- piece
- provide
- present
- action
- problem
- company
- effect
- suddenly
- suppose
- natural
- experience
12 words
What to notice when spelling these words
Keep bases visible before endings
Three words preserve useful related forms. Action keeps the base act before ion. Suddenly keeps sudden, including double d, before ly. Natural is related to nature; the final e of nature is dropped before al, leaving natur + al. Each relationship accounts for letters that may be harder to recover by sound alone.
Other words are best organized with stable written syllables. Process can be held as proc-ess, with one c and double s. Problem uses prob-lem, and provide uses pro-vide, finishing with silent e. Present keeps the same spelling whether it names a gift, describes something that is here, or means to show something to others.
Protect the exact vowel and consonant sequences
Several spellings depend on an exact letter sequence. Piece uses ie before ce, while effect begins with e and has double f. Meaning helps select each of these from a sound-alike or commonly confused spelling, so their notes include short contexts.
The remaining notes preserve details that unstressed speech can blur: a in com-pa-ny, the opening su and double p in suppose, and every vowel in ex-per-i-ence. Straightforward parts remain straightforward; the notes focus only on letters for which a structural anchor adds useful support.
Notes for particular words
company
Keep the three written syllables in company: com-pa-ny. The middle vowel is a even when that unstressed syllable sounds less distinct.
effect
Effect begins with e and keeps double f before ect. It commonly names a result; affect, usually meaning “to influence,” begins with a.
In a sentence: The new rule had a helpful effect.
suddenly
Suddenly keeps the complete base sudden, including double d, before ly: sudden + ly.
suppose
Suppose begins with su, keeps double p in the middle, and ends with the written chunk ose: su-p-p-o-s-e.
experience
Use the written syllables ex-per-i-ence to preserve every vowel in experience. Keep i before the ending ence, even when that vowel is weakly heard.