Home / Worksheets / Grade 4 / ELA / Floss Rule Practice Worksheet

Floss Rule Practice Worksheet

A Grade 4 ELA worksheet focusing on the Floss Rule (FF, LL, SS, ZZ) with various question types.

Grade 4 ELA GrammarPhonicsFloss Rule
Use This Worksheet

Includes

Fill in the BlanksTrue / FalseMultiple ChoiceShort AnswerWord Bank

Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.3.A

Topics

ELAGrammarPhonicsFloss RuleGrade 4
7 sections · Free to use · Printable
← More ELA worksheets for Grade 4

Floss Rule Practice

Name:

Date:

Score:

Read each section carefully and follow the instructions. Remember the Floss Rule: when a one-syllable word has a short vowel sound followed by an f, l, s, or z, we usually double the final consonant.

Fill in the blank with the correct double consonant (ff, ll, ss, zz) to complete each word.

1. The cat likes to cu  up in a ball.

2. I will ta  to you later.

3. Please pa  the salt.

4. The bee will bu  around the flowers.

5. Don't sti  your tongue out.

Read each statement. Is the word spelled correctly according to the Floss Rule?

1. The word 'cliff' follows the Floss Rule.

T

True

F

False

2. The word 'bus' follows the Floss Rule.

T

True

F

False

3. The word 'well' follows the Floss Rule.

T

True

F

False

Circle the word that is spelled correctly according to the Floss Rule.

1. Which word is spelled correctly?

a

huff

b

huf

c

huph

d

hufff

2. Which word is spelled correctly?

a

mil

b

mill

c

mille

d

miel

Write a sentence using a word that follows the Floss Rule. Underline the word.

Sort the words into two groups: those that follow the Floss Rule and those that do not.

staff
bell
gas
buzz
ball
dress
leaf
quiz

Follow the Floss Rule:

Do NOT follow the Floss Rule: