French
Spellings
French
Suffixes
French
Food Words
Ooh La La!
100

What vowel digraph spells /u:/ in the following French loanwords?

soup, group, route

<ou>

100

Spell the French suffix shared by the following words:

ballet, blanket, locket, banquet

<-et>

100

What is the French-origin word for meat that comes from a cow?

Beef.

100

Chef

200

What French digraph spells /ʃ/ in these words?

chef, chivalry, mustache, chute

<ch>

200

Spell the French suffix shared by the following words:

postage, village, massage, courage

<-age>

200

What is the French-origin word for meat that comes from a pig?

Pork.

200

Giraffe

300

What phoneme does the <g> spell at the end of these French words?

beige, rouge, garage

/ʒ/

300

Spell the French suffix shared by the following words:

trainee, employee, fiancée, protegée

<ee>

300

What is the French-origin word for meat that comes from birds ?

Poultry.

300

Pomegranate

400

Words inherited from Latin tend to select a single vowel spelling.

What kind of vowel spelling do words from French tend to select?

Vowel digraphs.

400

Spell the French suffix shared by the following words:

fountain, mountain, captain, curtain

<-ain>

400

What is the French-origin word for meat that comes from a calf?

Veal.

400

What is the French loan word that refers to a kind of sparkling light wine?

Champagne

500

What does the <qu> spell in these words borrowed from French?

quiche, unique, queue

/k/

500

What does the French suffix <-ette> mean in the following words?

kitchenette, marionette, rosette 

Diminutive or "small."

500

What is the English animal name for the French-named meat called mutton?

Sheep.

500

Limousine

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