Word Study
This is the most basic word part, and it contains one vowel sound.
What is a syllable?
This syllable type typically makes a short vowel sound and ends with a consonant.
The part of speech will take the place of a noun in a sentence.
What is a pronoun?
This is the Greek root for "the study of."
What is logy?
This prefix means before.
What is pre?
While both type of affixes can change a words meaning, only this affix can change a words part of speech.
What is a suffix?
This syllable type often follows the CVC pattern.
What is a closed syllable?
These abrupt words or phrases are used to express emotion. They often are followed by an explnation point!
What is an interjection?
This is the Latin root for "carry."
What is port?
This prefix means badly or wrongly.
What is mis?
This term describes a word that contains multiple syllables.
What is syllabication?
The final syllable in the word Administrator (Ad/min/is/tra/tor) is an example of this syllable type.
What is a R-controlled syllable?
This is the part of speech of the bolded word the the following sentence: Realizing she had left her lunchbox in class, Katie quickly asked to go back and get it.
What is an adverb?
This Greek root means "rule or government."
What is cracy?
This is what the prefix de means.
What is not or opposite of?
This word part has meaning, but only becomes a word when an affix is added to it.
What is a root?
OW & AW are examples of this type of syllable.
What is a vowel team?
This is the part of speech of the bolded word the the following sentence: After searching for a long time, James remembered he left his folder inside his locker.
What is a preposition?
The fireworks were such a grand spectacle, lighting up the night sky with dazzling colors and patterns. The word "spectacle" contains the suffix "-acle", which refers to a specific action or process. Based on the context and definition, what is a spectacle?
Answers will vary.
This word means to not be positioned or aligned correct.
What is disorient?
All words contain this, and it can have meaning and standalone as a word by itself.
What is a base word?
The final syllable in the word Infrastructure (In/fra/struc/ture) is an example of this type of syllable.
What is final stable?
This is the part of speech of the bolded word the the following sentence: Because she turned in her homework late, the teacher had no choice but to take points off the assignment.
What is an Article?
It was hard to understand the play because several actors were inaudible. We wished they would have spoken louder. Based on the context and root, what does inaudible mean?
Unable to be herd.
This word means to set up again.
What is reestablish?