Schwa
Affixes
Vocab in Context
Missing Vowel
Phonetics
How Many Syllables?
100
What sound can the Schwa make?
uh or ih
100
What are the affixes:
international
Prefix: inter-
Base/Root: nation
Suffix: -al
100
Captain Ahab would never RELINQUISH REELING IN the FISH
to give up doing, surrender, give in
100
cr_dible
credible
100
əˈlīnmənt
alignment
100
envelope
3
en/ve/lope
200
What vowel(s) is saying the ǝ: lycra
a - Now say the word
200
What are the affixes:
immobilize
Prefix: im-
Base/Root: mobile
Suffix: - ize
200
to break up into opposing groups
200
prov_de
provide
200
siləndər
cylinder
200
renegade
3
ren/e/gade
300
What vowel(s) is saying the ǝ: erratic
e - Now say the word
300
What are the affixes:
disagreeable
Prefix: dis-
Base/Root: agree
Suffix: -ble
300
In the times of the Roman Empire, it was ORTHODOX to THROW ROCKS.”
doing it by the book, sticking to established principles
If you are an orthodox vegetarian, you never, ever eat meat — not like those people who have fish once in a while.
300
impr_ctical
impractical
300
ôr fə nəj
orphanage
300
calculator
4
cal/cu/la/tor
400
What vowel(s) is saying the ǝ: statistical
stǝ tis tǝ cǝl - Now say the word
400
What are the affixes:
decongestant
Prefix: de-
Base/Root: congest
Suffix: -ant
400
Farmer Brown was beset with MELANCHOLY when he saw what the worms had done to his MELON patch.
Sad, depressed
400
dirt_est
dirtiest
400
pər pəˌtrāt
perpetrate
400
television
4
tel/e/vis/ion
500
What vowel(s) is saying the ǝ: benevolent
bǝ nev ǝ lǝnt
500
What are the affixes:
discovered
Prefix: dis-
Base/Root: cover
Suffix: -ed
500
The MAGICIAN creates a PARTITION
the division of something into parts
500
h_drant
hydrant
500
əb näk shəs
obnoxious
500
internationalization
8
in/ter/nat/ion/al/i/za/tion