Phonics Terms
Two letters together that make a new single sound.
Every syllable must have a...
What is a vowel?
This suffix means more than one.
2 or 3 consonants that are blended together in words but each individual sound can still be heard.
This syllable has one short vowel that is closed in by a consonant.
What is a closed syllable?
These three vowel teams make the long e sound.
What is 'ee', 'ea', and 'ey'?
This suffix makes words past tense and has 3 different sounds.
What is 'ed'?
Chunks of letters where individual sounds cannot be heard clearly.
What is glued or welded sounds?
This syllable type has a long vowel and a silent e.
What is a vowel-consonant-e syllable?
What is 'ue' and 'ew'?
This prefix means again.
A gliding vowel, where the sound begins as one vowel sound and moves to another vowel sound.
What is a Vowel Diphthong?
This syllable has two vowels together making one sound.
What is a double vowel syllable?
This suffix is used to compare more than 3 things.
What is 'est'?
What is /ir/, /er/, and /ur/?
This syllable has only one long vowel and ends with the vowel.
What is an open syllable?
These 4 vowel teams make two sounds.
What is "ow", "ou", "oo", and "ue"?
These three prefixes all mean not.
What is 'un', 'dis', and 'non'?