Prefixes
It means "before."
What does pre- mean?
It means "like or manner of.".
What is suffix -ly?
It takes the place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
Three letters that make one sound.
What is a trigraph?
The sounds for er, ir, ur, or and ar.
What are r-controlled sounds?
It means "after."
What does post-mean?
They mean "can do or able to."
What are suffixes -ible and -able?
A verb that does not show action (is, are, was, were, being, been, am).
What is a linking verb?
It is a word that is spelled the same but has a different meaning and sometimes pronounced differently.
What is a homograph?
The mark for a short vowel sound.
What is a breve?
It means "again or back."
What is re-?
It means "one who."
What is -ist?
A verb that helps they main action verb (can, may, shall, will, must, had, has, etc).
What is a helping verb?
Words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings.
What are homophones.
The mark for a long vowel sound.
What is a macron?
It means wrongly.
What is mis-?
It means "state of or quality of."
What is -ness?
It tells who or what in a sentence.
What is a subject?
When a vowel makes the sound of another vowel
What is schwa?
A syllable type that could include ai, oa, oi, au, etc
What is a vowel team syllable?
It means below or under.
What is sub-?
It means "act of, state of or result of."
What is -ment?
Its tells what happens or what the subject is doing.
What is a predicate?
A suffix that changes the meaning of a word.
What is a derivational suffix?
Two consonants together that make one sound.
What is a digraph?