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How is digraph oe usually pronounced?
long (o) sound
Sound of long (a) spelled in the final position of a base word is....
What is digraph ay?
Why is the word conquer considered an irregular word?
Because qu makes the sound of (k)
Give 2 possible pronunciations of digraph ea in the order of frequency.
long e sound (easel, e)
short e sound (head, e)
Would the spelling of a B.W. ending with a consonant before the letter y change, if a consonant suffix is added? How would it change?
Yes, the y would change to the letter i before adding the consonant suffix.
How is letter g usually pronounced in the final position?
(g)
How is the sound (u) usually spelled in an open unaccented syllable?
a
What letters are irregular in the word broad?
oa
When spelling derivatives, what type of suffix usually (not always) makes us change the spelling of the base word before adding the suffix?
Vowel Suffixes
Would you change the spelling of a B.W. if it ends with a consonant before y, and the suffix begins with the letter i?
No, you would just add the suffix to the base word (cry- crying)
What two sounds can be made by the letters ow?
cow (ou), snow (o)
How is the long (o)sound usually spelled when it occurs in the final position?
ow (snow, o)
What letters are irregular in the word shoe?
oe
In the "Changing rule" what is the ONLY suffix we can "just add" to the base word without changing the spelling of the BW?
If suffix (z) is being added to a B.W. ending in a consonant before y, would you change the spelling of the B.W. before adding the suffix? What would be the suffix that spells the (z) sound in this type of derivative?
Yes-you would change the final y to the letter i before adding suffix -es (cry-cries/ fry-fries)
What sound does digraph oa make?
(o)
How is final (j) spelled if it occurs at the end of a word immediately after two adjacent vowels?
ge
What letters are irregular in the word masquerade?
qu
What part of speech is the word postage in the following sentence? Sam put postage on the letter.
noun
If you want to add a suffix beginning with the letter e to a B.W. that ends in a consonant before the letter y, would you change the spelling of the B.W.?
Yes-the y would change to i before adding the suffix. (cry-cried)
How do you pronounce trigraph dge?
(j)
In the word carried, what letter was changed in the B.W. before the suffix was added?
y
What letters are irregular in the word knowledge?
know
Give three possible pronunciations of this nonsense word: nathom in the order of frequency. (Using syllable division, how would you try coding and reading the word 1st? What is your second option for coding and reading? Your third?)
na' thom (naythom)
nath' om (nathom)
na thom' (nuthom)
Is a prefix always added to a Base Word (a complete English word that can make sense by itself)?
No, sometimes it's added to Latin roots or stems.
(-ject= reject/project)