Syllable Types
Spelling Rules
Final Stable Syllables
Correct Spelling
Prefix/Suffixes
100

One consonant after one vowel.

What is a closed syllable

100

Two-syllable word with one middle consonant sound.

What is the rabbit rule

100

This final stable syllable makes the (ij) sound

What is "age" like package.

100

What is the correct spelling.

Ceiling

Cieling

cealing 

What is Ceiling?

100

This suffix means "quality of"

what is consonant suffix "ness"?

200

We have to treat each pair with loving care.

What is a vowel pair syllable?

200

One syllable word that ends in an "f", "l", "s", or "z"

What is the Floss Rule

200

This final stable syllable says (chur)

What is final stable syllable "ture" as in picture

200

What is the correct spelling.


believe

beleive

belieave

What is believe?

200

This suffix means one who, that which, or more.

What is the vowel suffix "er"?

300

This syllable ends in one vowel.  The vowel in an open accented syllable is long, code it with a macron.

What is an open syllable

300

When your baseword ends in one vowel and one consonant and you're adding a vowel suffix

What is the doubling rule

300

This final stable syllable say (shun) but after a short vowel, except short (i)

What is "ssion" as in percussion?
300

When a word has an "i" or an "o" with two following consonants in a one-syllable word we call them?

What is a kind, old word?  (Making the long vowel sound)

300

This prefix means to move toward

What is consonant prefix "ad-"


400

When you have one "r" after one vowel and the vowel makes an unexpected sound.

What is an R-Controlled Vowel.

400

When your baseword ends in a final silent e and you're adding a vowel suffix.

What is the dropping rule

400

This final stable syllable says (shun) after a long vowel, consonant or short i.

what is "tion" as in vacation?

400

What is the correct spelling?


health

haelth

helth

What is health?

400

This prefix means "not" and can have multiple spellings

What is consonant prefix "in"

(im-, il-, ir-)

500

Dependable sounds ending in consonant-le, or even tion, ssion, sion, age.

What are final stable syllables

500
When your word ends in Consonant and a "y" and you are adding a vowel suffix that DOES NOT start with "i"

What is the changing rule

500

This final stable syllable says (zhun)

What is "sion" as in explosion

500

What is the correct spelling?

packige

package

packege

what is package?

500

This previx means "from or coming out of"

What is consonant prefix "ex-" as in export.

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