Auditory
Affixes
Spelling Rules
SVS
Miscellaneous
100

Show me all the ways to make the sound /A/

a, a-e, ai, ay, eigh, ei, ey

100

What is a base word?

part of the word that a suffix and prefix are added to.

100

What are the 3 great spelling rules?

1+1+1 (doubling)

Drop e

Y-rule

100

What does SVS stand for?

Short Vowel Signal

100

What is a syllable?

A syllable is a word or part of a word with one vowel sound.

200

There are 4  vowel teams that can make the sound O, name two of them.

oa, ow, ou, oe

200

Which prefix means not?

un, non, dis, in

200

What is the 1+1+1 rule?

1 syllable word

1 vowel

1 consonant

double the final

200

What are the 7 SVS's

-ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck, -dge, -tch

200

Finish this phrase:

As our hand goes...

our mouth goes

300

What are the sounds of y?

Y, E, I, y

300

What does the prefix re- mean?

again

300

What spelling rule is used when spelling this word?

hoping

drop e

300

How many words end in -zz? What are they?

4: buzz, jazz, fizz, fuzz

300

Finish this phrase:

Two hands to read

two hands to write

400

What is the most common vowel sound in the English language?


Schwa /uh/

400

What suffix means without?

-less

400

What other name do we call the 1+1+1 rule

doubling rule

400

When do we use -tch?

End of a word after a short vowel sound

400

Where is the first place we try to separate a VCV word?

500

How many ways can you make the sound /k/?

c, k, ck, / ch, -que

500

Why would I use the suffix -es?

to make a word that ends in x, z, s, ch, sh plural.  Use instead of -s

500

Why do we use the doubling rule?

to protect the vowel sound

500

What sound does this make

 -dge

/j/

500

Where do we separate a VCCCV word?  What do we keep together? Ex. monster

VC.CCV or VCC.CV we keep the blend together

mon.ster

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