Word Study
Syllables
Parts of Speech
Roots
Affixes
100

This is the most basic word part, and it contains one vowel sound.

What is a syllable?


100

This syllable type typically makes a short vowel sound and ends with a consonant. 

What is a closed syllable? 
100

The part of speech will take the place of a noun in a sentence.

What is a pronoun?

100

This is the Greek root for "the study of."

What is logy?

100

This prefix means before.

What is pre?

200

While both type of affixes can change a words meaning, only this affix can change a words part of speech.

What is a suffix? 

200

This syllable type often follows the CVC pattern.

What is a closed syllable?

200

These abrupt words or phrases are used to express emotion. They often are followed by an explnation point!

What is an interjection?

200

This is the Latin root for "carry."

What is port?

200

This prefix means badly or wrongly.

What is mis? 

300

This term describes a word that contains multiple syllables.

What is syllabication?

300

The final syllable in the word Administrator (Ad/min/is/tra/tor) is an example of this syllable type. 

What is a R-controlled syllable? 

300

This is the part of speech of the bolded word the the following sentence: Realizing she had left her lunchbox in class, Katie quickly asked to go back and get it.

What is an adverb? 

300

This Greek root means "rule or government." 

What is cracy?

300

This is what the prefix de means.

What is not or opposite of? 

400

This word part has meaning, but only becomes a word when an affix is added to it.

What is a root? 

400

OW & AW are examples of this type of syllable.

What is a vowel team?

400

This is the part of speech of the bolded word the the following sentence: After searching for a long time, James remembered he left his folder inside his locker.

What is a preposition?

400

The fireworks were such a grand spectacle, lighting up the night sky with dazzling colors and patterns. The word "spectacle" contains the suffix "-acle", which refers to a specific action or process.  Based on the context and definition, what is a spectacle? 

Answers will vary. 

400

This word means to not be positioned or aligned correct.

What is disorient?

500

All words contain this, and it can have meaning and standalone as a word by itself.

What is a base word?

500

The final syllable in the word Infrastructure (In/fra/struc/ture) is an example of this type of syllable.

What is final stable? 

500

This is the part of speech of the bolded word the the following sentence: Because she turned in her homework late, the teacher had no choice but to take points off the assignment.

What is an Article? 

500

It was hard to understand the play because several actors were inaudible. We wished they would have spoken louder. Based on the context and root, what does inaudible mean?

Unable to be herd. 

500

This word means to set up again.

What is reestablish?

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