SYLLABLE
PREFIXES/SUFFIXES
SPELLING RULES
CODE and READ
POTPOURRI
100

How many syllable types are in the English language?

What are they?  

What is Six - close, open, V-e, f.s.s, VV, Vr

100

What is the meaning of the prefix mis - 

Give an example of a base word with the prefix mis - 

What is wrong and the keyword is misspell?


100

What are the SOS steps to follow in spelling practice?  

What is Look and Listen, Echo and Unblend, Name the grapheme, Write the Grapheme, and Code and Read?

100

How do you code the trigraph igh?

What is Underline the trigraph, cross out the g and h because they're silent, and place a macron above i?

100

What is the definition of a prefix?

What is a prefix is a letter or letters added before a baseword to change the meaning?

200

Where do you divide in the V C C C V pattern first choice? Which syllable do you accent?

What is Divide between the first and second consonants and accent the first syllable? 

V C '| C C V

200

What is the meaning and keyword of the prefix inter-?

What is between and the keyword is interurban or interracial.

200

What is the Dropping Rule?

Apply the dropping rule on the word bite  + er

What is adding a vowel suffix to a base word with a silent e, you must drop the e then add the vowel suffix. 

bite + er  = biter 

200

How do you code the combination ar?

What is Place an arc under the letters ar, then place a diaeresis and a circumflex over the a?

200

What is a prefix is a letter or letters added before a baseword to change the meaning?

What is a suffix is a letter or letters added at the end of a baseword to change its usage?

300

Where do you divide on the V C V syllable division pattern, first choice? Is the vowel open or closed? Which syllable is accented? How do you code the vowel?

What is Divide after the vowel and the first syllable is accented? The vowel is open, so you coded with a macron. 

V ' | C V 

300

What is the meaning of the suffix -es

When can the suffix -es be used? 

What is plural or more than one? It can be added to a word that has a sibilant sound (hissing sound) or a word that ends with the vowel y before a consonant.

300

What is the Rabbit Rule? Give an example. 

What is one middle consonant sound after a short vowel in a two-syllable word double middle consonant? 

Examples: gossip, shatter, sudden, traffic

300

How do you code the final stle like in the word castle?

What is cross out t and e because they're silent letters?

300

What is a final stable syllable (F.S.S.)?

What is letters in the final position that form a syllable, do not change, and are never accented?

400

Where do you divide on the V C V syllable division pattern, second choice? Which syllable is accented? Is the vowel open or closed? How do you code the vowel?

What is Divide after the consonant and accent the first syllable? The vowel is close, code it with a breve.

V C ' | V  

400

The young man is hopeful that he will get to join his best friends at the state fair this weekend.

What does the suffix -ful mean in this sentence?

What is full of hope  

400

What is the Change the Babies but Not the Boys Rule? 

What is Nouns ending in y after a vowel form the plural by adding the suffix -s

Nouns ending in y after a consonant form the plural by adding the suffix -es

400

How do you code the word distracting?

What is Box the prefix dis- and the suffix -ing? Then code the vowel a with a breve and place a k-back on the c

400

What is letters in the final position that form a syllable, do not change, and are never accented?

What is Derivative is a base word plus a prefix and/or suffix?

500

How do you divide on the V C V syllable division pattern, third choice? Which syllable is accented? Is the vowel open or closed? How do you code the vowels - a, e, i, o, u?

What is Divide after the first vowel and accent on the second syllable?  V | C V'

The vowels e, o, u will be half long, the vowel i will be short code it with a breve, and the vowel a will be obscure code it with a dot.

500

FEMA will export water, food, and medicine to other countries in need of assistance. 

What does export mean? 

What is send out?

500

What is the Doubling Rule? 


What is when adding a vowel suffix to a word you must check the base word to see if it meets the 1-1-1 Rule?

1 syllable b.w.

1 vowel

1 final consonant 

500

How do you code the word misquoted? 

What is box the prefix mis- and box the suffix -ed? Then place an are under the qu and place a k-back on the q. Last, code the o with a macron. 

500

What is a compound word?

What is two base words that are combined to make a new word?

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