French
Spellings
Spellings
French
Suffixes
Suffixes
French
Food Words
Food Words
Ooh La La!
100
What vowel digraph spells /u:/ in the following French loanwords?
soup, group, route
<ou>
100
Spell the French suffix shared by the following words:
ballet, blanket, locket, banquet
<-et>
100
What is the French-origin word for meat that comes from a cow?
Beef.
100
Chef
200
What French digraph spells /ʃ/ in these words?
chef, chivalry, mustache, chute
<ch>
200
Spell the French suffix shared by the following words:
postage, village, massage, courage
<-age>
200
What is the French-origin word for meat that comes from a pig?
Pork.
200
Giraffe
300
What phoneme does the <g> spell at the end of these French words?
beige, rouge, garage
/ʒ/
300
Spell the French suffix shared by the following words:
trainee, employee, fiancée, protegée
<ee>
300
What is the French-origin word for meat that comes from birds ?
Poultry.
300
Pomegranate
400
Words inherited from Latin tend to select a single vowel spelling.
What kind of vowel spelling do words from French tend to select?
Vowel digraphs.
400
Spell the French suffix shared by the following words:
fountain, mountain, captain, curtain
<-ain>
400
What is the French-origin word for meat that comes from a calf?
Veal.
400
What is the French loan word that refers to a kind of sparkling light wine?
Champagne
500
What does the <qu> spell in these words borrowed from French?
quiche, unique, queue
/k/
500
What does the French suffix <-ette> mean in the following words?
kitchenette, marionette, rosette
Diminutive or "small."
500
What is the English animal name for the French-named meat called mutton?
Sheep.
500
Limousine