Sounds in Words
Does initial mean beginning or end?
Beginning!
What are the digraph letters and sound in the word: leak?
ea
What are the digraph letters and sound in the word: moon?
oo
slimy, fuzzy, ugly, smelly, big
a) Nouns
b) Verbs
c) Adjectives
d) Proper nouns
c) Adjectives
Which word is the noun?
Hear the ducks quack!
Ducks!
Does final mean beginning or end?
End!
What are the digraph letters and sound in the word: mother?
th
If I see SH, CH, SS, ZZ, or X at the end of the word, what ending do I add to make the word plural or happen in the present tense?
-es
swim, kick, hit, wiggle, sing
a) Nouns
b) Verbs
c) Adjectives
d) Proper nouns
b) Verbs
Which word is the verb?
Did Sid steal a peach from the tree?
Steal!
Segment the word "melt" and change the....
Belt!
What are the digraph letters and sound in the word: coat?
oa
What suffix (ending) would you use to make this word plural: house?
dog, swing, sun, boy, grass
a) Nouns
b) Verbs
c) Adjectives
d) Proper nouns
a) Nouns
Which word is the adjective?
On a hot day, Dean slept in the hay.
Hot!
Segment the word "cluck." Now change...
Pluck!
Find the word in the sentence that has one of our digraphs and tell me the digraph letters and sound:
My feet are cold.
Feet! Digraph ee
What suffix (ending) would you use to make this verb happen in the present tense: stretch?
Arkansas, Walmart, Lucy, Little Rock
a) Pronouns
b) Nouns
c) Adjectives
d) Proper nouns
d) Proper nouns
Which word is the proper noun?
Can you pass me the blue Kool-Aid?
Kool-Aid!
Identify the consonant blend in the word...
-lt
What is the definition of a trigraph?
Three letters that make one sound like -tch!
Find the word in the sentence that has one of our digraphs and needs a suffix (ending). Tell me the digraph letters and sound, and what suffix (ending) you would use to make it happen in the present:
"The girl brush her hair into a ponytail."
Digraph sh and -es to make it brushes!
she, I, they, me, you
a) Pronouns
b) Nouns
c) Adjectives
d) Proper nouns
a) Pronouns
Which word is the pronoun?
She got a good grade on her test.
She!