Literacy Jeopardy

Phonograms

100

TCH: the three letter __ __.

CH

200

KN vs. GN: which one is allowed to be used at the end of an English word?

GN

300

Give both sounds for the AUGH phonogram AND one example for each sound. 

ä-ăf

400

Give all sounds for the OU phonogram AND give an example of a word that uses at least one sound.

ow-ō-ö-ŭ-ü

500

Give all sounds for the OUGH phonogram AND give an example of a word that uses at least one sound.

ŏ-ō-ö-ow-ŭf-ŏf

Spelling Rules

100

English words do not end in _____, _____, ______, or _____. 

I, U, V, or J

200

C always softens to /s/ when followed by _____, _____, or _____. Otherwise, C says /k/.

E, I, or Y

300

To make a verb past tense, add the ending -_____ unless it is an _________ verb.

ED; irregular

400

To make a noun plural, add the ending -_____, unless the word hisses or changes; then add -_________.

S; ES 

500

Two _____'s cannot be next to each other in an English word.

I/i

Vocabulary

100

What is the past tense for the vocab word DETECT?

Detected

200

What is the plural form of the vocab word AVERAGE?

Averages

300

What is the plural form of the vocab word CHALLENGE?

Challenges

400

What is the adjective form of the vocab word AMAZE?

Amazing

500

What is the past tense form of the vocab word CONTINUE? Use it in a sentence.

CONTINUED;

Silent Final E

100

What is correct: 

removed or removeed? 

Give the reason why.

Removed; the base word ends with a vowel and the suffix is a vowel suffix, so we drop an e.

200

Why do the following words end with an e?

true, blue, glue

Because English words cannot end with a U.

300

Why do the following words end with an E?

serve, give, have

Because English words cannot end with a V.

400

What is the silent final E doing to the C in these words?

fence, voice, sauce, since

Softening the C to make the /s/ sound, instead of /k/

500

What are the three rules with the final Silent E?

1. The vowel says the long sound because of the E.

2. English words do not end in V or U.

3. The C says /s/ and the G says /j/ because of the E.

Spelling Markings

100

Mark the word HAVE

hăve (double underline e)

200

Mark the word CURVE.

underline UR phonogram; double underline silent E

300

Mark the word CELEBRATE

c = 2, for making the second sound

elēbrāte = double underline e

400

Mark the word CHARGE

ch = underline (multiletter)

ar = underline (multiletter)

g = 2 (second sound)

e= double underline

500

Mark the word REFRIGERATE

rēfr 

i = 2 (makes its second sound)

g

er = multiletter phonogram, underline

āte = double underline e