A vowel that is short in a closed syllable is coded with a
Breve
VC
Vowel in a closed syllable
When a word has a short vowel before a final (f), (l) or (s)...what is the rule?
Floss Rule / double rule
What suffix do we add to mean: more than one
s or es
Two letters that make one sound is called a...
diagraph
How do you code a combination
Arc
FSS
Final Stable Syllable
a after (w) is sometimes pronounced how?
short o...as in was and wasp
What three sounds does suffix ed make
ed, d, t
Name at least 4 diagraphs that we have learned about.
ea, ai, ee, oa, oo, ei, ie, ph, ey, eu, ew, wh, ch, sh, th
A vowel in an open accented syllable is long code it with a
Macron
V
Vowel
Name 2 letters English Words do not end with
Give 3 examples of vowel suffixes
ing, ed, es, est, er,
What is it called with you have 3 letters that make 1 sound?
Such as in igh
trigraph
How do you code a diagraph
underline
1S
One Syllable
When spelling (k) with a k, what letters come after it?
i or e
K before i or e
C before the other 3 (a, o, u)
Describing something that happened in the past
ed
When a base word ends with y, the y is changed to what before adding any suffix other than one starting with i?
i
Combination er in an unaccented syllable is coded with a
Tilde
^
Circumflex
-tion and -sion are pronunced...
shun and zhun
The suffix meaning the most
est
When a word is derived from another word, it is called a what?
derivative