Phonemes
How many phonemes are in the base element <crunch>
5
How many graphemes are in the base <close>?
5
How many word elements are in the word "bookcases"?
3
slime + y -->
slimy
In order to be in a word family, words must share a _________ and __________.
Meaning and Structure
How many phonemes are in the base element <school>?
4
What do you call a grapheme build with two letters?
digraph
What do you call word elements that AFFIX to a base element?
Affixes--> prefixes, suffixes, or connecting vowel letters
throb + ing -->
throbbing
What word element do these words share?
react action
How many phonemes are in the word <people>?
4
What do you call a grapheme built with three letters?
trigraph
These elements cannot stand alone in a word construction. They are always bound to other word elements.
Affixes
dirtiest
Which word doesn't belong in the family?
be, being, been, bean
bean
How many phonemes are in the base <thought>?
3
In the words "two" and "people," what graphemes are marking an important story about the written word and do not represent a phoneme?
two --> <w>.
people --> <o>
What do you call a base that can freely be a word on its own?
Free Base
reaction
re + act + ion --> reaction
Which word doesn't belong in the family?
healed, heels, healing, health,
heel
What is the third phoneme in the base <spring>?
/r/
What do you call a letter or letters written in word that mark a connection to the word's history?
Etymological Markers
Bound Base
deconstruction-->
de + con + struct + ion
Which word doesn't share a meaning connection?
they, there, them, their, they're,
there