Spellography Unit 1

Layers of Language

100

A phoneme is a speech________. 

A. alphabet

B. sound

C. surfboard 🏄

B. sound

200

Spelling is the act of writing the ______ that represent the speech sounds in words. 

A. fireworks 🎆

B. graphemes

C. numbers

B. graphemes

300

Graphemes can be one letter or a _______ of letters to represent a phoneme. 

A. octopus 🐙

B. combination

C. consonant 

B. combination

400

A morpheme is the smallest unit of ______ we use to make words. 

A. addition

B. sun ☀️

C. meaning

C. meaning

500

The system that determines the order and jobs of words in sentences is called _______. 

A. syntax

B. vowels

C. summer 🏖️

A. syntax

Vowels & Syllables

100

Every syllable must have a ________. 

A. vowel

B. consonant

C. hot dog 🌭

A. vowel

200

There are ____ vowel phonemes in English.

A. 6 7 😁

B. 26

C. 18

C. 18

300

A ____ is the part of a word that we can sing.

A. vowel

B. lullaby 😴

C. consonant 

A. vowel

400

Can you have a syllable without a consonant?

A. yes

B. no

C. maybe so 

A. yes

500

Consonants can come before or after a vowel in a ____.

A. number

B. song 🎵

C. syllable

C. syllable

Initial, Final, or Both?

100

Which grapheme is used ONLY in the initial position?

A. kn

B. sh

C. th

D. ng

A. kn

200

Which grapheme can be used in both initial AND final positions?

A. ng

B. kn

C. ff

D. ch

D. ch

300

Which grapheme is used ONLY in the final position?

A. ck

B. wh

C. sh

D. oa

A. ck

400

Which grapheme is used ONLY in the final position?

A. oa

B. j

C. ff

D. sh

C. ff

500

Which grapheme can be used in both initial AND final positions?

A. kn

B. ng

C. tch

D. th

D. th

Parts of Speech

100

What does a noun name?

A. a person

B. a place

C. a thing

D. all of the above

D. all of the above

200

What does a verb show?

A. describes a noun

B. an action

C. who

B. an action

300

What does an adjective show?

A. which ones

B. what kind

C. both A and B

C. both A and B

400

What does an adverb show?

A. how

B. who

C. where

A. how

500

In the sentence 'The tiny mouse hungrily devoured the cheese,' which word is the adverb?

A. hungrily

B. mouse

C. cheese

D. tiny

A. hungrily

Trivia

100

Name the 5 vowels

a, e, i, o, u

200

What animal shows up on many of the pages in this unit?

a dog 🐶

300

Say the alphabet without singing the song. 

Easy peasy! 👍

400

How many syllables are in the word hippopotamus?

5 🦛

500

What are the two middle letters of the alphabet?

A. QR

B. MN

C. JK

D. HI

B. MN