Vowels
General Knowledge
Spelling Rules
Miscellaneous
Syllable Division
100

5 short vowel sounds

What are - "a" as in "cat", "e" as in "bed", "i" as in "sit", "o" as in "hot", and "u" as in "bus" 

100

Students learn 26 of these.

What are letters

100

__________states that when a one-syllable word ends in the letters \(-\), \(-\), \(-\), or \(-\) and has a short vowel before it, the final letter is doubled

What is the FLSZ or Floss rule - \(f\), \(l\), \(s\), or \(z\) 

100

These letters are never doubled in the English language

What are h, j, q, v, w, x, y 

100

Syllabicate the word index and why do you split it there

What is in-dex

You divide between the two consonants

200

A ______________  sound is produced by a free flow of breath out of the mouth. A _____________ sound is produced by blocking air which is flowing out of the mouth. 

What is a vowel and consonant

200

There are 44 English ________ represented by 26 letters.

What are phonemes

200

This rule applies to 1-1-1 base words. When adding a vowel suffix to a 1-1-1 base word, double the final consonant before adding the suffix

What is the Doubling Rule

200

How to map sounds to letters.

What is Orthography?

200

Number of syllables in the word globalization and where are the divisions made

What is 5

glo ba liz a tion

300

Read the Word.

Candy

What sound does the Y represent?

What is the long e sound

300

A letter or group of letters that represent a single sound (phoneme) in written language. 

What is a grapheme

300

In a two-syllable word what two letters will usually spell the /ik/ sound

What is -ic 

Music

Fantastic

300

Followed by the letters i, e, or y – they usually make a soft sound

What is C or G

300

What is the correct syllabication of the word: crazy

cra-zy

400

Number of vowel sounds in the English language

What are 20 sounds

400

Consonant blends appear in what word positions

what are the initial or final positions

400

This rule applies to silent-e base words.  When adding a vowel suffix to a silent-e base word, drop the final e. Do not drop the final e if the suffix begins with a consonant.

What is the Drop Rule

Example:  namɇ + ed → named,   name + less → nameless

400

Is the letter that makes the schwa sound in the word analysis 

What is y

400

What is the correct syllabication of the word: syllabication

syl-lab-i-ca-tion

500

Which word has a vowel -L at the end that is a schwa? 

oil    owl     animal

What is animal

500

The difference between a digraph and a diphthong

What is a digraph is two letters that make 1 sound and a diphthong is TWO vowel sounds that combine or glide to make one vowel sound

500

The exception to the Change Rule

What is y + ing “love” each other and are never separated 

exception:  cry + ing → crying

500

The grammatical order of words, or sentence structure

What is syntax

500

Which syllabication rule is applied to the word sum/mer?

What is prefix, root word, suffix

M
e
n
u