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This type of word ends with a consonant and has a short vowel

Closed syllable word

100

What are "ang", "ong", "ink"?

Bonus $200: Can you name all the sounds?

Welded sounds

100

Spell the word given to you.  And explain the middle consonant rule.

Chisel: the "S" will sound like a Z when it comes between 2 vowels.

100

What 2 long sounds does the U make?

What is /YU/ and /OO/

100

What does the Y say at the end of a 1 syllable word?

long I

200

Sh, Ch, CK, Wh, Ph, Th are what type of letter combinations?

Digraphs

200

How many taps does the word stand have?

What is 4

200

What type of word is "checklist"

What is a compound word?

Bonus: Explain what a compound word is

200

These words are examples of V-E syllables, even though at times you are unable to hear the long vowel sound due to this letter.

What are words with controlling-R, for example: fire, pure, share, care?

200

This vowel is the most used vowel sound in the English language.

What is the schwa sound

300

What letter always follows the Q?

The U

300

Explain what "fect" is

Fect is a Latin-based element.  

Bonus $300: It is part of a larger word using either a prefix and/or a suffix

300

What type of word is disrupt?

What is a complex word?

Bonus $300: A complex word is when you have to have a prefix added to a base element to create a wole word.

300

Spell the word given and explain each part of the word.

Includes

In is a prefix

Clude is a lating-based element

S is a suffix

300

List the 4 ways Y says E at the end of a word can be spelled.

baby: long A ba by

plenty: short E plen ty

bunny: double the n short U bun ny

bevy: V never gets doubled bev y

400

Which digraph always comes at the end of a word?  And which digraph always comes at the beginning of a word?  Bonus For $200: Spell 2 words: each using the digraphs

What is CK and WH.

Which

Check

400

List the exceptions to the welded sounds

Ild, old, ind, olt, and ost

400

Spell the word given and divide it into syllables

What is fantastic.

fan  tas tic

400

Why do we put a silent "e" at the end of the word dense?

The silent "e" is closing in the s so it is not plural.  

Bone $400: if the e was not on the end, it would say dens as in a bears den.....

400

Spell the word

Give them a word fro 5.4 schwa sounds to spell

500

What are the F, L, and S at the end of one-syllable words?

What are Bonus letters

500

Listen to the word given to you.  What 2 letters are the last letters you hear in the word?  And why it is significant.

What is -CT.  It will never be -KT- 

500

Name all the sounds -ed can make

What is -ed, -id, -d, -t

500

This letter can never end a word in the English language.

What is the letter V.


500

When do the letters A and I make the schwa sounds?

A: at the beginning and end or a word

I: usually in an open syllable in the middle of a word.

Bonus $500: the I can be its own syllable in the middle making the schwa sound.

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