Word Elements
This prefix is derived from the Greek to mean "earth," "ground," or "land."
What is Geo?
What 2 digraphs have 2 different sounds to them?
What are Wh and Ch?
What determines how many syllables there are in a word?
What is the number of vowel sounds in a word?
Call has _____ syllables in it.
What is one syllable?
These letters' c' say 's' when it is followed by.
This base means to bend, curve.
What is flect?
How many blends are in the word redrafting?
What are three blends?
This syllable type has a silent e.
What is a vowel-consonant-e syllable type?
The syllable count in the word fantastic.
What are three?
Why does the g in giant say j instead of g?
What is followed by the vowel i?
Biography means
What is write about life?
Two consonants combined to form only one sound.
What is a digraph?
This syllable can have only 1 short vowel sound that is closed off by one or more consonant.
What is a closed syllable?
How many syllables are there in the word abundant?
What is three syllables?
Noun endings in s, x, z, ch, and sh should have an s or es ending?
What is an -es ending?
These 3 words have con in them?
What is ________?
These are two or more consonants together, each making a separate sound.
What is a blend?
Give 3 examples of closed syllable type words.
Answers may vary.
How many syllables are in the word characteristic?
What is 5 syllables?
We use ck in these two circumstances when spelling.
What is when it is after a short vowel or in compound words?
Cardiology means
What is the study of the heart?
Give 3 words that have welds in them.
Answers may vary.
This syllable has only one long vowel which is the last letter in the syllable.
What is an open syllable type?
There are 5 syllables in disestablishment. What are the syllables
What are dis/es/tab/lish/ment?
These consonants do not double in the English language.