VCe
a VCe word that means "making a car move"
Examples: A steering wheel helps you to _______ a car.
What is drive?
an r-controlled word that means "to begin something"
Example: I always ______ my day with coffee.
What is start?
a closed syllable word that means "to no longer do something"
Example: He had to ______ and look both ways before crossing the street.
What is stop?
an open syllable word that means "to travel in the air or a small insect with wings"
Example: When I am on an airplane I ____ through the air.
What is fly?
Add -ed to refuse
What is refused?
a VCe word that means "when your mouth curves up to show that you are happy"
Example: She always has a _______ when she sees puppies!
What is smile?
an r-controlled word that means "something that is not very long or tall"
Example: I feel _______ when I stand next to tall trees.
What is short?
a closed syllable word that means "to move quickly by moving one foot in front of the other."
Example: I like to ____ around the track.
What is run?
an open syllable word that means "a pronoun used to describe a boy"
Example: ___ liked to ride his bike.
What is he?
Add -ing to surprise
What is surprising?
a VCe word that means "when something happens that you didn't expect"
Example: They threw him a _________ birthday party. He had no idea!
What is surprise?
an r-controlled word that means "to be number one or at the beginning of something"
Examples: I got ________ place in my race.
What is first?
a closed syllable word that means "to be on your feet and not sitting or lying down"
Example: I _____ when we say the Pledge of Allegiance.
What is stand?
an open syllable word that means "a verb that means to move from one place to another"
Example: The green light meant __.
What is go?
add -ed to impress
What is impressed?
a VCe word that means "to say no or not agree with something"
Example: I always _________ to eat tomatoes on my salad.
What is refuse?
an r-controlled word that means "a type of fish that lives in the ocean"
Example: The ______ had sharp teeth and a big fin on its back.
What is Shark?
a closed syllable word that means "something students sit at during school days"
Example: My ______ holds my pencils and notebooks.
What is desk?
an open syllable word that means "a greeting used when first seeing/meeting someone"
Example: She said "__, my name is Suzy!"
What is hi?
Add -ed to forget
(think about how this would work before just answering)
What is forgot?
a VCe word that means "to try your best to win or be the best at something"
Example: I ________ in the basketball game every Friday.
What is compete?
an r-controlled word that means "to give something back after borrowing it"
Example: I went to _____ my book to the library.
What is return?
a closed syllable word that means "a large boat that is used for traveling the water.
Example: The _____ traveled from the United States to Australia.
What is ship?
an open syllable word that means "a small flying insect known for helping to pollinate flowers and make honey"
Example: The ___ was buzzing around.
What is bee?
Add -ing to forget and return
What is forgetting and returning?