Closed
Open
VCE
R-controlled
Multisyllabic Words
100

Spell the following 3 syllable words

dis-rup-ted

disrupted

100

Spell the following 3 syllable word

re-lo-cate

relocate

100

Spell the following 2 syllable word

in-flate

inflate

100

Spell the following 2 syllable word

har-vest

harvest

100

disinfectant

dis-in-fect-ant

200

List 5 words that rhyme with tank

  • Bank

  • Rank

  • Thank

  • Blank

  • Crank

  • Plank

  • Spank

200

List 5 words that rhyme with my

  • By

  • Cry

  • Fly

  • Hi

  • Sky

  • Try

200

List 5 words that rhyme with place

  • Case

  • Base

  • Chase

  • Grace

  • Space

  • Trace

  • Lace


200

Words that rhyme with bird

  • Word

  • Heard

  • Third

  • Curd

  • Absurd

200

epidemic

ep-id-em-ic

300

Which word is NOT a closed syllable

1. blank

2. frost

3. wide

4. pink

3. wide 

300

Which word is NOT contain an open syllable?

1. broken

2. listing

3. topic

4. music

2. listing 

300

Which word does NOT have a vce syllable?

1. open

2. inside

3. safety

4. stampede

1. open

300

Which word does NOT contain an r-controlled syllable?

1. winter

2. party

3. thunder

4. imports

3. thunder

300

intervene

in-ter-vene

400

How many closed syllables are in this sentence?

Was that a slug in the mud?

5

was, that, slug, in, mud

400

How many open syllables are in this sentence?

We saw a robot and a zebra that the museum.

7

we, a, ro, ze, bra, the, mu

400

How many vce syllables are in this sentence?

"The quake made the shelf shake," said Jane.

4

quake, made, shake, Jane

400

How many r-controlled syllables are in this sentnece?

The hermit crab in Fern's fish tank is named Mister Bert.

4

hermit, Fern, Mister, Bert

400

separate

sep-a-rate

500

In your own words, please define what a closed syllable is...

1 vowel followed by one or more consonants and the vowel makes the 'short' sound

500

In your own words, please define what an open syllable is...

one vowel at the end of the syllable that is NOT followed by a consonant, and the vowel makes the 'long' sound

500

In your own words, please define what a vce syllable is...

one vowel, followed by one consonant, followed by a silent 'e' and the vowel makes the 'long' sound

500

In your own words, please define what an r-controlled syllable is...

a vowel followed by the consonant 'r' and the vowel sound is controlled by the 'r'

500

disregard

dis-re-gard