Types of Syllables
This two-syllable word contains two closed CVC syllables and means to squeeze or tighten with pressure.
compress
This word has the stress on the second syllable. Its two morphemes together mean “to carry back”, often referred to carrying back news or information.
report
This word means to live through something, but its’ morphemes literally mean “super, beyond” + “living”.
survive
fury + ous can be rewritten as ___________
furious
This two-syllable word ends in a CVCe syllable, and begins with a prefix.
It means to blow into.
inflate
This word has the stress on the second short syllable. It can mean to allow or confess something.
admit
This prefix + Latin root can be translated as: “to throw in”.
inject
apply + ed can be written as ___________
applied
This two-syllable word contains two open syllables, the second syllable spelled VV. It can be rewritten as: prefix + base word.
It means to want to do something again.
replay
This word has two short syllables and does not have a clearly stressed syllable. It is built from the Latin root ‘cept’.
concept
This four-syllable word makes me think you won’t be able to believe it!
incredible
re + late + ive can be rewritten as ___________
relative
This two-syllable word contains two open syllables, the second syllable is VV.
It means to withhold or reject.
deny
This two-syllable word has the stress on the second syllable, which is CVCe.
It means to get the attention of someone, or participate in something.
engage
When you observe through someone else’s eyes, it can help you better understand them.
perspective
educ + ate + ion can be rewritten as __________
education
This two-syllable word ends in a CVCe syllable, and begins with a prefix that means with or together.
When you bring these two word parts together, you have a new word.
combine
This three-syllable word begins with the schwa.
It can be rewritten as prefix + vis + suffix.
revision
It’s Latin root means to hear or listen, and if you talk loud enough they will!
audience
ad + mit + ance can be rewritten as _________
admittance