Phonics
Capitalization/Singular and Plural
Punctuation
Welded Sounds
What is the syllable type?
100

What is the digraph in this word?

crash




What is 'sh'?



100

Which word in this sentence should have a capital letter?

christmas is on December 25th.

What is Christmas?

Christmas is on December 25th.

The first letter of the first word of a sentence should begin with a capital letter.

December is capitalized because it is a proper noun and the name of a month.

100

After which word, should there be a question mark?

Are you hungry

What is hungry?

It should be written as:

Are you hungry?

100

What is the word and what is the welded sound?

string

What is string (ing)?

100

Is this a closed, vowel-consonant-e or open syllable? Is the vowel sound long or short?

bed

What is closed with a short e vowel sound. 

200

What are the two digraphs in this word?

photograph


What are 'ph'?

What sound does 'ph' make?

200

What word should have a capital letter at the beginning of the word?


tomorrow is Wednesday, December 18th.

What is Tomorrow?

Tomorrow is Wednesday, December 18th.

Capitalize the first letter of the first word in a sentence.

200

What is the proper punctuation at the end of this sentence.

How many wolves did you see today

What is ? (question mark)

How many wolves did you see today?

200

What is the word and the welded sound?

bling

What is bling (ing)?

200

Is this a closed, vowel-consonant-e or open syllable? Is the vowel sound long or short?

so


What is open syllable. The o is a long vowel sound.

300

What two digraphs are in this word?

check

What are ch and ck?

Digraphs have two letters, but only one sound.

300

Is this word singular or plural?


wolves

What is plural?

Plural means 2 or more.

Wolf would be singular or would mean only 1 wolf.

Other examples of words where the f changes to a v for the plural version of the word are:

shelf - shelves

half - halves

elf - elves

self - selves

300

Is the word singular or plural?

house

What is singular?

Singular means only one.

Houses would mean more than one house.

300

What is the word and the welded sound?

strong

What is strong (ong)?

300

Is this a closed, vowel-consonant-e or open syllable? Is the vowel sound long or short?

cake


What is vowel-consonant-e or magic-e. The a is a long vowel sound with a silent e at the end of the word. 

400

What is the digraph in this word?

think

What is 'th'?

400

What word is improperly capitalized in this sentence?

I saw three Wolves.

What is wolves?

This is a common noun and does not need to be capitalized.

Common names do not name something specific.

Proper names name something specific, such as a person, place, event, or thing.

Christmas - name of a specific holiday

Sam - name of a specific person

Spanish or French - name of a language

common noun (church) - (proper noun) Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church is the name of a specific church.


400

What punctuation should come at the end of the sentence?

The children will ride the bus to school

What is a period (.).

The children will ride the bus to school.

A period is used at the end of a sentence when it is stating information.

400

What is the word and the welded sound?

strung

What is strung (ung)?


400

Is this a closed, vowel-consonant-e or open syllable? Is the vowel sound long or short?

not

What is closed?  The o is a short vowel sound.

500

What is the last sound of this word?

books

What is /s/?

500

What word needs correct capitalization?

Today is thursday, December 16, 2019

What is Thursday?

Thursday should be capitalized because it is a proper noun that names a specific day of the week.

December is also a proper noun because it names a specific month of the year.

500

What punctuation should be at the end of this sentence?

I just won a new car

What is an exclamation mark?

I just won a new car!

This is a statement with strong emotion.

Examples could be:  Get out! There is a fire!

500

What is the word and the welded sound?


thank

What is thank (ank)?

500

Is this a closed, vowel-consonant-e or open syllable? Is the vowel sound long or short?


note

What is vowel-consonant-e? The o is a long vowel sound because of the silent e at the end of the word.