Affixes
Vowel pairs
Hard or soft?
Rules
Schwa
100

What does -s mean

More than 1

100

What do the two vowels in “boat” say?

Long o

100

What sound does “c” make in “cot”?

k

100

What happens to “happy” when we add “-er”?

happier

100

Which word has a schwa banana or bat?

Banana

200

what does -ed mean


It already happened

200

Which word has a vowel pair: “rain” or “ran”?

rain

200

What sound does “c” make in “city”?

s

200

Change “funny” to mean “more funny.”

funnier

200

What sound does a schwa make?

Uh

300

What does Mis- mean

ex) misunderstood

not

300

Say a word with “ee.”

tree, feet, see, bee, etc...

300

Say a word with a soft g.

giraffe, gem, giant

300

Change “carry” to past tense.

carried

300

What’s the schwa sound in “problem”?

e

400

What does pre- mean

ex) prefix

before

400

What vowel pair do you hear in “clean”?

long e

400

What vowels make “c” and "g" soft?

e, i, y

400

What letters do you double for the FLOSS rule?

f, l, s

400

What is the schwa sound in sofa?

a

500

What does mis- mean?

ex) misunderstood

wrong

500

What’s the rhyme word for “pain” that uses “ai”?

train, chain, rain, etc..

500

What sound does g make gem?

soft g {j}

500

What is run + ing

running

500

Where do we find a schwa?

The unaccented syllable