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100

English words never end in these letters.

What is a /v/ and a /j/? the will end in a silent E

cave, save, carve

spelled with a G and silent E to form a bridge J

ledge, bridge, badge

100

When adjacent vowels blend into a murmured diphthong, which is stronger an r-controlled vowel (murmured diphthong) or phonetic skill 5

Phonetic Skill 5  "hear, stair, deer"

100

Name all five r-controlled vowels

What are -ar -or -er -ir -ur

100

When the vowel a follows W in a word, what sound does it make?

A short /o/ as in want and wander.

100

Sometimes, ar and er sound like this in a word

What is /air/  (parent and berry)

200

These two letter combinations following an r-controlled vowel will still form a Bridge.  

What is "ce" and "ge"?

force, scarce

merge, large


200

What is a phonetic skill 5 word meaning 365 days

What is year.

200

Give me a word that shows how Phonetic Skill 5 is stronger than a r-controlled vowel (murmured diphthong).

Any PS 5 word ending in the letter R

fear, steer, tear, cheer, seer

200

When -ar follows w in a word, the r-controlled vowel sounds like this.

What is /or/?  warm and dwarf


200

In a few words er can sound like this

What is /ear/ (zero and hero)

300

When this letter follows directly after an r-controlled vowel, it rules!

What is a silent e?  fir/fire   her/here


300

This phonetic skill 5 word is what you sit on at a table.

What is chair

300

What happens to a word when a consonant is placed after "ear"?

The r changes the  r-controlled vowel to an /er/ sound.  learn, heard

300

When -or follows W in a word, the r-controlled vowel sounds like this.

What is /er/?  Worm and world.

300

Most words that end in the sound /air-y/ are spelled with

What is -ary  (library)

400

This r-controlled word means something bigger than a small or medium.

What is large?

400

A phonetic skill 4 word that people often do when they sleep.

What is snore


400

The marking for when the adjacent vowels combination ea comes before r and another consonant.

In words like earn, search

What is mark the a silent and put an arc under ear.

400

Because qu makes the /kw/ sound it follows exception W. This vowel sound is made if the word starts with  QUA or a SQUA

qu /kw/ or squ /skw/.

What is a short /o/.  Quad and squat

400

Sometimes words that end in -ery are pronounced this way

What is /er-y/ as in gallery or /air-y/ gallery

500

What rule says that the vowel sound will follow phonetic skills and not change to a R-controlled vowel if there is if there is a only one R between the working vowel and the silent E. 

Phonetic Skill 4 is stronger than a R-controlled vowel (murmured diphthong)?

500

How does Phonetic Skill 4 affect an r-controlled vowel?

If a silent E follows an r-controlled vowel, phonetic skill 4 will rule because it is stronger.  

500

This exception to an r-controlled vowel word is used in the Standard Works and is worth a great price.

What is 'pearl'

500

This r-controlled word is a 25 cent coin in American money.

What is a quarter?

500

If the end of words ending -ary or -ery sound like /air-y/ this is how you mark them

What is mark the r-controlled vowel and the y, put a little air above the r-controlled vowel and put a long e above the y.