How Many Elements
cats
2, cat+s
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short!
What position is <f> in? flames
initial
What is a base?
A part of a word that gives it meaning
What is your tutor's name?
Claire!
undo
2, un+do
What has words, but never speaks?
A Book!
What position is <c> in? respectful
medial
What are the two types of affixes?
prefix and suffix
What month does Independence Day happen in?
July! (the 4th of July)
happenstance
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David!
What position is <n> in? happens
final
What are the vowels? Which ones are paired?
a e i o u y
pairs: o and u, i and y
How old is your tutor?
19
skinnier
3, skin+y+er
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald!
What position is <ch> in? churches
initial and final
What is a digraph? trigraph?
Two letters that work together to make one phoneme; three letters that work together to make one phoneme
What planet is the fourth from the sun?
Mars!
irreplaceable
4, ir+re+place+able
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren't any! It's a one story house!
What position is <y> in? factories
final
Tell me three different jobs of the final, single non-syllabic <e>
vowel helper, makes <c> soft, plural cancelling, follows a <v>, shows that <l> is part of a syllable, etc.
When is the first day of Winter?
December 21!