Hodge Podge
Syllables
Spelling Patterns
Prefixes/Suffixes
Sounds
100

The 3 ways of spelling the /er/ sound.

What is: <er>, <ir>, <ur>?

100
What type of vowel sound is produced in a closed syllable?
What is short
100

How do you spell the sound that sounds like the name of the letter <r>?

What is <ar>?

100

What prefix means Not or the reversal of an action?

What is un-?

100

What is the most common vowel sound in the English language?

What is schwa?

200

The two sounds of <th>.

What is /th/ voiced and unvoiced.

200
What type of vowel sound is produced in an open syllable?
What is long
200

The vowels that usually follow c/k/ and the vowels that usually follow k/k/.

What are: c/k/: a, o, u.

                 k/k/: e, i, and sometimes y

200

The suffix and meaning of that suffix in the word helper?

What is -er, meaning someone or someone that does.

200

What are the two vowel digraphs that make the long /o/ sound and which one is a better choice at the end of a word?

What are <oa> and <ow>? <ow> is the better choice at the end of a word.

300
When do you use the FLOSS pattern?
What is at the end of a one syllable word usually with a short vowel.
300

the number of vowel sounds in a syllable.

What is one?

300

The vowel digraph <ee > is a better choice at the end of a base than <ea> is, true or false?

What is once?

300

The suffix that means without.

What is -less?

300

What is the difference between the words witch and which and why are they spelled the way they are?

What is one is lexical and the other is a function word.

400

True or false, a homophone is 2 words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.

False, homographs are 2 words written the same with different meanings, homophones are 2 words that sound the same, but have different meanings.

400

If a word has 2 written vowels in it, it will have 2 syllables, true or false?

False, it’s based on the number of sounds, not number of written vowels.

400

what is the stressed syllable in the work hopeless?

What is <hope>?

400

The 3 sounds that -ed makes and when it makes them.

What is /ed/ when following a base ending in /t/ or /d/; /t/ following an unvoiced sound; /d/ following a voiced sound

400

<tch> and <ck> will be found at the beginning or middle of a base, true or false?

What is false?

500

The two sounds of <s>.

What is /s/ and /z/?

500

How many syllables are in the word happy?

What is two?

500

What does <y> say at the end of a polysyllabic word?

What is /ē/?

500

The suffix and meaning of that suffix in the word joyful.

What is -ful, meaning having or full of?

500

What 2 vowel digraphs make the sound you would say if you hurt yourself?

<ou> and <ow> both say /ou/