Bases
The Latin base meaning “to run.”
What is <cur/curs(e)?
The spelling of /oi/ that usually comes at the end of a base.
What is <oy>?
A suffix that usually forms nouns meaning “quality or condition.”
What is -ity?
What is the most common vowel sound in the English language?
What is schwa?
The Latin base meaning “to see.”
What is <vid/vis>?
The spelling of /aw/ that usually comes at the beginning or in the middle of a base?
What is <au>?
A suffix that typically forms adjectives meaning “having some characteristics of.”
What is -ic?
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.
The Latin base meaning “to turn.”
What is <vert/vers(e)>?
the number of vowel sounds in a syllable.
What is one?
The spelling of the /r/ sound that usually comes at the beginning of a base and usually means “a twisting movement.”
What is <wr>?
Two suffixes that mean “full of”
What are -ful and -ous?
The two sounds of the vowel digraph <ea>.
What are long and short /e/?
The Greek base meaning “sound.”
What is <phone>?
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.
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.
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
The sound <y> makes in the middle of a word?
What is short /i/?
The Greek base meaning “distant or over a distance.”
What is <tele>?
How many syllables are in the word strained?
What is 1?
The name given to the letter <o> when it takes the place of <u> making the short /u/ sound before <m>, <n>, <r>, or <v> because the monks decided to change it to make it easier for people to read.
What is Scribal O?
Two suffixes that mean “can do.”
What are -able and -ible?
What are two sounds of the digraph <ch>?
What is /ch/ and /sh/?