Closed Syllable
In the word "dentist," what is the second syllable?How do you know it's closed?
The second syllable is "tist." It's closed because the st are closing in the i and causing it to make its short sound.
Read the word "quake." Why is it spelled with a letter k?
In a v-e syllable if there is a /k/ sound between the consonants, it is always spelled with a letter k.
What is an open syllable? Give an example?
An open syllable is a syllable in which a vowel is not blocked in by a consonant making the vowel sound long.
What are the r-controlled vowels?
ar, or, er, ir, and ur
What is a vowel team? Give an example.
A vowel team is when you have two vowels next to each other. An example is ee.
Explain what a closed syllable is using the word "bench."
Bench is closed because: It has one vowel "e" closed in by the consonants nch which causes the vowel to make its short sound.
In the word "polite," what is the open syllable?
po-
Which r-controlled vowels sound exactly the same and require spelling options?
ir, er, and ur
What are all of the ways to spell long e?
v-e, open syllable, ee, ea, ey, y in a two-syllable word.
How many syllables does the word "misconduct" have? What are they?
3 syllables: mis-con-duct
It says /z/. An example is nose.
In the word "remote," what is the open syllable?
re
In the word swerve, why is there an "e" at the end?
No English words end in v.
Explain where to use vowel teams "ai" and "ay." Give an example of each.
ai: rain
ay: tray
In the word "picnic," why does the second syllable end with -ic?
In a two syllable word -ic is spelled ic
In the word "confusing," what happened to the letter "e"?
When you add a vowel suffix to a word ending in e, you have to drop the e before you add the vowel suffix.
How does "y" sound in a one syllable word? Give an example?
Y says long i. An example is the word fly.
Read the word "army." Which syllable has an r-controlled vowel?
1st syllable /ar/
In the word "rem_nder," which vowel team do you use? ai or ay?
Think of a word that has two closed syllables.
Any word with two closed syllables.
clinic, napkin, insist, publish, etc.
How do you spell or in a v-e syllable?
ore
How does "y" sound at the end of a two-syllable word? Example.
Y says long e. An example angry.
Read the word "tolerate." Break into syllable and tell each syllable type.
tol: closed
er: r-controlled
ate:v-e
Read the phrase: between great leaders.
Name all of the vowel teams.
In the word between: ee
In the word leaders: ea