Phonology
Orthography
Morphology
Syntax
PragSo
100

How many phonemes are in the word cat? 

What is 3

100

The combination of sounds and letters (symbols). 

What is phonics? 

100

The study of meaningful parts of words. 

What is morphology? 

100

The study of the order of words. 

What is syntax? 

100
What is pragmatics? 

How to use language in different contexts

200

How many phonemes are in flip?

What is 4? 

200

When students make up the spelling of words based on their phonetic sounds. 

What is inventive spelling? 


200

The smallest meaningful part of a word 

What is a morpheme? 

200

Sentences are made with these two things. 

 

What are phrases and clauses? 

200

What is sociolinguistics? 

Looking at language within different groups (age, gender, location, culture) 

300

How many phonemes are in the word dish? 

What is 3

300

Give an example of a blend 

fl, cl, dr, sw 

300

The -ly in slowly is an example of a...

What is a bound morpheme? 

300

This is the study of meaning 

*hint- Think of Mariah's rap music video 

What is Semantics? 

300
Voltage Drop, and Fault Current are examples of an electrical engineer's

What is Lexicon?

400

What is a phoneme. Give us an example with your explanation 

The name for an individual sound

400

Give an example of a digraph

ch, sh, wh, ph, ck 

400

Unforeseeable is an example of what kind of word?

What is a compound complex word? 

400

She jumped, and she jogged. is an example of what kind of sentence? 

What is a compound sentence? 

400

When Gerry Brooks says surgestion instead of suggestion, this is an example of his what? 

What is a dialect? 

500

What is phonology? 

The study of sound in language. 

500

What can you base your writing lessons/mini-lessons on? 

Your students' area of need. 

500

Very (an intensifier) is an example of what kind of word? 

What is a function word? 

500
When you compare two languages side by side to find the differences and similarities. 

What is contrastive analysis?

500

The name of Mariah's crochet group...

What is Stitch and B****?