Mrs. H's Wilson Review Book 4

v-e Syllables

100

Which word follows the v-e syllable rule:

a) block

b) step

c) note

d) chop

c) note

200

Read the sentence and tell me what word(s) contains the v-e syllable.

Maxim left his bed unmade because he woke up late.

un        made            woke             late

closed    v-e               v-e              v-e

300

Which two words follow the v-e syllable type:

a) slush

b) golf

c) tube

d) these

c) tube

d) these

400

Read the sentence and tell me what word(s) contains the v-e syllable.

Whenever he can, Rick likes to include his friends in his plans.

likes                              in        clude

v-e                               closed     v-e

500

Read the sentence and tell me what word(s) contains the v-e syllable.

The cake was so good because Steve used homemade frosting.

cake           Steve          home     made

v-e             v-e              v-e         v-e

Name the Baseword(s)

100

instinctive

compares

instinct

compare

200

misadvise

ignores

advise

ignore

300

misquotes

disputes

quote

dispute

400

nonsense

demonstrates

sense

demonstrate

500

obstructive

prospective

intense

obstruct

prospect

tense

Multi-syllable Words

100

Tell me all the syllables and their syllable types:

distribute

dis         trib      ute

closed  closed    v-e

200

Tell me all the syllables and their syllable types:

lemonade

lem        on        ade

c            c          v-e

     (schwa)

300

Tell me all the syllables and their syllable types:

incomplete

disinvite

     in      com     plete               dis     in     vite

     c         c         v-e                c        c       v-e

(prefix)                               (prefix)

400

Tell me all the syllables and their syllable types:

contribute

recognize

con   trib   ute            rec  og   nize

c       c      v-e             c     c     v-e

500

Identify the multi-syllable word in the following sentence and tell me which syllable is a v-e syllable type:

Fran will not exclude Meg because she is her friend.

ex     clude

c        v-e

Prefixes and Suffixes

100

Identify the prefixes or suffixes:

nonsense

nonsense--non

200

Identify the prefixes or suffixes:

objecting

objecting--ob/ing

300

Identify the prefixes or suffixes:

inactive

inactive--in/ive

400

Identify the prefixes or suffixes:

valentines

disinvite

confiscates

valentines--s

disinvite--dis

confiscates--con/s

500

Read the sentence below and identify the word that contains a prefix and/or suffix:

The costume is still incomplete.

incomplete--in

Exceptions to the Rule

100

Read the sentence below and identify the word that contains an exception to the v-e rule:

Dale dislikes black olives in his salad.

olives

200

Read the sentence below and identify the word that contains an exception to the v-e rule:

Pete tells the class how he solves the word problems.

solves-- there is a silent e after the v because v never stands alone at the end of an English word. The -s at the end is a suffix.

300

Read the sentence below and identify the word that contains an exception to the v-e rule:

The fire in the fireplace is very intense.

intense--this word ends with an /s/ sound. It needs a silent e at the end because we don't leave and /s/ sound at the end of a word unless it is a plural word or a verb in the present tense.

400

Read the sentence below and identify the words that contains an exception to the v-e rule:

Please rinse the olives and place them in the dish.

rinse--this word needs the /s/ sound at the end and is not plural or a verb needing to end in the /s/ sound.

olives--this contains the -ive exception.

500

Name the 5 closed syllable exceptions.

ind

ild

old

olt

ost