Syllable Types
Coding Marks
Suffixes
Spelling
100

A vowel in a closed syllable is short, code it with a breve. 

What is a close syllable? 

100

Breve

How do you code a short vowel? 

100

Happening now

What is vowel suffix -ing?

100

Before e, i, y

When do you use consonant k? 

200

A vowel in an open accented syllable is long, code it with a macron. 

What is an open syllable? 

200

Macron

How do you code a long vowel? 

200

Happened in the past

What is vowel suffix -ed?

200
Before a, o, u or any consonant

When do you use c? 

300

Two letters that make one sound 

What is a digraph (vowel pair, consonants)

300

A box

What is how to code a suffix?

300
Without

What is consonant suffix -less

300

short vowel before final (k)

When do you use digraph ck? 

400

A consonant plus le, code it with a bracket

What is a final stable syllable? 

400
An underline

What is a code mark for a digraph? 

400

Quality of 

What is consonant suffix -ness

400

long vowel before a consonant

When do you use vowel-consonant-e? 

500

A vowel-consonant-e, the vowel is long, the e is silent

What is a vowel-consonant-e syllable? 

500

Circle 

How do you code an irregular word? 

500

More than, comparing two things 

What is vowel suffix -er?

500

long e 

What is digraph ee?