Open or closed?
What are the 5 vowels?
precaution
pre cau tion
deviance
de vi ance
textureless
tex ture less
Undone
What is the affix?
Un is a prefix.
Un means NOT.
Closed syllables are read with the short sound.
Say the 5 short vowel sounds.
a, e, i, o, u
proportional
pro por tion al
musician
mu si cian
legible
le gi ble
Premature
What is the affix?
Pre is a prefix
Pre means "before"
Is this syllable open or closed? How would you say it?
van
Closed, ends with a consonant.
"van"
supervision
su per vi sion
boisterous
boi ster ous
plagerism
pla ger ism
Misinterpret
What is the affix?
Mis is a prefix.
Mis means "wrongly" or "not"
Is this syllable open or closed? How would you say it?
va
Open.
Va with the long sound
nonrestrictive
non re stric tive
competence
com pe tence
inversion
in ver sion
Triangle
What is the affix?
Tri is a prefix
Tri means three.
Which letters sometimes make the sound called "schwa?"
Watch the video.
All vowels can.
a, e, i, o, u, sometimes y
Malicious
ma li cious
whimsical
whim si cal
vegetarianism
ve ge tar i an ism
Biology
What is the affix?
-ology is a suffix
It means "the study of"