READING JEOPARDY

Silent Letters

100

What letter in "Ghost" is silent? 

h

200

What says /r/

wr, rh, r 

*not looking for vowel teams 

300

What says /m/ 

m, mn, mb

400

Read "wrist" 

which letter is silent? 

500

read: knight, knife, knew, know. What other letters say /n/?

gn, n 

suffix

100

What says /d/? 

ed, d 

200

Read this nonsense word: closhed 

What says /d/?

300

What are all the sounds of -ed 

/id/ or /ed/ 

/d/, /t/ 

400

Read this word:  

jump 

make it past tense  

500

Read the following the words: 

dwilled 

dumped 

paneled 

which word says /t/ on the suffix

Nonsense Words

100

Read: Dwills 

Dwills

200

ploshed

ploshed

300

smisped

smisped

400

Slished

slished 

500

finched 

finched

Real Words

100

cavity

cavity

200

commented 

commented

300

flickered

flickered

400

projected

projected

500

disinfected 

disinfected

Hodge Podge

100

What type of pet does Mrs. Murphy have? 

Hedge Hog 

200

When writing what does CUPS stand for? 

Capitalization 

Understanding 

Punctuation 

Syntax ** 

300

What is 1,500,000 divided by 100? 

15,000

400

What is a verb? 

It shows action 

500

What is Mrs. Murphy's favorite drink? 

I'll accept the following: 

Coffee, water, coke zero, pumpkin spice lattes