A short vowel followed by a consontant. The words sat, pitch, stock, hush, and bet have this type of consonant.
What is a closed syllable?
100
A word or part of a word with one vowel sound.
What is a syllable?
100
The simplest form of an English word.
What is a baseword?
100
The initial letter, final letter and middle letters of the alphabet.
What is A, Z, M and N?
100
The sound picture for the sounds /t/ /d/
What are tongue tappers?
200
The vowel is long in an accented syllable. The words she, go, I, ba by, and mo ment have this type of syllable.
What is an open syllable?
200
The symbol used to code a short vowel sound.
What is a breve?
200
A letter or letters added to the END of a baseword that changes it's from or usage.
What is a suffix?
200
The words and definitions are in alphabetical order in this book.
What is a dictionary?
200
The sound picture for /p/ /b/.
What are the lip puffers?
300
Two vowels that combine together in the same syllable. The words sweet, look, free and zoom have this type of syllable.
What is a vowel pair?
300
Two letters that make one sound. Underline them because they stick together.
What is a digraph?
300
A letter or letters added to the BEGINNING of a baseword that changes it's form or usage.
What is prefix?
300
The two kinds of letters in the alphabet.
What are vowels and consonants?
300
The sound pictures for /m/ /n/ /ng/.
What are the nasal sounds?
400
The syllable with a long vowel sound and a silent "e" in the final position of the word. The words save, coke, use, theme, and kite have this type of syllable.
What is a vowel consonant Silent e syllable?
400
The symbol used to code a long vowel sound.
What is a macron?
400
A suffix or prefix added to a baseword.
What is an affix?
400
Letters from A - M are in this half of the alphabet.
What is the before half of the alphabet?
400
The sound picture for the short vowel a, i, e, and u in the words tap, pit, let and cup.
What is the smiling vowel sound?
500
A word or part of a word with one vowel sound.
What is syllable?
500
Take out the trash, pattern, divide, accent, code and read.
What are the steps in syllable division?
500
A baseword plus an affix.
What is a derivative?
500
The letters N - Z are in this half of the alphabet.
What is the after half of the alphabet?
500
The sound picture for the short vowel o like in the word cot.