V/CV or VC/V
VV/CV or V/V
VC/CCV or VCC/CV
open/closed syllable and inflected ending
Miscellaneous
100

menu

men-u

vc/v

closed

100

liar

li/ar

v/v

100

complain

com/plain

100

hoping

open

can you say why for double points?

100

what is the plural of tax?

taxes 

why do we not double the x, like we do in most cvc words?  - triple points!!!

200

major

ma-jor

v/vc

open


200

treason

trea-son

vv/cv

open

200

orchard

or/chard

200

skipped

closed

 can you say why for double points?

200

what is the plural of fish?

fish

how do you indicate there is more than one fish?

double points

300

tepid

 tep-id

vc/v

closed

300

raisin

rai-sin

vv/cv

open

300

address

ad/dress

300

how is the plural of leash spelled?

leashes


300

what is the rule for adding an inflected ending to a

vcv word in general?

Double the final consonant before adding ending

400

musical

mu-si-cal

v/cv

open

400

trio

tri-o

v/v

open but.... double points if you get this

400

technology

tech/nology

400

what is the plural of spy?

spies 

what is the rule for this change, for double points

400

is pilgrim open or closed?

closed

for double points -where do you split it?

 -why is it split like that?

500

quiver

quiv-er

vc/v

closed

500

chaos

cha-os

v/v

open

500

laughter

laugh/ter

500

quoting

open

for double points - how many syllables are there?

-what is the inflected ending rule that's being used?

-why is it open?

500

what pattern is the word diet?

v/v

for double points why is it v/v?