blends
digraphs
spelling
special vowel combo
phonetic skills
100

Name three s blends, either 2 letter or 3 letters

sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw

scr, spr, str, spl, squ

100

Tell me any diagraph

ch, sh, wh, th (voiced or voiceless)

100

Spell the word that is not day, but the time when you sleep

Night

100

Name the 3 special vowel combinations listed in the words below.

sang               small          spank

-ng, -ll,  -nk

100

What is the phonetic skill for the following word-

stream

phonetic skill 5 - when two vowels are adjacent (together) the second vowel is silent and the first vowel is long

200

name two R-blends

br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr

200

what is the difference between a blend and a digraph

blend is 2 or 3 consonants put together all keeping their sound

diagraph is 2 consonants that make a NEW sound

200

spell the present tense of the word chat by adding the suffix ing.    chat + ing

chatting

200

Which word below contains a special vowel combination using O or I

wisp    hold     tilt   soft    

hold

200

how many guardian cosonants does phonetic skill 3 have?

zero 0

PS 3 is free of any  guardian consonants so the vowel is long

300

Name two L-blends

bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl

300

A word that has a digraph in it.

Chop, shop, what, that, thin

300

spell the word that means someone who is full of hope

hopeful

300

which group of letters below is NOT a special vowel combination 

-old       -olt     -ost      -ont

-ont follows phonetic skill 2 

font



300

Give me a word using phonetic skill one (PS1)

Any word with 1 guardian consonant

400

Tell me a word that starts with a blend

glad, blend, stop, shop, skip, frozen, flat, glass, twin, spring, scream

400

A word that ends in a digraph

path, wish, watch

400

Spell the word that is the past tense of smile by adding the suffix ed. 

smile + ed

smiled

400

Name the two special vowel combinations words listed below

thing       swamp    kind     last     wasp

thing,  kind

400

In phonetic skill 4 how many consonants are there between the vowel and the silent E

PS 4 has one vowel, one consonant and a silent E

   V-C-silent E

500

Tell me a word that ends with a blend

The common blends that end a word are:

st, sk, sp

500

is a diagraph like SH considered one or two guardian consonants?

one Guardian consonant

500

spell the past tense of the word glue by adding the suffix ed 

glued

500

How do you pronounce the special vowel combination below

    - all

short o sound like in the words:

   tall, fall, small

500

what phonetic skill is the following word -

     breeze

phonetic skill 5 - two adjacent vowels (almost all english words that end in E have the silent E)