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What Type of Syllable
Identify
Sounds
100
Syllable
What is a word or part of a word made by one push of breath?
100
Digraph
What is two consonants that make one sound.
100
Schwa sound.
What is the sound of of ka in Alaska and a in alone
100
Closed
What syllable rule does the word "flag" represent.
100
Blend
What is two or more consonants together, each making a separate sound?
200
Between the two words.
Where do you divide a compound word?
200
Vowels: ed, er, age, ist, ery, ance, ing, es, ic, ism, ory, ive,est, al,ity, ent, able, ish,ible, ize, ence, en, y, ous, ary, ant Consonants: s, less, ly, ment, sion, ful, ness, ty, tion, ward
List 5 vowel suffixes and 5 consonant suffixes.
200
Open syllable and long.
What is the syllable that has only one vowel which is the last letter in the syllable? Is the vowel long or short?
200
V-C-E
What syllable rule applies to the word "hope"?
200
Digraph ch, sh, th, ck, wh, ph
What are the two consonants combined that make only one sound? Give the examples
300
Closed Syllable
What is a syllable that only has one vowel, vowel is closed-in by consonants, and the vowel sound is short.
300
C - Cat K - Kite Ck- Sock Ch - Chorus Que - Clique
What are five ways to spell /k/? Give a keyword for each example.
300
The t is silent and the syllable sounds like /l/. Whistle, thistle, castle.
What happens when the syllable tle has an s in front? Give examples.
300
hydrate - hy - open drate -CVE Va grant - va - open grant - closed Matrix - ma - open trix - closed
What type of syllables do these words represent: hydrate, vagrant, matrix.
300
am, an, ang, ing, unk, onk, etc
What are glued sounds? Give examples
400
Exceptions to the closed syllable
What are the sounds old, ost, ild, ind, olt called
400
bugs - most nouns- add s inches - nouns ending in s,x,z,ch and sh: add es donkeys -nouns ending in y(if y is part of a D syllable): add s babies - nouns ending in y after a consonant: change y to i and add es
Write plurals for the following words: bug inch donkey baby
400
de-mand, re-late, pro-mote, di-verge, etc.
Write a two syllable word that has an open syllable.
400
Is is an R-controlled syllable. The vowel is not long or short; it is controlled by the r.
What is the syllable rule for syllables that contain a single vowel followed by an r (er,ar,ir,or,ur).
400
technology - 4 sniff - 1 congressman - 3 athletic - 3
How many syllables in the following words? technology sniff congressman athletic
500
The first vowel is long and the e is silent. (V-C-E rule)
What happens when a syllable has a vowel, a consonant, then an e?
500
The l, s, or f, is doubled. pull, fuss, duff
What happens if a one syllable word ends in a vowel followed by the consonant l, s, or f. Give examples.
500
Consonant-le syllable. table, little, rifle, cackle, ramble, trickle, bangle
What is the syllable that has only three letters: a consonant, an l and an e? Give some examples.
500
When it has two vowels together that represents one sound. ee, ai, oe, oi Diphthong
When does a word contain a vowel digraph and what is it called?
500
blue, clash, flag, street, etc.
Write words with the following blends. bl, cl, fl, st,