Name That Syllable Type
These words all have this syllable type:
sail, cheep, trout, foil, plow
a) closed b) open c) vowel team d) silent-e
What is
c) vowel team?
What is the "base word" in this word?
rethinking
What is "think"?
Read me:
respectful
What is "re-spect-ful"?
What does the prefix "mid-" mean?
Give a real word that uses this prefix.
middle
Read this nonsense word.
limpgump
What is "limp-gump"?
These words all have this syllable type:
nutmeg Batman flexing molehill
a) closed b) open c) vowel team d) silent-e
What is
a) closed syllable?
What is the prefix in this word?
misunderstand
What is "mis-"?
Read me:
finishes
What is "fi-nish-es"?
What does the suffix "-less" mean?
Give a real word that uses this suffix.
without
Read this nonsense word.
intrenchote
What is "in-tren-chote"?
All of these words have this syllable type:
whalebone stampede lifetime rosebud
a) closed b) open c) vowel team d) silent-e
What is
d) silent-e?
What is the suffix in this word?
unheated
What is "-ed"?
Read me:
hopelessly
What is "hope-less-ly"?
What does the prefix "non-" mean?
Give a real word that uses this prefix.
not, without (absence of)
Read this word.
nonbrayto
What is "non-bray-to"?
These words all have this syllable type:
banjo zero menu preset pony
a) closed b) open c) vowel team d) silent-e
What is
b) open syllable?
If the word "cooked" means "to cook in the past", what does the word "making" mean?
What is "to make right now/present tense"?
Read me:
boomerang
What is "boo-mer-ang"?
What does the suffix "-ed" mean?
Give a real word that uses this suffix.
past tense
Read this word.
roilbipping
What is "roil-bip-ing"?
Which word is a compound word?
a) tulip b) somewhere c) sandwich d) mistake
What is
b) somewhere?
What is the "base word" in this word?
filing
What is "file"?
Read me:
nonintersecting
What is "non-in-ter-sect-ing"?
What does the prefix "re-" mean?
Give a real word that uses this prefix.
again
Read this word.
midshoped
What is "mid-shope-t"?
(long "o" because the "p" is NOT doubled, so it must have been a silent-e base word)