Syllable Count
Words and Expressions
-ed Endings
Word Stress and Minimal Pairs
TV Moments
100

Begin

What is 2/Two?

100

These are the basic units of words, sometimes called the "beats" of a word.

What are syllables?

100

One of these ends in /t/: wanted/washed

What is washed?

100

One is stressed on syllable 1: Frontier / Homestead

What is homestead?

100

The reason the Roses have to move to Schitt's Creek?

What is theft?/Their financial planner stole their money?

200

Pioneer

What is 3/Three?

200

A reality show that puts people in unfamiliar environments to observe is called a: 

What is a social experiment?

200

One of these ends in /d/: enjoyed/intended

What is enjoyed?

200

One of these sounds is VOICED - /t/  /d/ 

What is /d/?

200

In episode 1, Stacy Loper seems most upset by this frontier feature: 

What is the outhouse?

300

Laughed

What is 1/one?

300

A type of joke that relies on homophones (words that sound the same but mean different things). 

What is a pun?

300

One of these ends in /Id/: Chilled / Cheated

What is cheated?

300

One of these sounds is VOICELESS: /g/ /k/

What is /k/?

300

Nobody wants to eat it.

What is canned ham?

400

Responsibility

What is 6/Six?


400

A phrase that describes the discomfort of being in a strange or new context

What is "a fish out of water?" (out of one's element/league/depth or square peg in round hole also accepted)

400

One of these ends in /d/: Faded  /  Failed

What is failed?

400

One is stressed on syllable 3: Important / International

What is international? 

400

This legal act in 1862 gave people opportunities to own land and set up a farm.

What is the homestead act?

500

Interesting

What is 4 (or 3 is accepted)?

500

This set of symbols were designed to write sounds, not spelling

What is the International Phonetic Alphabet/IPA?

500

one of these ends in /t/ -  Called / Coughed

What is coughed

500

This happy word sounds like /laef/

What is laugh?

500

Alexis and David fighting is an example of comedy using _______________ about siblings. 

What are stereotypes?