Keywords
The keyword for /l/
What is leaf?
If /c/ comes before these vowels, it sounds like (s).
What are the vowels- e, i, y? (as in city)
If the final letter in a baseword is unvoiced, the suffix /ed/ will make this sound.
What is (t)?
My before hand is this hand
What is my left hand?
When I hear (k) in the initial position, followed by a, o, u or any consonant I should use this letter.
What is letter /c/?
The keyword for /r/
What is rabbit?
When this consonant comes before the vowel /a/, the /a/ will sound like short /o/ (octupus).
What is w? (as in watch)
This suffix means "without."
What is -less? (as in homeless)
The number of sounds in our language.
What is 44?
When adding a consonant suffix to a baseword, I will do this.
What is "just add"?
The keyword for digraph /sh/
What is shell?
The sound and code for a vowel in an open, accented syllable.
What is long vowel, code it with a macron?
This suffix means "a quantity needed to fill"
What is -ful? (as in cupful)
The anchor letters in the middle of the alphabet.
What are /m/ and /n/?
In a one-syllable base word, if I hear a short vowel followed by (k), I will use this grapheme.
What is digraph ck?
The keyword for /o-e/
What is rope?
The sound and code for a vowel in a closed syllable
What is a short vowel, code it with a breve?
This prefix means "not" or "opposite"
What is un-? (as in unsafe, unlock)
The two characteristics of vowel sounds.
What are open and voiced?
In a one-syllable base word, medial long /e/ will usually be spelled this way.
What is digraph /ee/?
The keyword for /e-e/
What is athlete?
Two letters that make one sound.
What is a digraph?
This prefix means "wrongly"
What is mis-? (as in mistake)
The parts of your mouth that block the air in consonants.
What are your teeth, tongue and lips?
In a one-syllable base word, if I hear a short vowel before final (ch), it will be spelled with this grapheme.
What is trigraph /tch/?