Term 3/4 Literacy Recap

Long ‘a’ and ‘e’ vowel spellings

100

Which long ‘a’ spelling is used at the end of a word?

ay

200

Which use of the long ‘a’ vowel spelling is correct?

a) stayn

b) stain

c) stean

d) stane

b) stain

300

What are the two different ways to spell the long ‘e’ vowel in the middle of a word?

ea and ee

400

Give an example of a word with a long ‘e’ vowel in the middle.

e.g. feel, steal, need, bleed, sweet, teeth, team, dream

500

Which long ‘a’ spellings are NOT used at the end of a word - ai, ea, ay, or a_e?

ai and ea

Long ‘i’ and ‘oo’ vowel spellings

100

Which long ‘oo’ spellings are used at the end of words - oo, ew, ue?

ew and ue

200

Which use of the long ‘oo’ vowel spelling is correct?

a) rescoo

b) rescew

c) rescue

c) rescue

300

Which long ‘i’ spelling is NOT used at the end of a word - i, igh, ie, or y?

i

400

What pattern/rule makes the u “say its name,” as in cube?

bossy ‘e’ (u_e)

500

Give an example of a word with a long ‘i’ vowel at the end.

e.g. high, sigh, thigh, tie, lie, July

Long ‘ou’ and ‘or’ vowel spellings

100

When is the vowel spelling ‘au’ NOT used – at the beginning, middle, or end of a word?

at the end

200

What are the two different ways to spell the long ‘ou’ vowel?

ou and ow

300

Which use of the long ‘or’ vowel spelling is NOT correct?

a) sauce

b) prawn

c) floor

d) saur

d) saur - this should be soar

400

Which long ‘ou’ spelling is used before a single l, n, er, or el? (ou or ow)

ow

500

Give an example of a word with a long ‘or’ vowel at the end.

e.g. saw, straw, floor, door, oar, roar

Polysyllabic words

100

What is a polysyllabic word?

a word with more than one syllable

200

True or false – each syllable will have at least one vowel sound.

True

300

How many syllables are in the word umbrella?

3

400

How many syllables are in the word watermelon?

4

500

Give an example of a word with 3 syllables.

e.g. banana, computer, dinosaur, hamburger

Miscellaneous

100

What does a soft ‘c’ sound like?

's'

200

What does a soft ‘g’ sound like?

'j'

300

Change the following words to make them plurals: fox, brush, witch, cat.

foxes, brushes, witches, cats

400

Drop ‘e’ or keep ‘e’? 

- ride + ing

- hide + ing

- late + er

drop ‘e’ because the tail starts with a vowel

500

Drop ‘e’ or keep ‘e’? 

- hope + less

- grate + ful

- use + ful

keep ‘e’ because the tail starts with a consonant