What is a suffix? What is the difference between a vowel suffix and a consonant suffix?
What is... suffixes are added to the end of a word or baseword. Some start with a vowel such as /ing/ and some start with a consonant such as /ly/.
What sounds does /g/ make? What sounds does /c/ make? How do you know which sound it will make?
What is /g/ says g, j /c/ says k, s. the letters e, i, y directly after g ( ge, gi, gy) make it say the /j/ sound, the letters e, i, y also make c (ce, ci, cy) say the /s/ sound.
What is an r controlled syllable?
What is an r controlled syllable is when an r is next to a vowel and it takes over, the vowel will not say its long sound or its short sound. (ar, er, ir, ur, or)
What letter is never written after an /x/
What is ../s/
What are the 2 jobs of /e/ at the ends of word?
It makes the previous vowel long and to change the sound of g, or c.
What sounds does ar, and or say?
What is /ar / says /are/ as in car and /er/ as in /beggar/, /or/ says /or/ as in /horn/ and it says /er/ as in /doctor/.
explain an open syllable and give an example
What is an open syllable ends in a vowel and that vowel makes its long sound. (me) is an example of an open syllable
What are the 3 sounds of an ed ending?
What is ../d/ /t/ /ed/
What does -tch say? when do you use it?, What does dge say and when do you use it?
What is tch says /ch/ and you use it after a short vowel, dge says /j/ and you use it after a short vowel.
What are the exceptions to the r controlled syllable?
What is arr- harry err- terry irr- irritate urr- hurry orr-horrid
scoop and label the following words on the board rodent minus galaxy
What is /ro dent / /mi nus / /gal ax y/
Give 3 ways to say the long sound of e
/ee/ /ey/ /open e/ /e consonant e/ /ea/ /y at the end of a multisylabllic word/
What 2 consonants never end a word?
What is /v/ and /j/
What does /ir/ /ur/ /er/ say
They all make an /er/ sound
What is a schwa?, What does it look like symbol? and what sound does it make?
What is it looks like an upside down e, it makes a short u sound and it happens on an /a/ at the beginning or end of a word in an open syllable or an /i/ in the middle of a word in an open syllable.
Give two ways to say the long sound of a?
/ai/ /open a/ /a consonante e/ /ay/
What does ph say and is there a rule when to use it?
What is it makes an /f/ sound and there is no rule when to use it. Many science words use the /ph/ digraph.
How do you know when to use /ir/ /ur/ /er/ when spelling a word
There is no rule for this, you must learn the words by reading a lot.