Step 1
The letters b, c and d are this type of letter.
What are consonants?
Two or more consonants together, each making a separate sound are called this.
What is a consonant blend?
These letters make the /ik/ sound at the end of a two or more syllable word.
What is ic?
This syllable has a vowel, then a consonant, and then an e; the first vowel makes a long vowel sound.
What is the vowel-consonant-e syllable?
This syllable has only one vowel and the vowel makes a long vowel sound.
What is an open syllable?
The letters a, e, i, o and u are this type of letter.
What are vowels?
A consonant digraph combined with a third consonant that retains its own sound is called this.
What is a digraph blend?
These letters make the /kt/ sound at the end of a word.
What is ct?
Every syllable must have one of these.
What is a vowel?
This letter makes the long i sound at the end of a one syllable word.
What is y?
Two consonants that make one sound are called this.
What is a consonant digraph?
This is a word or part of a word made by one push of breath.
What is a syllable?
The word wagon has this type of sound for the second vowel.
What is the schwa sound?
When two words are put together to make one word.
What is a compound word?
This letter makes the long e sound at the end of a two or more syllable word?
What is y?
This letter is the buddy letter.
What is q?
This syllable has one vowel followed by one or more consonants and the vowel sound is short.
What is a closed syllable?
These can be added to the end of a word to indicate part of speech or add meaning to a word.
What is a suffix?
Give is an example of this type of syllable.
What is the vowel-consonant-e syllable exception?
Alaska has an example of this type of syllable exception.
What is the open syllable exception?
Vowels and consonants that are "glued" together are called this.
What is a welded sound?
Kind, colt and bold are examples of this type of syllable.
What is a closed syllable exception?
This is a word that can stand alone and have a prefix or suffix added to it.
What is a base word?
-Es,-s,-ed, and -ing are examples of this word element.
What are suffixes?
Animal and compliment have examples of this type of syllable exception.
What is the open syllable exception?