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What is the name of the first consonant in the alphabet?
100
a word part that bears meaning
What is a morpheme?
100
the Roman alphabet the Arabic alphabet Indo-Aryans Sanskrit
What are examples of orthographies (or written systems) of language?
100
Syntax
What word describes the way words are ordered in a language?
100
Etymology
What is the study of the history of words and how their form and meaning have changed over time?
200
Consonant blend
What is the name teachers give to two side-by-side consonants that record both sounds?
200
The word "ships" has two of them.
What is a morpheme?
200
sensation, fruition, fiction, information
What words share the derivational pattern -tion?
200
Compound sentence
What kind of sentence contains two complete and related ideas?
200
wigwam
What is an example of a word that came into English through Native American language?
300
th wh sh ph
What are examples of consonant digraphs?
300
homophone/homonym
What are words called that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings?
300
Invented spelling
What phrase refers to the ways beginning writers try to record the sounds they hear in words as they write?
300
Running (to work is stressful). Golfing (is my favorite sport). Typing (can clarify poor penmanship).
What are examples of gerunds?
300
Roman and Latin
What are examples of two languages that greatly influenced English?
400
Diphthong
What is the name for a vowel blend--such as oi, oy, ou, and ow--vowel pair that produces a unique sound?
400
disinterest undone inscribe
What are examples of words with prefixes?
400
conventional spelling
What phrase describes the accepted or dictionary version of a word?
400
The frog hopped toward Mom and I. The frog hopped toward Mom and me.
What are two sentences that demonstrate different cases of pronouns--only one of which is standard/correct? (the 2nd)
400
terrarium terra firma terrapin
What are words that show the influence of the Latin word for earth?
500
ee as in been ea as in lead ai as in pain ay as in pay
What are some examples of vowel digraphs (two vowels that record only one sound)?
500
inalienable microscopic injudicious
What are examples of words with both prefixes and suffixes?
500
occasion, occurrence, inoculation, you're
What are some of the most frequently misspelled words in English?
500
Little the boy away ran.
What is an example a word string that violates the syntax of spoken/written English?
500
hydroelectric hydrangea hydrate
What are examples of application of the Greek word for water in English?