Spelling Rules
Spelling Bee
Prefixes & Suffixes
Parts of Speech
Analogies
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the general spelling rule for short vowel sounds
What is short vowel sounds are usually spelled with one vowel?
100
Spell the name of your state.
What is O-r-e-g-o-n (or W-a-s-h-i-n-g-t-o-n)?
100
Prefix, meaning "not sure". Spell it!
What is u-n-s-u-r-e?
100
Examples of this part of speech are flowers, skyscrapers, walking sticks, somersaults, and pizza boxes.
What are plural nouns?
100
Herd : cow :: s____________ : fish
What is school?
200
the general spelling rule for long vowel sounds
What is long vowel sounds are usually spelled with more than one vowel?
200
These three words are at the beginning of fairy tales. Spell them.
What is o-n-c-e u-p-o-n a t-i-m-e?
200
Suffix, meaning "more than one lunch". Spell it!
What is l-u-n-c-h-e-s?
200
The snail slowly climbed Mt. Fuji. "Slowly" is this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
200
Atlas : maps :: t___________ : synonyms.
What is thesaurus?
300
Examples of these words are aren't, doesn't, she'll, and he'd.
What are contractions?
300
The name of our school (not the abbreviation!)
What is T-h-e I-n-t-e-r-n-a-t-i-o-n-a-l S-c-h-o-o-l?
300
Suffix, more than one puppy. Spell it!
What is p-u-p-p-i-e-s?
300
We, us, you, they, and them are this kind of pronoun.
What plural pronouns?
300
hello : greeting :: sorry : a____________
What is apology?
400
Examples are wrote, sat, had, and ran. Be specific!
What are irregular verbs?
400
The three homophone spellings: - the opposite of here - the contraction they are - it belongs to them
What is t-h-e-r-e , t-h-e-y-'-r-e , and t-h-e-i-r?
400
Prefix, not honest. Spell it!
What is d-i-s-h-o-n-e-s-t?
400
Kicked, forgot, was, tried, and lost are this type of verb.
What are past tense verbs?
400
braggart : boast :: whiner : c____________
What is complain?
500
These are morphemes added to the beginnings and endings of base words.
What are prefixes and suffixes?
500
"Math" is the abbreviation of this word. Spell the word!
What is m-a-t-h-e-m-a-t-i-c-s?
500
Prefix and suffix, "to cycle". This verb is in the present tense. Spell it!
What is b-i-c-y-c-l-i-n-g.
500
They are examples of Positive Adjectives, Comparative Adjectives, and Superlative Adjectives.
What are small, smaller, and smallest? (or any other example of these forms of adjectives.)
500
dangerous : risky :: evaluate : j________
What is judge?